FATEHPUR SIKRI

or Fathpur Sikriboth: fətəpoorˈ sĭkˈrē, 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's son and heir, Jahangir. The city was Akbar's capital until 1584. By 1605 it was largely deserted because of the inadequate water supply. A masterpiece of Muslim architecture, the city is unique in India as a nearly intact Mughal city. The Buland Darwaza [gate of victory], flanked by colossal statues of elephants, was the principal entrance. Carvings and murals cover many of the buildings. Among the most notable are the Jami Masjid (the Great Mosque); the ornate marble mausoleum of Salim Chishti; the palaces of Jodh Bai and Birbal; and the Panch Mahal, the royal audience hall.

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books on: Fatehpur Sikri  - 95 results

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Dictionary of Islamic Architecture
Book by Andrew Petersen; Routledge, 1999
Plan and section of Diwan-i Khass, Fatehpur Sikri Although the palace and city of Fatehpur Sikri are remarkably well preserved, the design...be discerned. The period during which Fatehpur Sikri was built coincided with two important...
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The World's Religions
Book by Stewart Sutherland, Leslie Houlden, Peter Clarke, Friedhelm Hardy; Routledge, 1988
Subjects: Religion--History
...Firuzabad, Jaunpur, Farrukhabad, Fatehpur Sikri, Hyderabad, Shahjahanabad...and humming trade activity of Fatehpur Sikri, the city founded by Akbar...Darwaza constructed by Akbar at Fatehpur Sikri is one of the loftiest gates...
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The Oxford History of Islam
Book by John L. Esposito; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Islam--History
...foundation the new capital at Fatehpur Sikri. As important as Akbars affiliation with Chishti saints was for the Fatehpur Sikri phase of his life, it became...constant focus ofAkbars allegiance, Fatehpur Sikri was sited as a temporary rather...
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New Dimensions in Marketing/Quality-of-Life Research
Book by M. Joseph Sirgy, A. Coskun Samli; Quorum Books, 1995
Subjects: Marketing Research, Quality Of Life--Research
...neglect of its historical sites is Fatehpur Sikri, the former capital of Great...unavailable locally. Every part of the Fatehpur Sikri complex is a testimony of deliberate...architectural wonders, such as Fatehpur Sikri and Char Minar complex in Hyderabad...
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Explorations in Communication: An Anthology
Book by Edmund Carpenter, Marshall McLuhan; Beacon Press, 1960
Subjects: Communication
...with its fabled Taj Mahal, lies Fatehpur Sikri, a dream city built in sandstone...dying sunset. One approaches Fatehpur Sikri in silence, for it has been deserted...the contemporary visitor to Fatehpur Sikri is at once struck by the likeness...
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journal articles on: Fatehpur Sikri  - 11 results

