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Fatehpur Sīkri
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Fatehpur Sīkri, Uttar Pradesh/India A historical site with a name meaning ‘City of Victory (at) Sikri’ from the Arabic
fath ‘victory’ or ‘conquest’. Anxious that he might have no male heir, Akbar
†, the Mughal emperor, sought help from a Sufi Muslim saint, Shaikh Salim Chisthī, who lived in Sīkri. He reassured Akbar that he could father a son, and forecast that the emperor's wives would give birth to three sons; a year later in 1569 a boy (who became Emperor Jahāngīr) was born and then two more. In gratitude Akbar built a palace‐fort at Sīkri that year as his new capital and renamed the site Fatehpur Sīkri. However, due to the brackish nature of the local water, the city had to be abandoned in 1586.
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Fatehpur Sikri is ticket to Taj Mahal!
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 6/12/2007; 680 words
; ...historical structure near here, Fatehpur Sikri, as the Archaeological Survey...ticket as a souvenir because it has Fatehpur Sikri printed on it," said Dinesh...told him: "Taj Mahal is not in Fatehpur Sikri!" Citing the entry ticket...
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Agra's Fatehpur Sikri undergoing repairs
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 5/10/2006; 529 words
; ...at the world heritage site of Fatehpur Sikri, the 16th century fort built...Dholpur in Rajasthan as the local Fatehpur Sikri stone is not considered of good...Dholpur districts neighbouring Fatehpur Sikri are the major focus of mining...
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+(New+Delhi%2c+India) "United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India)")
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ELECTION UP FATEHPUR SIKRI PROFILE TWO LAST AGRA.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 5/4/2009; 606 words
; ...journey. The new constituency of Fatehpur Sikri, a rural in character, has newly...assembly seat of Agra Rural (res), Fatehpur Sikri, Fatehabad, Khairagarh and Bah...decide the fate of 14 candidates on Fatehpur Sikri parliamentary set going to polls...
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Pak team to acquire red stones from Fatehpur Sikri
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 8/31/2008; 455 words
; ...department is scheduled to visit Fatehpur Sikri, a world heritage site near Agra...using red stones brought from Fatehpur Sikri. Now, Pakistan needs those very...by its archaeology department. Fatehpur Sikri was the political capital of the...
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Raj Babbar in a tough fight on new Fatehpur Sikri seat.
Newspaper article from: United News of India (UNI) (New Delhi, India); 5/3/2009; 700+ words
; ...parliamentary constituency of Fatehpur Sikri but there is more to it. Cine...about 1.30 lakh Jatavs voters in Fatehpur Sikri, the place of historical importance...parliamentary constituency of Fatehpur Sikri but there is more to it. Cine...
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Tension in Fatehpur Sikri after 'mazar' damaged
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 9/1/2008; 393 words
; ...the 700-year-old Hazrat Shah ki Bibi shrine near Fatehpur Sikri, the 16th century capital of Mughal emperor Akbar...to the Rajasthan capital Jaipur. Irate residents of Fatehpur Sikri blocked traffic on both side of the highway for several...
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Two killed, 18 injured in accident near Fatehpur Sikri
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 9/24/2009; 337 words
; ...tanker carrying liquified petroleum gas (LPG) hit a tractor-trailer carrying more than 30 passengers close to Fatehpur Sikri, police said Thursday. The incident occurred Wednesday. Villagers immediately rushed the injured to Agra's SN...
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Body without soul: Fatehpur Sikri. (poem) (Indian Literatures: In the Fifth Decade of Independence)
Magazine article from: World Literature Today; 3/22/1994; ; 374 words
; Someone other than these shadows is walking beside me. As I climb the steps I feel that someone is already there where I will arrive. The shoulders of the parapets shake, the latticed balconies peek out, the walls listen, the arched doorways yawn, the domes, like domes of freshness, shiver in the
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Patron of arts and crafts.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...set aside in the royal city of Fatehpur Sikri for the translation of Persian...is evident in the buildings at Fatehpur Sikri, the Agra Red Fort, and his...style. At the huge complex at Fatehpur Sikri, highly skilled craftsmen, using...
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Taj Mahal in a sad light
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 2/10/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...STF) - Covering the Agra/Fatehpur Sikri sector, this is the third part...Mahal. Then, they headed for Fatehpur Sikri, which was built as a tribute...covering New Delhi, Agra- Fatehpur Sikri, Jaipur and Joelikot-Nainital...
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Fatehpur Sikri
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fatehpur Sikri or Fathpur Sikri , historic city (1991 pop. 25,446), Uttar Pradesh state, N India. It was founded (1569) by the Mughal emperor Akbar to honor the Muslim saint Shaikh Salim Chishti, who had foretold the birth of Akbar...
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Fathpur Sikri
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Fathpur Sikri see Fatehpur Sikri .
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Jalal-ud-din Mohammed Akbar
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...music and arts, and in many buildings, notably at Fatehpur Sikri, near Agra, he adopted Hindu elements in architecture...at Agra, and discouraged cow slaughter. In 1575 at Fatehpur Sikri he built a house of worship to which Moslem, Hindu...
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Mughal art and architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Akbar went on to build the entire city of Fatehpur Sikri (City of Victory) in which extensive...Built in 1571 the choice of the site of Sikri reflected Akbar's gratitude to a Muslim saint at Sikri for the birth of his son. Courtiers soon...
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Akbar I
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...Mogul control of the whole of India, extending his authority as far s as Ahmadnagar. Akbar built a new capital at Fatehpur Sikri and endeavoured to unify his empire by conciliation with Hindus. He also tolerated Christian missionaries.
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