History of India . Tomb of Itmad-ad-Daulah at Agra This mausoleum of exquisite white marble is one of the finest buildingsin Agra. It is the burial-place of Ghayas Beg, father of the empressNur Jahan and her brother, Asaf Khan, of lahangirs court. The archi-tectural lines of the structure, with its four graceful turrets at the cor-ners and a raised pavilion in the centre, with its delicate latticework,carved tracery, and inlaid mosaics, blend into charming harmony with thesurroundings amid which the building MANDELSLOS ACCOUNT OF INDIA 95 Table of about fifteen or sixteen dishes of me
History of India . Tomb of Itmad-ad-Daulah at Agra This mausoleum of exquisite white marble is one of the finest buildingsin Agra. It is the burial-place of Ghayas Beg, father of the empressNur Jahan and her brother, Asaf Khan, of lahangirs court. The archi-tectural lines of the structure, with its four graceful turrets at the cor-ners and a raised pavilion in the centre, with its delicate latticework,carved tracery, and inlaid mosaics, blend into charming harmony with thesurroundings amid which the building MANDELSLOS ACCOUNT OF INDIA 95 Table of about fifteen or sixteen dishes of meat, besidesthe Desert. The favourite rendezvous for the Englishcolony was the presidents great open GaUery, wherehis friends enjoyed the sea-breezes of an evening. Therewas a fair garden outside the city where they all re-sorted on Sundays after sermon, and where on week-days Mandelslo made a small fortune by winning pistol-matches, shooting at Butts, Sometimes they made anight of it over some bottles of sack; but Mandelslowas an exceedingly virtuous young man, and spoke noEnglish—two effectual bars to excessive he went iato the interior, the same hospitablereception awaited him, not only at the hands of the Eu-ropean agents, but also of the Mohammedan as his stay was, the assistance of his hosts en-abled him to make the most of his opportunities, andhis native gift of observation stood him in good knowledge of Turkish appears to have served himwell, as it did Hawki
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