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Tales, Tanks, and Temples: The Creation of a Sacred Center in Seventeenth-Century Bengal
Journal article by Pike Ghosh; Asian Folklore Studies, Vol. 61, 2002
Subjects: Folk literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Folklore, India--History, India--Religious aspects, Religious communities--History, Sacred space--History
...precedent use at Akbars capital at Fatehpur Sikri for example. Not only are construction...Indic architecture made popular at Fatehpur Sikri like the lotus bud fringes of...The craftsmanship is that of Fatehpur-Sikri, but the Hindu builders working...
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Mosque Architecture in Bangladesh: The Archetype and Its Changing Morphology
Journal article by Ishrat Islam, Allen G. Noble; Journal of Cultural Geography, Vol. 17, 1998
Subjects: Architecture and religion--Bangladesh, Architecture, Islamic--Bangladesh, Bangladesh--Churches, mosques, synagogues, etc., Mosques--Bangladesh
...started in the imperial capitals of Delhi, Agra, and Fatehpur Sikri in the sixteenth century and appeared in the provinces...period, erected their best works in Delhi, Agra, and Fatehpur Sikri, neglecting Bangladesh, which was a remote eastern...
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Mid-List
Journal article by A. L. Mccann; The Review of Contemporary Fiction, Vol. 27, 2007
Subjects: Australian literature--Excerpts, The Terrorist System of Novel Writing (Novel)--Excerpts
...no one was looking. I was working haphazardly on a futuristic novel about a ruined, waterless Melbourne, a stony Fatehpur Sikri sucking up the filthy dregs of a dying river. In the first scene, a bloke wearing a suit is standing on a city street...
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Tales of the Alhambra: Rushdie's Use of Spanish History in 'The Moor's Last Sigh
Journal article by Paul A. Cantor; Studies in the Novel, Vol. 29, 1997
Subjects: Imperialism in literature--Analysis, Literature and history--Social aspects, Multiculturalism--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Rushdie, Salman--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Spain--Portrayals, depictions, etc., The Moor's Last Sigh (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...Then he would sing ghazals and recite Urdu poetry-Faiz, Josh, Iqbal--from memory and speak of the glories of Fatehpur Sikri and the moonlit splendour of the Taj. (P. 299) If the Hindu fundamentalist Mainduck can embrace Islamic elements...
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Trade and State in the Arabian Seas: a Survey from the Fifteenth to the Eighteenth Century
Journal article by Goldstone; Journal of World History, Vol. 11, 2000
Subjects: World History--Periodicals
...labor. This entailed agricultural labor, labor for the building of the imperial capitals of Agra, Isfahan, or Fatehpur Sikri, as well as--first and foremost--military labor. Work in agriculture and in the army were closely linked...
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'Scholars Are Only Now Beginning to Realise the Extent to Which the Mughal Emperors Adopted What Most Would Assume to Be Outrightly Christian Devotions': In the Year That Islamist Terrorism Finally Reached London, It Is Important to Emphasise That Christianity and Islam Are Not Nearly So Far Apart as Both Bin Laden and the Neo-Cons Would like Us to Believe
Magazine article by William Dalrymple; New Statesman, Vol. 134, December 19, 2005
Subjects: Christian-Muslim relations--History, Christianity and other religions--History, Christianity and other religions--Islam, Mughal Empire, 1526-1857--Religious aspects, Religion--International aspects
...leading to the Friday Mosque at Fatehpur Sikri in northern India. I was an 18...Akbar, who founded and built Fatehpur Sikri, was particularly fond of this...womens) palaces I had seen at Fatehpur Sikri that cold December morning. He...
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Islam in Iberia
Magazine article by Martin Meade; The Architectural Review, Vol. 213, March 2003
Subjects: Lisbon, Portugal--Buildings, facilities, etc., Muslims--Buildings, facilities, etc., Rewal, Raj--Works
...says, ancient Indian temples, Fatehpur Sikri (the Emperor Akbars Palace near...in the Islamic architecture of Fatehpur Sikri and Agra in India, or in Spain...sloping site, Rewal has referred to Fatehpur Sikri where the Great Mosque commands...
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Age of Empires
Magazine article by Salil Tripathi; New Statesman, Vol. 137, April 28, 2008
Subjects: Books--Book reviews, The Enchantress of Florence (Book)--Book reviews
...freshly minted imperial capital, Fatehpur Sikri, carrying a secret that could...queen, Jodha; and the whores in Fatehpur Sikris netherworld. In Jodha...Indeed, at the temple in Fatehpur Sikri there is no deity; the only god...
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Travelling Historically in 1999
Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 49, March 1999
Subjects: Historic sites--Public opinion, Tour operators--Directories
...the Mughal and Rajput architecture, art and culture. The tour includes trips to Emperor Akbars deserted city of Fatehpur Sikri, the Amber Fort and the walled city of Jodhpur. Apart from visiting the Taj Mahal and the Ganges at Benares, Journey...
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The near Pavilions!
Magazine article by Arthur C. Danto; The Nation, Vol. 241, October 26, 1985
Subjects: Art, India, India! (exhibition)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Indian art--Exhibitions
...whose tomb at Sikandra, near Agra, swarms today with irascible green monkeys, and whose long deserted city of Fatehpur Sikri is a sculptured world in rose sandstone. That city, with its gates, its mosques, its divan, its palaces and battlements...
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Symbol of Love; David Firth Takes a Luxurious Journey to One of the World's Most Romantic Places
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), February 23, 2008
...finished. Further afield, 32 miles west of Agra lies Fatehpur Sikri, a "ghost city" abandoned after only 14 years due...durable red sandstone from which much of it is built. Fatehpur Sikri is a restful place which commands fantastic views of...
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India
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), September 23, 2011
Subjects: Hotels and motels--India
...ConTinue To The remarkably preserved ancienT ciTy of FaTehpur Sikri. Lunch is aT The luxurious Laxmi Niwas Palace before...Amber FOrt and stay in a Rajasthani fOrt Guided tOur Of Fatehpur Sikri Visit Shimla, staying in the luxuriOus OberOi Cecil...
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India - a Magical Memory Tour by; She Grew Up in the India of the Raj. Now the Distinguished Mail Foreign Correspondent Is Beguiled All over Again by Its Charms
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 15, 2006
...first making a detour to the fortified ghost city of Fatehpur Sikri, one hours drive from Agra. The Muslim Akbar the...have been misjudging the availability of water for Fatehpur Sikri, and his fortress palace was abandoned shortly after...
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Travel: INDIA'S GOLDEN TRIANGLE; Malcolm Handley Goes on a Journey of Discovery from the Taj Mahal to Bollywood
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), February 23, 2008
...way I allowed time to see the fortified ghost city of Fatehpur Sikri and, after Agra and the Taj Mahal, flew to Mumbai...hours to soak up the atmosphere of beautiful lost city Fatehpur Sikri, once intended to be the capital of the Mughal empire...
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India; 11 Days from Only [Pounds Sterling
Newspaper article; August 6, 2009
...landscape. DAY 5 Continue to the remarkably preserved ancient city of Fatehpur Sikri. Lunch is at the luxurious Laxmi Niwas Palace before catching the Shatabdi...our flight home. Price includes: at a supplement tour Guided tour of Fatehpur
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encyclopedia articles on: Fatehpur Sikri  - 5 results

 
 
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Fatehpur Sikri
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FATEHPUR SIKRI or Fathpur Sikri both: f t poor sik re, 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...
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Fathpur Sikri
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FATHPUR SIKRI see Fatehpur Sikri . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Mughal Art and Architecture
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Akbar went on to build the entire city of Fatehpur Sikri (City of Victory) in which extensive use...Built in 1571 the choice of the site of Sikri reflected Akbars gratitude to a Muslim saint at Sikri for the birth of his son. Courtiers soon...
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Akbar
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...government; he twice married Rajput princesses. Although he was himself illiterate, Akbars courts at Delhi, Agra, and Fatehpur Sikri were centers of the arts, letters, and learning. He was much impressed with Persian culture, and because of him...
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Mosque
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...grandeur were erected. Among the finest Mughal examples are the huge mosque with its superb domes and entrance at Fatehpur Sikri (1556 1605); the three-domed Pearl Mosque at Agra (1646 53), famous for its simple plan and delicate inlays...


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