Persian translation of the Upanishads was done by:

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Dara Shikoh (1615–1659), the eldest son of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, was a deeply intellectual and syncretic figure in Indian history. His most significant intellectual project was translating the Upanishads from Sanskrit into Persian, which he titled *Sirr-i-Akbar* (The Great Secret), completing it around 1657. This monumental work, which encompassed 50 Upanishads, was a crucial attempt to find common ground between Islamic Sufism and Hindu philosophy, specifically Vedanta, as Dara Shikoh believed the Upanishads contained the ultimate secret of monotheism referred to in the Quran. His efforts demonstrated a commitment to cultural and religious fusion, making the profound philosophical texts accessible to the Persian-reading intellectual world.

The incorrect option is 1:
Faizi was a renowned poet and scholar in Akbar's court. While he was actively involved in translating Sanskrit works into Persian, his most notable contribution in this regard was supervising the translation of the *Mahabharata* into Persian, which was named the *Razmnama*. He was not the translator of the Upanishads.

The incorrect option is 2:
Saqi Mustaid Khan was a Mughal chronicler during the reign of Emperor Aurangzeb, Dara Shikoh's brother and rival. He is best known as the author of the *Maasir-i-Alamgiri*, a history documenting the reign of Aurangzeb, and had no involvement in the 17th-century translation of the Upanishads.

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Badayuni (Abd al-Qadir Badayuni) was another contemporary scholar in Akbar's court, known for his critical history, the *Muntakhab-ut-Tawarikh*, and for his involvement in translating various Sanskrit texts, including parts of the *Mahabharata* and the *Ramayana*, into Persian. However, the Persian translation of the Upanishads was not his work.