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Module 4b - Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah

The tomb of Itmad-ud Daulah was built in 1626 AD in Agra by Nur Jahan for her father. It marks a transitional phase in architecture, emphasizing exquisite finish over size. The white marble tomb structure stands in the center of a formal garden within a square enclosure. The tomb has octagonal towers at each corner and a small upper pavilion rising above the roof, with intricate marble tracery and delicate ornamentation using embedded hard stones instead of older marble intarsia techniques.

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Module 4b - Tomb of Itmad-ud-Daulah

The tomb of Itmad-ud Daulah was built in 1626 AD in Agra by Nur Jahan for her father. It marks a transitional phase in architecture, emphasizing exquisite finish over size. The white marble tomb structure stands in the center of a formal garden within a square enclosure. The tomb has octagonal towers at each corner and a small upper pavilion rising above the roof, with intricate marble tracery and delicate ornamentation using embedded hard stones instead of older marble intarsia techniques.

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TOMB OF ITMAD-UD DAULAH

• Itmad-ud-Daulah’s (Pillar of the Empire) Tomb was built by


NurJahan (Emperor Jehangir’s wife) for her Father at Agra
in 1626 AD.

• The structure marks a transitional phase with a fresh


interpretation of the building art in its most delicate and refined
aspect, disregarding size and emphasizing exquisite finish.

• The structure stands in a square enclosure of 540’ side, with red


sandstone gateways.

• The tomb structure, built in white marble, stands in the centre of


a garden with a formal scheme of lawns, parterres, flagged
pathways, tanks and fountains.

• The tomb is a square in plan of only 70’ side, comprising of a


central structure with broad octagonal towers in the form of
minarets thrown out from each angle.

• A small pavilion or kind of upper storey rises above the roof.


TOMB OF ITMAD-UD DAULAH
• There are three arched opening in each side and
cornices on brackets and a wide eave on the upper
portion.

• The interior of the ground storey consists of a series of


rooms and passages corresponding to an enclosed
verandah which surrounds the central chamber
containing the cenotaph.

• The pavilion above is a square compartment with walls


of screens of fine marble tracery.

• There is little relief work in the ornamentation, the walls


being coloured delicately by inlaid stones. The inlay
work was done with a new system called pietra dura in
which hard and rare stones such as lapis, onyx, jasper,
topaz cornelian and the like were embedded in the
marble in graceful foliations, as opposed to the older
system of opus sectile, a marble intarsia of various
colours

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