Storia do Mogor 60.3.8

60.3.8

Then, for certain reasons, chiefly in order to reduce some rebellious Rajput villagers, who objected to pay tribute until they had been overcome by force of arms, he (Akbar) decided to leave Fathabad and found another city twelve leagues off, on the bank of the river Jamana (Jamnah). For this purpose he selected the village called Agrah in the year one thousand five hundred and sixty-three. After the foundation of the city, it was renamed Akbarabad — that is to say, 'Built by Akbar.' Thus Fathabad became uninhabited. In spite of this, the rebellious villagers did not desist from their risings, chiefly round about the town of Matora (Mathura, Muttra), to which Aurangzeb gave the title of Essalamabad (Islamabad) — that is to say, 'Peopled by the Faithful.' Mathura is twenty leagues from Agrah in the direction of Dihll, and on the same side of the river Jamnah. The chief cause of these risings is their not wishing to pay the customary tribute.