Fatehpur Sikri through time
Now Fatehpur Sikri, Agra district, Uttar Pradesh
Theme M9 · 1200 to 1700 CE
Akbar built his capital round Salim Chishti's hospice, and the saint's marble tomb is its finest building
Theme M8a · 1526 to 1707 CE
The Mughal empire: the emperors
Founded by Akbar in 1571 in honour of Shaikh Salim Chishti and capital until 1585; the Buland Darwaza and the Ibadat Khana