Sikandar Lodi
had made it his capital in A.D. 1501.
22. That is to say, the grantees have now to pay land revenue, or
rent, to the state.
23. No good general description of the buildings at Agra, Sikandra,
and Fathpur-Sikri exists. The following list indicates the beat
treatises available.
(1) Syad Muhammad Latif--_Agra, Historical and Descriptive., &c._;
8vo, Calcutta, 1896, Useful, but crude and badly illustrated.
(2) E. W. Smith--_The Moghul Architecture of Fathpur-Sikri_; 4 Parts,
4to, Government Press, Allahabad, 1894-8.
(3) Same author--_Moghul Colour Decoration of Agra_; 4to, Government
Press, Allahabad, 1901.
(4) Same author--_Akbar's Tomb, Sikandarah_; posthumous; 4to,
Allahabad Government Press, 1909.
The three works by Mr. E. W. Smith are magnificently illustrated and
worthy of the subject.
(5) Nur Baksh--'The Agra Fort and its Buildings', in _A.S. Annual
Report_ for 1903-4, pp. 164-93.
(6) Moin-ud-din--_The History of the Taj, &c._; thin 8vo, 116 pp.;
Moon Press, Agra, 1905. Useful, as being the only book devoted to the
Taj and connected buildings, but crude and inadequate.
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