Rauza

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Rauza, Rouza, Roza (, , ) is a Perso-Arabic term used in Middle East and Indian subcontinent which means shrine or tomb.

Giles Tillotson (2025). 9780674063655, Harvard University Press. . ISBN 9780674063655

James Becker (2025). 9781407055800, Bantam. . ISBN 9781407055800

It is also known as mazār, maqbara or dargah.

The word rauza is derived through Persian from the Arabic rawdah (روضة rawḍah) meaning garden, but extended to tomb surrounded by garden as at Agra and Aurangabad.

Abdul Hamid Lahauri, the author of the Badshahnama, the official history of Shah Jahan's reign, calls Taj Mahal rauza-i munawwara (Perso-Arabic: rawdah-i munawwarah), meaning the illumined or illustrious tomb in a garden.

Categories: Burial Monuments And Structures, Islamic Architecture, Arabic Words And Phrases, Persian Words And Phrases, Urdu-language Words And Phrases, Bengali Words And Phrases

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