The Itimad-ud-daulah is the burial tomb of Mirza Ghiyas Beg, the chief minister of Jehangir, the father of the emperor who commisioned the Taj Mahal. In many ways the Itimad-ud-daulah is more detailed than the Taj and was built before it.
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- The Itimad-ud-daulah in it’s surrounding gardens with mosque to the left, gate overlooking the Agra river to the rear.
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- The main tomb.
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- One of the identical minarets.
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- The adjoining mosque.
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- Stylisation with arrangement and iteration.
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- The marble is inlaid with granite and other colored stone, some semi-precious.
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- The extraordinary precision of marble carving is evident in the screens.
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- Geometrical formalism complements detail and figuration.
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- Internal detail is just as rich as the external work.
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- Detail of the carved screens.
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- The complementary colors and designs are masterful.
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- Detail of the roof, despite its deterioration.
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- Front facing exterior walls.
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- Inlaid marble into red sandstone on the adjoining mosque.
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- Detail of the upper walls.