Ustad Ahmad Lahori

The architect most credibly associated with the Taj Mahal, though Mughal practice credited buildings to their patron rather than their designer and the attribution rests on later family testimony. That uncertainty is itself the point: the monument is among the most recognised on earth and its designer is a matter of inference.

• Lived: 1580 CE – 1649 CE
• Nationality: mughal
• Roles: architect