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HCS (Haryana)Prelims2021General Studies

Question

Arrange the chronological order of the Sufi saints: I. Nasiruddin Chirag-i-Delhi II. Shaikh Muinuddin Sijzi III. Baba Farid IV. Nizamuddin Aulia Choose the correct chronology:

Options

  1. A II, IV, III, I
  2. B II, III, IV, I
  3. C I, II, IV, III
  4. D I, IV, III, II
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Correct Answer

B II, III, IV, I

Model Answer

The Chisti order was established in India by Khwaja Muin-ud-din Chisti (also known as Gharib Nawaz) around 1192 CE. The following are Sufi saints of the Chisti order:

Shaikh Muinuddin Sijzi or Moinuddin Chishti (1143–1236)

  • He was a Persian Sunni Muslim preacher, philosopher.
  • He propagated the famous Chishtiyya order of Sunni mysticism.
  • His shrine is in Ajmer Sharif.

Baba Farid (1175 – 1265 CE)

  • Farid-ud-din Ganj-i-Shakar was one of the founding fathers of the Chishti Sufi order.
  • He was a Sunni Muslim preacher and mystic.

Nizamuddin Aulia (1238 – 1325 CE)

  • Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, Sufi saint of the Chishti Order.

Nasiruddin Chirag-i-Delhi (1274–1337)

  • Nasiruddin Mahmud Chiragh Dehlavi (or Chiragh-e-Delhi) was a mystic-poet and a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order.
  • He was a disciple of Sufi saint Nizamuddin Auliya.
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