Which Mughal prince, eldest son of Shah Jahan, completed a Persian translation of fifty Upanishads in 1657, often called Sirr-i-Akbar (The Greatest Mystery), and wrote Majma-ul-Bahrain?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Dara Shikoh
- Step 1: The Dara Shikoh article calls him "the eldest son and heir-apparent of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan," says he completed the translation of fifty Upanishads into Persian in 1657, often called Sirr-i-Akbar ("The Greatest Mystery"), and calls Majma-ul-Bahrain his most famous work. Answer: Dara Shikoh. Why not the others: Shah Shuja, Murad Bakhsh and Muhammad Sultan don't fit.
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