The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2412 page)

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Taj Mahal
.
A monument and tomb, built at Agra in India by the Mughal emperor, Shah Jeh
n (1592–1666), for his favourite wife Mumtaz-i-M
h
l. Shah Jeh
n was also buried within it, their tombs being surrounded by a marble screen bearing the
ninety-nine beautiful names
of All
h. It was built between 1632 and 1647, and is now seriously threatened by air pollution.
Tajw
d
(Arab.).
Qur’
n
recitation. There are three major styles of tajw
d:
(i) 
tart
l
, slow and deliberate, in order to reflect on the meaning (73. 4);
(ii) 
adr
, rapidly, in order to cover as much text as possible (e.g. in fulfilment of a vow, for merit, etc.);
(iii) 
tadw
r
, intermediate. The major treatise is Ibn al-Jazar
's
Al-Nashr fi’l-Qir
’
t al-‘Ashr
(15th cent.; 2 vols., 1926).

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