297 x 232 mm. View looking SW across the ruins of the city towards the Buland Darwazah (Gate of Victory), the S gateway into the mosque precinct (see QM 4/55). The view appears to be taken from the top of the Diwan-i-Khas or Private Audience Hall, and shows the Panch Mahal or Five Storey Palace (at left of print, with the open space of the 'Pachisi' court in front) and the domes of the Rajah Birbali's house (right background). Fatehpur Sikri did not remain the imperial capital for any great length of time; less than twenty years after its foundation, in 1685, lack of a reliable water supply forced Akbar to shift his capital to Lahore. Bourne no. 1227.