Fatehpur Sikri, town, western Uttar Pradesh state, northern India. It lies just east of the Rajasthan state border, about 23 miles west-southwest of Agra.The town was founded by the great Mughal emperor Akbar as his capital in 1569.He personally directed the building of the J?mi? Masjid (Great Mosque 1571). Fatehpur Sikri contains other early Mughal structures, exhibiting both Muslim and Hindu architectural influences.