Ibn Arabi vs Moinuddin Chishti
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Compare the life timelines of Ibn Arabi (1165–1240) and Moinuddin Chishti (1143–1236) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 71 years, from 1165 to 1236.
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Ibn Arabi (1165–1240)
- — Born in Murcia, al-Andalus Verified
- — Family moved to Seville Verified
- — Youthful spiritual conversion and reported meeting with Averroes
- — Studied with Sufi masters across al-Andalus and the Maghreb Verified
- — Left the Iberian Peninsula for the East Verified
- — Pilgrimage to Mecca and beginning of the Futuhat al-Makkiyya Verified
- — Years of travel through Anatolia, Iraq, and Syria Verified
- — Settled permanently in Damascus Verified
- — Composed the Fusus al-Hikam (Bezels of Wisdom) Verified
- — Died in Damascus Verified
Moinuddin Chishti (1143–1236)
- — Born in Sijistan (Sistan)
- — Orphaned in his youth
- — Studied at seminaries of Samarkand and Bukhara
- — Became a disciple of Usman Harvani
- — Migrated to India and settled in Ajmer Verified
- — Established the Chishti order in the Indian subcontinent Verified
- — Trained successors including Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki Verified
- — Died in Ajmer Verified