It is common knowledge that Fatehpur Sikri or (as usually translated) the City of Victory was built as Akbar’s residence. In the book, Revisiting Fatehpur Sikri: Akbar’s Masterpiece, architect and author Lucy Peck collates historical, archeological, architectural, and aesthetic information.

Layer by layer, she peels succinct information that reward the reader with visuals as well as anecdotes. For instance, the word victory assumes a playful meaning, as Peck shares in the book, “Akbar began to make annual pilgrimages to Ajmer for the saint’s urs or death anniversary and on later pilgrimages Akbar would halt at Sikri, which is situated on the road from Agra to Ajmer to converse with Sheikh Salim.