Akbar’s tomb
Akbar's tomb is the mausoleum of the third and greatest Mughal emperor Akbar. The tomb was built in 1605–1613 by his son, Jahangir and is situated on 119 acres of grounds in Sikandra, a suburb of Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Tomb
- Description: mughal emperor Akbar’s tomb in Sikandra, Agra
- Also known as: “Akbar’s Tomb” and “Akbar’s Tomb, gateway and walls round the ground.”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani.
Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani
Monument
Photo: Sauravmitra, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani or Mariam's tomb is the mausoleum of Mariam-uz-Zamani, commonly known as Jodha Bai, the favorite wife of the Mughal Emperor Akbar. Tomb of Mariam-uz-Zamani is situated 1 km southwest of Akbar’s tomb.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Agra.
Agra
Agra is the city of the Taj Mahal, in the north Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, around 200 km from Delhi. It is home to three UNESCO World Heritage sites, the Taj Mahal and the Agra Fort in the city and Fatehpur Sikri, 40 km away.
Akbar’s tomb
- Categories: mausoleum and burial
- Location: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Akbar’s tomb” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Varri i Akbarit”
- Arabic: “ضريح جلال الدين أكبر”
- Arabic: “قبر أكبر”
- Belarusian: “Грабніца Акбара Вялікага”
- Bengali: “আকবরের সমাধিসৌধ”
- Chinese: “錫坎德拉”
- Chinese: “锡坎德拉”
- Chinese: “阿克巴大帝陵”
- Danish: “Akbar mausoleum”
- Dutch: “Mausoleum van Akbar”
- French: “mausolée d’Akbar”
- French: “Mausolée d’Akbar”
- Galician: “Tumba de Akbar”
- German: “Akbar-Mausoleum”
- Hebrew: “מתחם הקבר של אכבר”
- Hindi: “अकबर का मकबरा”
- Hindi: “अकबर महान का मकबरा”
- Hindi: “सिकंदरा, आगरा”
- Indonesian: “Makam Akbar”
- Italian: “tomba di Akbar”
- Italian: “Tomba di Akbar”
- Japanese: “アクバル廟”
- Japanese: “シカンドラー”
- Malayalam: “അക്ബറിന്റെ ശവകുടീരം”
- Ossetian: “Стыр Акбары зæппадз”
- Panjabi: “ਅਕਬਰ ਦਾ ਮਕਬਰਾ”
- Persian: “سیکاندرا”
- Persian: “سیکندرا”
- Polish: “Mauzoleum Akbara”
- Russian: “Гробница Акбара Великого”
- Sindhi: “اڪبر جو مقبرو”
- Spanish: “Tumba de Akbar”
- Swedish: “Akbar den stores mausoleum”
- Tamil: “அக்பரின் கல்லறை”
- Thai: “อักบัร กา มักบะรา”
- Turkish: “Ekber Şah Türbesi”
- Ukrainian: “Гробниця Акбара Великого”
- Urdu: “اکبر کا مقبرہ”
- Urdu: “مقبرہ جلال الدین اکبر”
- Uzbek: “Akbar maqbarasi”
- Western Panjabi: “اکبر دا مقبرہ”
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Localities in the Area
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