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SHAH JAHAN who entered the fort of Agra on the 18th of June, over- came the guard, and turned the palace into a prison. Shah Jahan never left the castle during his seven remaining years of life. He was allowed every enjoy- ment that his sensuous nature demanded, loaded with presents, and supplied with such amusements as most entertained him. His daughter, the Begam Sa- hib, and all his numerous women, kept him com- pany. Cooks skilfully ministered to his appe- tite, and dancers and singing-girls enlivened his senile revels. Like many another aged voluptuary, he became wondrously de- vout at times, and holy Mullas came and read the blessed Koran to him. Aurangzib granted him everything, in fact, except lib- erty. The two became partly reconciled, and the father bestowed his blessing and forgiveness on the son, but they never met. Shah Jahan died in 1666 at the age of seventy-six. The new emperor hastened to Agra to pay respect to his obsequies, and the body was laid in a tomb near the beautiful Taj which the late sov- ereign had set up in memory of his wife. The day after Shah Jahan had been safely locked up, Aurangzib entered Agra, seized Dara's house and MTMTAZ - I - MAHAL. THE LADY OF THE TAJ.