sentences:  Because of the surrounding people calling it "Alhabas", has led to some people holding the view that it was named after Alha from Alha's story and was renamed by Akbar in the interest of Islam.James Forbes' account of early 1800s claims that it was renamed Allahabad or "abode of God" by Jahangir after he failed to destroy the Akshayabat tree.The name, however, predates him, with "Ilahabas" and "Ilahabad" mentioned on coins minted in the city since Akbar's rule, the latter name became predominant after the emperor's death.