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Option 2 : Sheikh Salim Chisti
The correct answer is Sheikh Salim Chisti.
- Akbar build Fatehpur Sikri in honour of Sheikh Salim Chisti.
- It enshrines the burial place of the Sufi saint, Salim Chisti (1478 – 1572), a descendant of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti of Ajmer, and who lived in a cavern on the ridge at Sikri.
- The mausoleum was constructed by Akbar as a mark of his respect for the Sufi saint.
- Fatehpur Sikri is a town in the Agra District of Uttar Pradesh, India.
- The city itself was founded as the capital of the Mughal Empire in 1571 by Emperor Akbar, serving this role from 1571 to 1585, when Akbar abandoned it due to a campaign in Punjab and was later completely abandoned in 1610.
- Monuments by Akbar:
| Monuments | Location |
| Agra Fort | Agra |
| Fatehpur Sikri | Agra |
| Buland Darwaza | Agra |
| Humayun's Tomb | Delhi |
| Akbar's Tomb | Sikandra |
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