Nizam al-Din Awliya, Chishti master of Delhi: Scholar in Islamic History

Scholar

ScholarChishti master of Delhi

Nizam al-Din Awliyaنظام الدین اولیاء

c. 1238-1325 CEApproximate dateDelhi

A Delhi Sufi whose open kitchen fed thousands and who kept away from the sultans' courts.

He refused to attend the courts of the Delhi sultans; his lodge is said to have had two doors, and if a king came in by one he would leave by the other. Rich and poor ate together at his kitchen, and the poet Amir Khusrau was his devoted disciple.

What grew out of it?

His shrine in Delhi is still alive with prayer and qawwali every evening.

Who else is linked?

Delhi Mu'in al-Din Chishti Delhi Sultanate

Who lived at the same time?

Malik al-Salih Qalawun Ghiyath al-Din Balban Al-Ashraf Khalil Baybars Ghazan Muhammad al-Mustansir Berke Khan

Source: history · Wikipedia

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