Who established the Chishti sect in India?

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Option 1 is the correct answer: The Chisti order in India was established by Moinuddin Chishti.

Chisti order:

The Chisti order is one of the four major orders of Classical Sufism, that originated from a small town named Chist in Afghanistan
Khwaja Abu Ishaq Shami founded this sect in 930 CE there.
Characteristics of Chisti sect:
- The followers avoid committing anything against as proposed in the Quran.
- Stay away from rich & corrupt and avoid worldly attractions
- Avoiding the company of rulers and the elite.
- Practising music in a way that it helps an individual to submerge into the existence of god.
- Qawwali is an eminent feature of this sect of Sunni Islam.
Moinuddin Chisti introduced this order in India at Ajmer, Rajasthan in 12 century CE.

Moinuddin Chisti:

Moinuddin Chisti was a Sufi saint, born in Iran in 1141.
Under the influence of Sheikh Ibrahim Qunduzi, he renounced this world to inquire deep into the religious world.
He also accompanied Utham Haruni (a Chisti Saint) to Islamic pilgrims a became his disciple.
It is said that he came to India to introduce Chisti sect here after he was directed by Prophet Mohammad to do so in a dream.
He died at Ajmer in 1236 and his dargah (Ajmer Sharif Dargah) became a famous pilgrim.