Muslim worshipper leaving the Friday Mosque at Fatehpur Sikri through the Victory Gate. Fatehpu r Sikri, 'City of Victory', was built by the Mughal Emperor Akbar in fifteen years from about 1569, but abandoned by 1584. The style is Indi-Islamic — a fusion of native Indian and imported Islamic. This triumphal gateway was built in 1573 and commemorates Akbar's victory over Gujarat..