Name the seventeenth-century Sufi saint whose ideology expressed in Maktubat-i Imam Rabbani is often contrasted with the liberal and non-sectarian views of Akbar.

Naqshbandi Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi

The correct answer is Option 2 - Naqshbandi Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi

Maktubat (literally, “written” collections of letters); letters written by sufi masters, addressed to their disciples and associates – While these tell us about the shaikh’s experience of religious truth that he wanted to share with others, they also reflect the life conditions of the recipients and are responses to their aspirations and difficulties, both spiritual and mundane.

The letters, known as Maktubat-i Imam Rabbani of the noted seventeenth-century Sufi saint Naqshbandi Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi are often contrasted with the liberal and non-sectarian views of Akbar and are among the most frequently discussed by scholars.