The Itmad-ud-daulah Tomb standing in the centre of a grand Persian garden, is the tomb of Mirza Ghiyas Beg, Emperor Jehangir's wazir, or Chief Minister, and also his father-in-law. The structure was built by Emperor Jahangir's queen, Nur Jahan between 1622 and 1628 and is very similar to the tomb she constructed for her husband, near Lahore in Pakistan. This splendid garden tomb was the first Mughal structure to be built entirely of marble, and the first, again, to make use of pietra dura, the inlay marble work that came to be typical of the Taj.
Near the Agra Fort, is Jami Masjid, built by Shahjahan in 1648. An inscription over it's main entrance indicates that it was built in the name of Jahanara, the emperor's daughter, who was imprisoned with the emperor by Aurangzeb. |