Fatehpur Sikri
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Fatehpur Sikri is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. Situated 35.7 kilometres from the district headquarters of Agra, Fatehpur Sikri itself was founded as the capital of the Mughal E
Buland Darwaza, the 54-metre-high (177 ft) entrance to Fatehpur Sikri's Jama Masjid
Kos Minar#793 at kilometric point 19 on Agra–Fatehpur Sikri Road section of National Highway 21
Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri
Tomb of Salim Chishti in Jama Masjid courtyard, Fatehpur Sikri
Akbar
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Akbar, also known as Akbar the Great, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand
Fatehpur Sikri
…kilometres (22.2 mi) from the district headquarters of Agra, Fatehpur Sikri itself was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire in 1571 by Emperor Akbar, serving this role from 1571 to 1585, when Akbar abandoned it due to a campaign in Punjab and was later completely abandoned in 1610. The name of the…
Akbar with a lion and a calf, by Govardhan, c. 1630
Official seal of Mughal emperor Akbar, from Or 14982 1, dating to 978 A.H.
Contemporary portrait of Akbar as a boy, offering a painting to his father Humayun while in Kabul. Painted in 1550–56
Afghan troops of the Sur Empire surrendering to the Mughal forces of Akbar at the Siege of Mankot (1557). Akbarnama (1590–95)