Read about the history of Agra city before the
rule of the Mughals.
History of Agra Before Mughals
The evidences suggest that that the city of Agra is
much more older than it is supposed to be. Khwaja Masud bid s'ad bin
Salman mentions about Agra and its fort in his 'Diwan', a collection of
poems. He wrote that after a tough fight with Jaipal, the Amir of Agra,
Mahmud Shah who was the governor of Hind invaded the Fort of Agra in
1080-81. Undoubtedly, the fort must have been built sometime earlier
than the mentioned time frame. There are other records that confirm the
existence of this old brick fort on the bank of River Yamuna, which was
in ruins at the time of Akbar. Akbar found it in ruins and rebuilt in
red sandstone, which stands to this date and is known as Agra Fort. This
reconstruction activity has found its mention in the memoirs of Jehangir
and the three eminent historians of those times including Sheikh Abul
Fazal, Mulla Abdul Qadar Badaoni and Khwaja Nizamuddin.