Moinuddin Chishti
c. 1143 – 15 March 1236
Moinuddin Chishti was a Persian-born Sufi mystic who established the Chishti order in the Indian subcontinent. Settling in Ajmer around the end of the 12th century, he taught a path of love, generosity, and service that attracted followers across religious lines. His tomb, the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, remains one of the most visited Muslim shrines in South Asia.
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Life events
Moinuddin Chishti was born around 1143 in the Sistan region on the borderlands of present-day Iran and Afghanistan.
According to traditional accounts, Moinuddin lost his parents as a teenager and inherited an orchard and a mill, which he later gave up for the mystical path.
Traditional biographies state that Moinuddin pursued religious learning in the great Central Asian centers of Samarkand and Bukhara.
Moinuddin became the disciple of the Chishti Sufi master Usman Harvani, whom tradition says he served for two decades.
After travels through the Islamic world, Moinuddin arrived in northern India around the time of the Ghurid conquest and made Ajmer his home.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgFrom Ajmer, Moinuddin founded and propagated the Chishti Sufi order, which became the most influential Sufi lineage in South Asia.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMoinuddin attracted prominent disciples, most notably Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, who carried the Chishti order to Delhi.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgMoinuddin Chishti died in Ajmer on 15 March 1236; his tomb there became the Ajmer Sharif Dargah, a major pilgrimage site.
Source: en.wikipedia.org