Arjumand Banu Begam ____ in her shop when Prince Khurram ____ her for the first time as he ____through the market. He immediately ____ this was the woman he ____ to marry. However, it ____ six years before the prince ____marry the woman he loved, but when it finally ____ the wedding was magnificent . A long procession travelled to Arjumand’s house, and musicians ____ and threw flowers to the hundreds of people who ____. At the wedding, the prince’s father ____ Arjumand the name of Mumtaz, or ‘Chosen One’, as a present. When Khurram’s father died, he became Emperor Shah Jahan, or ‘King of the World’. He ____ many responsibilities and was frequently leading his army off to fight. Mumtaz would always travel with him. While her husband ____ one of these battles, Mumtaz fell ill. As she ____, Shah Jahan ____ to build a beautiful monument in her memory. After Mumtaz ____, Shah Jahan quickly began to turn his promise into reality, and twenty years later the Taj Mahal, perhaps the greatest symbol of love the world has ever seen, was finally ____.

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