A view of the top of Mumtaz Mahal's cenotaph, Company School, circa 1800

ink on wove paper, with large inscription in thuluth script

Ex-Edmonstone family collection, Dunreath Castle, Scotland

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inscriptions

Qur'an, surah al-mu'min (XL) verses 7 and 8 and surah ha mim (XLI), verse 30

A similar view of the top of Mumtaz Mahal's cenotaph is published in E. Koch, The Complete Taj Mahal, London, 2006, p.255.