The Akbarī Generations 37: Foundation of the town of Fathpúr.

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The Emperor had several sons born to him, but none of them had lived. Shaikh Salím Chishtí, who resided at the town of Síkrí, twelve kos from Agra, had gladdened him with the promise of a son. The Emperor went to visit the Shaikh several times, and remained there ten or twenty days on each occasion. He commenced a fine building there on the top of a hill, near the Shaikh's monastery. The Shaikh also commenced a new monastery and a fine mosque, which at the present day has no equal in the world, near the royal mansion. The amirs also built houses and mansions for themselves. When one of the Emperor's wives became pregnant, he conveyed her to the dwelling of the Shaikh, and left her there. Sometimes he stayed there himself, sometimes at Agra. He gave the name of Fathpur to Sikri, and built a bazar and baths there.