Fatehpur Sikri (jan 1, 1569 – jan 1, 1585)

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A city planned and constructed by Akbar that served as his capital. It commemorated his conquest of the prosperous commercial province of Gujarat in a campaign that enabled Akbar to head off both Portuguese attacks and Ottoman intervention there. The new city demonstrated Akbar's strength and imperial ambitions and was also a private residence and retreat for the ruler, reproducing in stone a royal encampment with exquisite pleasure palaces where Akbar indulged his passions for music and conversation with scholars and poets

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