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Fatehpur Sikri, plan: (a) Stonecutters’ Mosque; (b) Rang Mahal; (c) congregational mosque ....

Fatehpur Sikri, plan: (a) Stonecutters’ Mosque; (b) Rang Mahal; (c) congregational mosque (Jami‛ Masjid); (d) bazaar; (e) caravanserai; (f) Hathi Pol (‘Elephant Gate’); (g) workshops; (h) reservoir; (i) well; (j) stepwell of southern waterworks; (k) stepwell of northern waterworks; (l) tomb of Shaykh Salim Chisti; (m) Badshahi Darvaza (‘Emperor’s Gate’); (n) Buland Darvaza (‘Lofty Gate’); (o) Jodh Bai’s Palace, possibly main harem quarters or Akbar’s residential palace; (p) Birbal’s House; (q) Sonahra Makan (‘Gilded House’); (r) Anup Tala’o pavilion (‘Turkish Sultana’s Palace’); (s) Anup Talaاo (‘Peerless Pool’); (t) Kutub Khana (‘Library’) and Khwabgah; (u) Divan-i ‛Am (‘Hall of Public Audience’); (v) ‘Panch Mahal’; (w) building with central column, possibly Divan-i Khas; (x) ‘Ankh Michauli’, possibly treasury or Divan-i Khas; (y) Hiran Minar (‘Deer Tower’); (z) garden

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Palace at Fatehpur Sikri

Palace at Fatehpur Sikri showing water channels and grid plan, latter half of 16th century; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom

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Fatehpur Sikri interior

Fatehpur Sikri, interior of the building with central column, possibly the Divan-i Khas; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom

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View of Fatehpur Sikri

Fatehpur Sikri, view towards the Panch Mahal, begun 1571; photo credit: Sheila S. Blair and Jonathan M. Bloom

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Encyclopaedia of Islam (Leiden, 1954–)