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View of Agra with the Jami' Masjid The city of Agra came first into notice during the Mohammedan period of India, ajid was wade an occasional seat of the house of Lodt which, in the fifteenth century, followed that of Taghlak. The city grew in importance under the Moghul emperors, and reached its zenith in the time of Jahan gir, the Great Moghul, and Shah Jahan the Magnificent. Its grand mosque, the Jamf Masjid, was erected by Shah Jahan in 1644, and was five years in building.