Akbar directing the construction of the royal city of Fathpur, 1571. After an illustration to the Akbarnama, c1596. Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (1542-1605), popularly known as Akbar the Great, and also as Akbar I, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605.

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