Fatehpur sikri history

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Fatehpur Sikri contains other early Mughal structures, exhibiting both Muslim and Hindu architectural influences. They include the palace of Akbar’s wife (Jodha Bai), a private audience hall, and houses. The Mughal capital was moved to Delhi in 1586 because of Fatehpur Sikri’s This article was most recently revised and updated by

Jama Mosque, Fatehpur Sikri (India) Show map of India 27°05′42″N 77°39′46″E / 27.09500°N 77.66278°E / 27.09500; 77.66278 Architecture Type Specifications Length 165.20 m Width 133.60 m 3 Red The Jama Masjid is a 16th-century History [ ] Akbar commissioned the Jama Masjid as part of his new capital city of Fatehpur Sikri. The structure was one of the first sites constructed in the city, and was completed sometime between 1571 and 1574, according to its own inscriptions. The mosque played a part in Akbar's religious designs. In 1579, he delivered the khutbah was typically reserved for religious leaders (such as an The Jama Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri remained a "symbol of Mughal heritage and pride" after Akbar's rule. Architecture [ ] The Jama Masjid is situated on the highest point of the rocky ridge on which the Fatehpur Sikri site is located. At the time of its construction, the mosque was the largest in Gates [ ] The mosque complex is entered via three gates. Badshahi Darwaza (Imperial Gate), was used by Akbar to access the mosque. It is decorated using cut mosaics. The northern and southern gates may have historically resembled each other - however, in 1573 the southern gate was rebuilt by Akbar as the Courtyard [ ] The dalans (arcades). These are shaded by a continuous, projecting hujra (cells), probably used as sleeping quarters for devotees. Towards the northern side of the courtyard are the Prayer Hall [ ] The rectangular prayer hall (dimensions 89 m by 20 m) lies on t...

Akbar was the greatest of the Mughal emperors—a conqueror of cities, a good-governance reformer, a patron of the arts, a Muslim who tried to engage and accommodate the Hindus and Christians in his midst. He ruled for 51 years, from 1556 to 1605, extending his domain over most of northern and central India. And he left behind Fatehpur Sikri. This monumental complex embraces a palace, courtyards, gardens, gazebos, ceremonial gates, an artificial lake and the Jama Masjid, a mosque big enough for 10,000 worshipers. The buildings are made of the local red sandstone, and they reflect Akbar’s expansive worldview, incorporating Persian, Hindu and Muslim elements in their design and decor. “There is hardly a more impressive city in all India,” the British travel writer Eustace Alfred Reynolds-Ball opined in 1907. “Here we see the impress of Akbar’s architectural genius, as if fresh from the builder’s hands.” Eighty years later, scholars Michael Brand and Glenn D. Lowry wrote that the buildings “represent a splendid achievement of planning, design, craftsmanship and good taste”—a place that would project Akbar’s image as an “absolute ruler.” The emperor himself supervised the work, which may explain why it took only three years, from 1570 to 1573. At the time he already had a capital, in Agra (future home of the Taj Mahal), but he chose to build this new one on a ridge about 25 miles west because it was where Sheik Salim Chisti, a noted Sufi saint, had foretold the birth of a royal ...

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