The work, supervised by the great Mughal himself, was completed in 1573.
In 1585, however, Akbar abandoned Fatehpur Sikri to fight against the Afghan tribes and choose a new capital, Lahore.
Fatehpur Sikri was to be the seat of the great Mughal court only once more for three months in 1619, when Jahangir sought refuge there from the plague that devastated Agra.
The site was then finally abandoned, until its archaeological exploration in 1892.
Today it is part of the Agra province and is one of the major tourist attractions. This phantom city is immaculately preserved within wherein one can witness various monuments which are architectural wonders from the Mughal times.
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