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The mystery of the Taj Mahal [videorecording] / a BBC Manchester/The Learning Channel/Time Life co-production ; produced and directed by Ron Johnston

Contributor(s): Series: Ancient voicesPublication details: Alexandria, Va. : Time-Life Video, c1999.Description: 1 videocassette (50 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 inISBN:
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Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720.954 MYS
Production credits:
  • Photography, Graham Veevers ; music composed by Kev Curtis ; film editor, David Till ; executive producer, Richard Denton.
Mark HamillNarrator : Dr Kate SpenceSummary: Gives an overview of Shah Jahan and the Mughals, his wife, and the magnificent garden tomb he built for her. Discusses the Koranic inscriptions on the tomb and presents a symbolic interpretation of the design of the Taj Mahal, proposing it is more than a model of Paradise, that it is a representation of the throne of God on the day of judgement.
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Photography, Graham Veevers ; music composed by Kev Curtis ; film editor, David Till ; executive producer, Richard Denton.

Mark Hamill

Narrator : Dr Kate Spence

Gives an overview of Shah Jahan and the Mughals, his wife, and the magnificent garden tomb he built for her. Discusses the Koranic inscriptions on the tomb and presents a symbolic interpretation of the design of the Taj Mahal, proposing it is more than a model of Paradise, that it is a representation of the throne of God on the day of judgement.

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