A
Handbook to Agra and the Taj, Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri, and the Neighbourhood
by
E. B. Havell, ARCA
1904
*Introduction
by FWP*
*INTRODUCTION
by E. B. Havell, 1904*
HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION
*(I.)*
The Great Moguls -- Babar -- Babar's Connection with Agra -- *(II.)*
Humayun -- Interregnum: Shere Shah -- *(III.)*
Akbar -- Akbar's Connection with Agra -- *(IV.)*
Jahangir -- Jahangir's Connection with Agra -- *(V.)*
Shah Jahan -- The Monuments of Shah Jahan's Reign at Agra -- *(VI.)*
Aurangzîb -- *(VII.)* Agra
and the Later Mogul Emperors -- Agra in the Mutiny.
*THE
FORT*
The Mûti Masjid -- The Dersane Darwaza
-- The Dîwan-i-âm -- Jahangir's Cistern -- The Tomb of Mr.
Colvin -- The Inner Mîna Bazar -- The Chitore Gates -- The Hindu
Temple -- The Machhi Bhawan -- The Najina Masjid -- The Dîwan-i-Khas
-- Jahangir's Throne -- The Baths -- The Samman Burj -- The Khas Mahal
-- The Underground Chambers -- The Anguri Bagh -- Shish Mahal -- The "Somnath"
Gates -- The Jahangiri Mahal -- The Sahmgarh.
*THE
JÂMI MASJID*
*THE
TAJ*
The building of the Taj -- The Intention
of the Taj -- Description.
*ITMÂD-UD-DAULAH'S
TOMB*
*THE
CHÎNÎ-KA-RAUZA*
*THE
RAM BAGH*
The Zuhara Bagh.
*SIKANDRA*
Akbar's Tomb -- The Kanch Mahal -- Suraj-Bhan-ka
Bagh -- Mariam Zâmâni's Tomb.
*Other
Buildings and Tombs at or near Agra*
The Kali Masjid -- Alawal Bilawal -- The
Hammam -- The Roman Catholic Cemetery.
*FATEHPUR
SIKRI*
The Agra Gate -- The Naubat Khana -- The
Mint -- The Daftar Khana -- The Palace -- The Kwâbgâh -- The
Turkish Sultana's House -- Hakim's Baths -- Pachisi Board -- The Dîwan-i-Khâs
-- The Ankh-Michauli -- The Yogi's Seat -- The Hospital -- The Dîwan-i-âm
-- The Panch Mahal -- Miriam's Kothi -- Jodh Baí's Palace -- Rajah
Birbal's House, or Birbal's Daughter's House -- The Hathi Pol and Adjoining
Buildings -- The Jâmi Masjid, or Cathedral Mosque -- The Baland Darwaza
-- The Stone-Cutters' Mosque -- The Houses of Abul Fazl and Faizi.
*Bharatpur
and Other Places in the Vicinity of Agra*
Bharatpur -- Govardhan -- Muttra -- Bindrâban.
