Itmad Ud Daulah

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Itmad Ud Daulah (also known as the Tomb of I'timād-ud-Daulah, Bacha Taj, or the Baby Taj) is a Mughal mausoleum in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. Built between 1622 and 1628, it was commissioned by the Mughal empress Nur Jahan for her father, Mirza Ghiyas Beg, who had been given the title I'timād-ud-Daulah (“Pillar of the State”) by Emperor Jahangir. Ghiyas Beg was the grandfather of Mumtaz Mahal, the Empress consort of Shah Jahan who later commissioned the Taj Mahal for her. The tomb is regarded as an important transitional work in Mughal architecture. It marks a development from the red sandstone and marble decoration of monuments such as Humayun's Tomb and Akbar's tomb towards the white marble and pietra dura inlay later exemplified by the Taj Mahal. The white-marble mausoleum stands at the centre of a charbagh (a garden divided into four sections by paths or waterways) and has a square plan with octagonal towers at each corner. Unlike many Mughal mausoleums, it has no central dome, and...

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