According to most accounts, the fort was complete by 1584.В PortugueseВ Jesuit, Father Monserrate,В Italian Jesuit missionary and priestВ RodolfoВ Aquaviva andВ Francisco HenriquesВ arrived at AkbarвЂ™s court in early 1580s. In 1574, AkbarВ decided to build a fort and name the place вЂIllahabasвЂ™. вЂњ Emperor of Islam, Emir of the Faithful, Shadow of God on earth, Abul Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar Badshah Ghazi, is a most just, most wise, and a most God-fearing ruler.вЂќ -В Abd al-QadirВ Badauni, Muntakhab al-Tavarikh-II, 279вЂ“80.ДЄlso read: BJPвЂ™s West Bengal plan must not be вЂvote for ModiвЂ™ and get a Yogi or Biplab in return I agree thatВ theВ Mughals are part of our civilisational discourse,В but not like the wayВ she thinks they areВ - her argument is shallow because Prayagraj existed with its name since several millennia before its name was changed and primogenital evidence of this comes from the Rig Veda.В TheВ Mughals ruled only for three centuries,В but theВ history and identity of вЂPrayagrajвЂ™В isВ older than 24,000 years ago.В The antiquity of Prayagraj and its importance to the Indian civilisation is immense.В However, we must investigate the events and circumstances around the periodВ when the most powerful Mughal ruler in India,В AkbarВ - who in 1578В ensured that he wasВ addressedВ as Ghazi - choseВ to construct the fortВ IllahabasВ thatВ later came to be called Allahabad. In Zainab SikanderвЂ™s opinion, renaming cities such asВ Prayagraj is an attempt to wipe out the Mughal identityВ thatВ she considers to be an imperative part of IndiaвЂ™sВ civilisation. It must be understood that history owes to none, but truth and time. This act embeds the belief among the masses that discussing issues like the вЂtyranny of MughalsвЂ™ is an attack on the minority community. However, my experience suggests that most of the Muslim intellectuals try to vilify the truth of history. I came across an interesting article by Zainab Sikander in these columns wherein she argued that Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi AdityanathвЂ™s anti-Mughal stand is merely an expression to reinforce anti-Muslim sentiments, and has nothing to do with history.

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