Siddiqui wouldn’t know it - but once Akbar had freed himself of Islam, he wanted to shift his capital to Prayag. Earlier Agra (his 1st capital) was named by him as Akbarabad, then Sikri (2nd) as Fath’pur. Now Prayag (3rd) as “ilahabad”. “Ilaha” is a term for God from polytheistic
...days of Arabia. That is why the Mohammedans shahada is “la ilaha il allah” - no “इलाह” except Allah. Now Akbar wanted इलाह back and exclusiveness of अल्लाह out. that is why दीन ए “इलाही”. Prayag was going to be his platform for it. Decades later, Shahjahan made it “अल्लाहाबाद”
Another thing - Akbar was not only ambitious but also very superstitious in a Hindu way. His Brahmin advisors (Viravara et al) did inform him that Prayaga was the oldest center of the most chakravartins of bhAratavarSha - he saw himself as one in the making. Therefore, Prayaga.
