text: Agra was the capital of Akbar the Great , the site of his fort , of his tomb outside the city at Sikandra , and , several miles west at Fatehpur Sikri , of the marvellous deserted town he built to celebrate the birth of a son and which he abandoned to fight on the northwest frontier .
  
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  Akbar the Great had a fort in Agra , and a tomb nearby .