Another beautiful building, created during the Mughal - Itemad tomb ud-Daula, located in the historic Indian city of Agra, Uttar Pradesh state, on the banks of the river Yamuna (Yamuna). She is known as "jewelry box", and is considered a kind of "rehearsal" before the construction of the famous Taj Mahal, so sometimes called "Little Taj" or "Baby Taj".

As with any large-scale construction of this type, the tomb of a complex consisting of the tomb itself, several "accompanying" buildings and, of course, a beautiful garden. The construction of the tomb was conducted from 1622 in 1628, by order of Nur Jahan, the wife of the famous emperor Jahangir. The tomb was intended for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg, who was once the ruler of Persia, but was in exile. During his reign, he was given the nickname Itemad ud-Daulah, which means "a pillar of the state", which gave the name of his tomb. He was also the great-grandfather of Mumtaz Mahal, for which Shah Jahan and built dazzling Taj Mahal. The tomb is located in the garden, which can be reached through the magnificent gates, made of red sandstone, and that mastery of finishes are not inferior to the main building.

The tomb is an example of transition in architecture: from the first "phase" when the basic material for the construction was the red sandstone, and for finishing used white marble, the second "phase" when the wizard is mainly used white marble and decoration dominated Florentine mosaic - a special technique of "pietra fool" whose beauty is fully revealed in the Taj Mahal. The building is rectangular in shape, and stands on a small "pedestal", a little more than a meter in height, with an area of ​​about 50 square meters. m. At each corner are hexagonal construction minarets taller than 13 meters. The walls are decorated with white marble inlaid with semi-precious stones: onyx, lapis lazuli, jasper, carnelian, topaz, which is lined with real pictures - trees, vases of flowers and fruit.

Cenotaph father and mother Nur Jahan located nearby, in a room of the tomb.