Fatehpur Sikri

'Fatehpur Sikri' or the city of victory is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India. The city was founded in 1569 by the Mughal Emperor Akbar, and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585.Akbar founded FATEHPUR SIKRI to commemorate his victory over Mewar After his military victories over Chittor and Ranthambore, Akbar decided to shift his capital from Agra to a new location 23 miles (37 km) west south-west, to honour the Sufi saint Salim Chishti. Here, he commenced the construction of a planned walled city, which took the next fifteen years in planning and construction, with a series of royal palaces, harem, courts, a mosque, private quarters and other utility buildings. He named the city Fatehabad, with Fateh, a word of Arabic origin in Persian, meaning "victorious." It was later called Fatehpur Sikri. It is at Fatehpur Sikri that the legends of Akbar and his famed courtiers, the nine jewels or Navaratnas, were born. Fatehpur Sikri is one of the best preserved examples of Mughal architecture in India.

Architecture

• Buland Darwaza
• Jama Masjid
• Tomb of Salim Chishti
• Diwan-i-Aam
• Diwan-i-Khas
• Ibadat Khana
• Mariam-uz-Zamani's Palace
• Anup Talao
• Naubat Khana
• Hiran Minar
• Birbal's House
• Panch Mahal

Demographics

Fatehpur Sikri has a population of 28,757. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Fatehpur Sikri has an average literacy rate of 46%, lower than the national average of 74%; male literacy is 57%, and female literacy is 34%. In Fatehpur Sikri, 59% of the population is under 6 years of age.

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  Diwan-i-Khas

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  Panch Mahal

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  Birbal Bhavan

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  Astrologer's seat

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  Anup Talao

Fatehpur Sikri Media

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  Fatehput Sikiri Buland Darwaza gate 2010

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  Kos Minar#793 at kilometric point 19 on Agra–Fatehpur Sikri Road section of National Highway 21

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  General plan of Fatehpur Sikri city in 1917.

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  Jama Masjid, Fatehpur Sikri

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  Tomb of Salim Chishti in Jama Masjid courtyard, Fatehpur Sikri

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  Panch Mahal, Fatehpur Sikri

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  Hiran Minar, Fatehpur Sikri

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  Rear view of the grand gateway of Jodha Bai Mahal, the largest residential complex in Fatehpur Sikri

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  Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur Sikri

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  Buland Darwaza in Fatehpur Sikri, Uttar Pradesh, India

References

• Havell, E. B. (1904). A handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the neighbourhood (1904). Longmans, Greens & Co., London.
• Smith, Vincent Arthur (1917). Akbar the Great Mogul, 1542-1605. Oxford at The Clarendon Press.
• Asher, Catherine Ella Blanshard (1992). "Age of Akbar". Architecture of Mughal India, (Part 1). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-26728-5.
• Fatehpur Sikri, Detailed study Archived 2011-06-29 at the Wayback Machine Arch Net Digital Library

Other websites

• Fatehpur Sikri Archived 2011-09-05 at the Wayback Machine at Archaeological Survey of India
• An interactive map of Fatehpur Sikri
• Fatehpur Sikri History Archived 2020-01-27 at the Wayback Machine
• 360 degree walkthrough of Fatehpur Sikri Archived 2014-12-30 at the Wayback Machine
• Fatehpur Sikri Visit the city of Taj Mahal Experience its glory Archived 2017-09-02 at the Wayback Machine