Romantic castles and palaces, as seen and described by famous writers; (1901)
Singleton, Esther, ed. and tr · New York, Dodd, Mead & Co. · leaf 148
spot was transformed into a large and populous city ; butthe death of Selim soon put an end to this prosperity.Akbar then saw the folly of trying to place his capital inthe midst of these sterile plains, unapproached by any ofthe great rivers, more especially as he possessed the unusuallyfavourable… … «—t Q Oa b (14 ,/ YORK Pi^^_-- LIBRARY ASTOR. LENOX ANDTILDJiN FOU N 0 AXIOMS1934 L U5- FUTTEHPORE-SIKRI 107 grandeur, and carried off the whole population to people hisnew capital of Agra. The evacuation was complete; noneof the successors of Akbar cared to carry out his foolishproject, and very…
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