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Download Solution PDFWho started the Sufi sect in India?
- Baba Farid
- Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
- Shaikh Nuruddin
- Amir Khusro
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Option 2 : Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
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Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.
Key Points
- Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti came to India in 1192 CE and afterwards, he started the Sufi sect in India.
- After visiting many places in India, he settled permanently in Ajmer.
- The tomb of Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti in Ajmer is known as Ajmer Sharif’.
- His disciples or devotees recall him by the names of ‘Khwaja Sahib’ or ‘Garib Nawaz’.
- Chishti sect considers music as the important source of displaying love for God.
Thus, we can conclude that the Sufi sect was started by Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti.
Additional Information
- Baba Farid was a Sunni Muslim and was one of the founding fathers of the Chishti Sufi order.
- Shaikh Nuruddin, also known as Nund Rishi was a Kashmiri Sufi saint, mystic, poet and Islamic preacher. Nund Reshi was among the founders of the Rishi order, a Sufi tradition of the region.
- Amir Khusro was an Indo-Persian Sufi singer, musician, poet and scholar who lived under the Delhi Sultanate. He was an iconic figure in the cultural history of the Indian subcontinent.
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