Fatehpur Sikri (, ) is a city in the
Agra District of
Uttar Pradesh,
India Previously city name was Vijaypur Sikari of Sikarwar Rajput clan later city was founded in 1569 by the Emperor,
Akbar, and served as the capital of the Mughal Empire from 1571 to 1585. After his military victories over
Chittor and
Ranthambore, Akbar decided to shift his capital from
Agra to a new location W.S.W on the Sikri ridge, to honour the
Sufi saint
Salim Chishti. Here he commenced the construction of a planned walled city which took the next fifteen years in planning and construction of a series of royal palaces, harem, courts, a mosque, private quarters and other utility buildings. He named the city, Fatehabad, with
Fateh, a word of Arabic origin in Persian, meaning "victorious." it was later called Fatehpur Sikri. It is at Fatehpur Sikri that the legends of Akbar and his famed courtiers, the
nine jewels or
Navaratnas, were born. Fatehpur Sikri is one of the best preserved collections of Indian
Mughal architecture in India.