Itimad-ud-daula tomb
Itimad-ud-Daula’s Tomb is situated on the left bank of river Jamuna next to Chini-ka-Rauza. Itimad-ud-Daula was the title given to Mirza Ghiyath Beg, father of Nur Jahan. He held the post of Lord of Treasury and was later Wazir under Jehangir. Nur Jahan completed the construction of the Tomb father in 1628 AD, nearly 7 years after his death. The tomb is located at the centre of a quadrangle with gardens laid out on the Char Bagh pattern. The tomb has a raised sandstone terrace measuring 149 feet square and 3 feet and 4 inches high from the ground. The tomb building consists of a central hall, which houses the tomb of Wazir and his wife. Small chambers in which the tombs of other family members are located surround this hall. At the corners of the top of the building stand four round towers about 40 feet in height. The cenotaphs and walls of the ground floor contain inscriptions in Persian. The wall inscriptions are from the Quran and other holy texts, while the cenotaph inscriptions give the name and title of those interred.
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