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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:
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- A II, IV, III, I
- B II, III, IV, I
- C I, II, IV, III
- D I, IV, III, II
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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.