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Mausoluem of Prince Etmad Dowlah, 1860 - 1869

 Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/25

Scope and Contents

297 x 241 mm. View from the entrance gateway looking across the garden to the mausoleum of I'timad-ud-daula, situated on the bank of the Jumna outside the old city. The 69 ft square tomb is set on a 150 ft square platform with squat octagonal towers at each corner. The tomb was erected by Nur Jahan, the wife of Jahangir, for her father who died in 1621. It was completed in 1628. The tomb is of white marble inlaid with decorative patterns in precious stones, and is important as the earliest surviving example of 'pietra dura' work in India. Bourne no. 1232.

Dates

  • Creation: 1860 - 1869

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: Probably taken during the mid 1860s..

Originator(s)

Bourne, Samuel, 1834-1912, photographer

Finding aid date

2011-01-11 11:16:18+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

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