Itmad-ud-Daula

Tomb of I'timad-ud-Daulah is a Mughal mausoleum inside the town of Agra within the Indian country of Uttar Pradesh. Often defined as a "jewel container", on occasion known as the "Baby Taj", the tomb of I'timad-ud-Daulah is frequently seemed as a draft of the Taj Mahal. Along with the principle constructing, the shape includes numerous outbuildings and gardens. The tomb, constructed among 1622 and 1628 represents a transition between the first phase of enormous Mughal structure often built from purple sandstone with marble decorations, as in Humayun's Tomb in Delhi and Akbar's tomb in Sikandra to its second section, based on white marble and pietra dura inlay, maximum elegantly found out inside the Taj Mahal.

The mausoleum changed into commissioned via Nur Jahan, the wife of Jahangir, for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg, in the beginning a Persian Amir in exile, who were given the title of I'timad-ud-Daulah. Mirza Ghiyas Beg changed into also the grandfather of Mumtaz Mahal, the wife of the emperor Shah Jahan, liable for the development of the Taj Mahal. Nur Jahan changed into additionally accountable for the construction of the Tomb of Jahangir in Lahore.