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[[File:Fatehpur Sikri Fort 166.jpg|thumb|Backside of the grand gateway of [[Mariam-uz-Zamani|Jodha Bai]] Mahal in [[Fatehpur Sikri]]]] |
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[[File:Fatehpur Sikri Fort 166.jpg|thumb|Backside of the grand gateway of [[Mariam-uz-Zamani|Jodha Bai]] Mahal in [[Fatehpur Sikri]]]] |
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''' 'Jodha Bai Mahal' ''' also known incorrectly as ''' 'Jodh Bai Mahal' ''' is the largest palace in [[Fatehpur Sikri]] commissioned by [[Akbar|Mughal Emperor Akbar]] in 1569 for his chief consort, [[Mariam-uz-Zamani]], commonly known as ''' '[[Mariam-uz-Zamani#The misnomer of Jodha Bai|Jodha bai]]' '''.[{{cite book|first=Ernest Binfield|last=Havell|title=A Handbook to Agra and Taj|year=1907|pages=121|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173898/page/n143/mode/2up}}][{{Cite book |last=Havell |first=E. B. (Ernest Binfield) |url=http://archive.org/details/historyofaryanru00have |title=The history of Aryan rule in India from the earliest times to the death of Akbar |date=1918 |publisher=New York, Frederick A. Stokes company |others=The Library of Congress |pages=463}}][{{Cite book |last=Foreign Department Of India |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35314/page/n427/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Mariam%27s |title=References In The Press To The Visit Of Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince And Princess Of Wales To India, 1905-06 |date=1905 |pages=421}}][{{cite book|first=Muni|last=Lal|title=Akbar|year=1977|pages=179|publisher=V.P. House Private ltd., Delhi|url=https://archive.org/details/Akbar/page/n187/mode/2up?q=Jodha+bai+mahal&view=theater}}][{{Cite book|last=Agrawal|first=M. M.|title=The Indian Encyclopedia|publisher=Cosmos Publication, New Delhi|year=2002|volume=15|page=4596}}][{{cite web|title=Jodha Bai's Palace Fatehpur Sikri|url= https://www.trawell.in/uttar-pradesh/fatehpur-sikri/jodha-bai-palace}}][{{cite book|last1=Hunter|first1=William W.|title=The History of Nations: India and Modern Persia|volume=5|publisher=P.F. Collier & son, New York|page=120|year=1881–1895|editor-first=Henry Cabot|editor-last=Lodge|quote= Mariam Zamani's palace in Fatehpur Sikri, mother of prince Salim, came to be known as Jodha Bai Palace. It stands as the biggest palace of Akbar's harem and is built as per distinctive Rajput architecture.}}][{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Vincent Arthur |url=http://archive.org/details/cu31924024056503 |title=Akbar the Great Mogul, 1542-1605 |date=1917 |publisher=Oxford: Clarendon Press |others=Cornell University Library |pages=106}}][{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Edmund W. |url=http://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.55169 |title=Moghul architecture of Fathpur-Sikri pt.2 |date=1973 |pages=18}}] This Mahal is the largest complex of the [[zenana]] (palace for women belonging to the royal household).[ It is a masterpiece of the fusion of Hindu and Persian architecture made with red sandstone.] |
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''' 'Jodha Bai Mahal' ''' also known incorrectly as ''' 'Jodh Bai Mahal' ''' is the largest palace in [[Fatehpur Sikri]] commissioned by [[Akbar|Mughal Emperor Akbar]] in 1569 for his favourite queen, [[Mariam-uz-Zamani]], commonly known as ''' '[[Mariam-uz-Zamani#The misnomer of Jodha Bai|Jodha bai]]' '''.[{{cite book|first=Ernest Binfield|last=Havell|title=A Handbook to Agra and Taj|year=1907|pages=121|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.173898/page/n143/mode/2up}}][{{Cite book |last=Havell |first=E. B. (Ernest Binfield) |url=http://archive.org/details/historyofaryanru00have |title=The history of Aryan rule in India from the earliest times to the death of Akbar |date=1918 |publisher=New York, Frederick A. Stokes company |others=The Library of Congress |pages=463}}][{{Cite book |last=Foreign Department Of India |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.35314/page/n427/mode/2up?view=theater&q=Mariam%27s |title=References In The Press To The Visit Of Their Royal Highnesses, The Prince And Princess Of Wales To India, 1905-06 |date=1905 |pages=421}}][{{cite book|first=Muni|last=Lal|title=Akbar|year=1977|pages=179|publisher=V.P. House Private ltd., Delhi|url=https://archive.org/details/Akbar/page/n187/mode/2up?q=Jodha+bai+mahal&view=theater}}][{{Cite book|last=Agrawal|first=M. M.|title=The Indian Encyclopedia|publisher=Cosmos Publication, New Delhi|year=2002|volume=15|page=4596}}][{{cite web|title=Jodha Bai's Palace Fatehpur Sikri|url= https://www.trawell.in/uttar-pradesh/fatehpur-sikri/jodha-bai-palace}}][{{cite book|last1=Hunter|first1=William W.|title=The History of Nations: India and Modern Persia|volume=5|publisher=P.F. Collier & son, New York|page=120|year=1881–1895|editor-first=Henry Cabot|editor-last=Lodge|quote= Mariam Zamani's palace in Fatehpur Sikri, mother of prince Salim, came to be known as Jodha Bai Palace. It stands as the biggest palace of Akbar's harem and is built as per distinctive Rajput architecture.}}][{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Vincent Arthur |url=http://archive.org/details/cu31924024056503 |title=Akbar the Great Mogul, 1542-1605 |date=1917 |publisher=Oxford: Clarendon Press |others=Cornell University Library |pages=106}}][{{Cite book |last=Smith |first=Edmund W. |url=http://archive.org/details/in.gov.ignca.55169 |title=Moghul architecture of Fathpur-Sikri pt.2 |date=1973 |pages=18}}] This Mahal is the largest complex of the [[zenana]] (palace for women belonging to the royal household).[ It is a masterpiece of the fusion of Hindu and Persian architecture made with red sandstone.] |
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