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| name = Chini ka Rauza<br />
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| image = Chini ki Rauza 4.jpg<br />
| caption = [[Façade]] of Chini ka Rauza, in 2024<br />
| type = [[Mausoleum]]<br />
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| location = Katra Wazir Khan, [[Agra]], India<br />
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|built_for= [[Afzal Khan Shirazi]]<br />
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[[File:Chini Ka Rauza, Indo-Persian-Mosque in Agra, India - Photo by Eldar Mamedov Persian Dutch-Network.jpg|thumb|Chini Ka Rauza, in Agra]]'''Chini ka Rauza''' is a funerary monument, ''[[rauza]]'' in [[Agra]], [[India]], containing the tomb of [[Afzal Khan Shirazi]], a scholar and poet who was the [[Grand vizier|Grand Vizier]] of the [[Mughal Emperor]] [[Shah Jahan]]. The tomb was built in 1635. The Chini Ka Rauza is situated just 1 kilometre north of [[Itmad-Ud-Daulah]]'s Tomb, on the eastern (left) bank of [[Yamuna river]] in [[Agra]], and 2 kilometres away from the Taj Mahal.<ref name="Rangan">{{cite news |last1=Datta |first1=Rangan |title=Agra beyond the Taj: Exploring tombs and gardens on the left bank of Yamuna |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/places/agra-beyond-the-taj-exploring-tombs-and-gardens-on-the-left-bank-of-yamuna/cid/2031729 |access-date=18 July 2024 |agency=My Kolkata |publisher=The Telegraph |date=5 July 2024}}</ref><br />
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The outer walls of the monument is decorated with [[Chinese glazed roof tile|glazed tile]] and hence the name Chini ka Rauza (the word chini coming from [[China]]).<ref name="Edwardes1930">{{cite book|author=[[Stephen Meredyth Edwardes]]|title=Mughal Rule in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4aqU9Zu7mFoC&pg=PA332-IA2|year=1930|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|isbn=978-81-7156-551-1|pages=332–}}</ref><ref name="Rangan"/><br />
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==History==<br />
[[File:Chini ka Rauza, Agra.jpg|right|thumb|Chini ka Rauza, Agra]]<br />
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Also known as China Tomb, this is the mausoleum of Afzal Khan who was a Persian poet during the reign of [[Jahangir]]. Later he became the [[Vizier|wazir]] during [[Shah Jahan]]'s reign. Khan died in [[Lahore]] in 1639 and was buried here at [[Agra]].<ref name="CR">Havell, p.92</ref> The tomb is built facing the city of [[Mecca]].<br />
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==Architecture==<br />
The structure's architectural style is unusual because of the exotic architectural style and is unusually plain possessing a sultanate style unproportional dome.<br />
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Due to the inclement weather, the various types of enamel colours have worn away from the tiles. In the facades, the builders used earthenware pots to reduce the weight of the concrete filling which was followed in [[Rome]] and [[Egypt]].<br />
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The interior houses two graves (Afzal Khan and his wife) along with brightly painted walls and ceilings. It stands in the centre of a [[Charbagh]] styled garden overlooking the [[Yamuna]].<ref name="Rangan"/><br />
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Damaged yet intricate pietra dura inlay work at Chini Ka Rauza 05.JPG|Damaged yet intricate pietra dura inlay work at Chini Ka Rauza<br />
Interior of Chini Ka Rauza, Agra, India - October 2014.jpg|Interior view<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Agra Fort]]<br />
* [[Itmad-Ud-Daulah]]<br />
* [[Taj Mahal]]<br />
* [[Aram Bagh, Agra]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
* {{cite book|title = A Handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri, and the Neighbourhood |url = https://archive.org/details/handbooktoagrata0000have | author = Ernest Binfield Havell| ISBN = 9788120617117| publisher = Asian Educational Services}}<br />
* {{cite book|title = Agra: The Architectural Heritage | author =Lucy Peck| ISBN = 9788174369420| publisher = Roli Books Private Limited}}<br />
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