The History of Humāyūn (Gulbadan Begam) 3.5.4

3.5.4

There were pleasant days after the coming to Agra, when Babar took Maham, and the child also, to see his works at Dholpur and Sikri. He had always been a builder and a lover of a view, a maker of gardens and planter of trees. Much of the scenery of his new location displeased him; he thought the neighbourhood of Agra 'ugly and detestable' and 'repulsive and disgusting,' words which do not now link well with that Agra which he and his line have made the goal of the pilgrim of beauty. It is difficult to go back in fancy to the city without a Taj, with no Sikandra near and with Sikri uncrowned.