Singleton, Esther, d 1930, [from old catalog] ed. and tr · New York, Dodd, Mead & co. · leaf 152
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… … 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 soon the only inhabitants of Futtehporewere wild animals and a few anchorites. One is…
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