Travel Fatehpur Sikri
Fatehpur Sikri is a city in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh , India. The city was established in 1569 by the Mughal sovereign Akbar, and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585. After his military triumphs over Chittor and Ranthambore, Akbar chose to move his capital from Agra to another area 23 miles (37 km) W.S.W on the Sikri edge, to respect the Sufi holy person Salim Chishti. Here he started the development of an arranged walled city which took the following fifteen years in arranging and development of a progression of imperial castles, group of concubines, courts, a mosque, private quarters and other utility buildings.He named the city, Fatehabad, with Fateh, an expression of Arabic cause in Persian, signifying "triumphant." It was later called Fatehpur Sikri. It is at Fatehpur Sikri that the legends of Akbar and his celebrated around the world retainers, the nine gems or Navaratnas, were born. Fatehpur Sikri is one of the best protected accumul