ornamented buildings of Shah Jehan. This palace is directly connected to the Diwan-i-Khas, Shish Mahal, Khas Mahal, and other palaces. and it was from here that the Mughal emperor governed the whole country. This burj offers full and majestic view of Taj Mahal and Shah Jehan spent eight years (1658-1666 A.D.) of his imprisonment in this complex, and it is said that he died here. His body was taken by boat to the Taj Mahal and buried. Shish Mahal (A.D. 1631–40): It was built by Mughal Emperor Shahjahan as a part of summer palace. Its most distinctive feature is glass mosaic work done on its walls and ceiling. These glass pieces have high mirror quality which glittered and twinkled in thousand ways in semi-dark interior. The glass was imported from Haleb of Syria. Shahjahan built glass palace also at Lahore and Delhi. In popular culture The Agra Fort won the Aga Khan Award for Architecture in 2004. India Post issued a stamp to commemorate this event. The Agra Fort plays a key role in the Sherlock Holmes mystery The Sign of the Four, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Agra Fort was featured in the music video for Habibi Dah, a hit song of Egyptian pop star Hisham Abbas. Shivaji came to Agra in 1666 as per the "Treaty of Purandar (1665)" entered into with Jai Singh I to meet Aurangzeb in the Diwan-i-Khas. In the audience, he was deliberately placed behind men of lower rank. Insulted, he stormed out of the imperial audience and was confined to Jai Singh's quarters on 12 May 1666. Gallery See also Jama Masjid Fatehpur Sikri Lahore Fort Red Fort Taj Mahal List of forts in Uttar Pradesh References External links Agra Fort (1983), Uttar Pradesh – Archaeological Survey of India Agra Fort map (from Murray's travel guide, 1909) Akbar Mughal architecture World Heritage Sites in India