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Description: | Photograph of Fatehpur Sikri, taken by Edmund William Smith in 1893, from the Archaeological Survey of India Collections. Fatehpur Sikri was built the Mughal Emperor Akbar (r.1556-1605) between 1571 and 1585. The city was founded here to celebrate Shaikh Salim Chisti's prophesy of the birth of Akbar's son and heir, Prince Salim, later Emperor Jahangir. This is a general view of the city, taken from the top of the Panch Mahal, or Tower of the Winds, looking north-east towards the Mint and Treasury. | License: | http://www.bl.uk/services/copy/permission.html | Rights holder: | British Library | Source: | Collect Britain | Creator: | Smith, Edmund William | Identifier: | http://www.collectbritain.co.uk/personal... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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