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Mu'in al-Din Hasan Chishti Sijzi (Persian: معین الدین چشتی, romanized: Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī; February 1143 – March 1236), known reverentially as Khawaja Gharib Nawaz (Persian: خواجہ غریب نواز, romanized: Khawāja Gharīb Nawāz), was a Persian Islamic scholar and mystic from Sistan, who eventually ended up settling in the Indian subcontinent in the early 13th ...
On 11 October 2007, an explosion occurred in Dargah Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti's courtyard in Ajmer in Rajasthan. It was the holy fasting period of Ramazan and evening prayers had just ended. A crowd had gathered at the courtyard to break their fast. A bomb was placed inside a tiffin carrier went off.
Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti is also popularly known by his title "Ghareeb Nawaz" (friend of the poor). Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti is one of the most influential Sufi in India and is credited with spreading of Islam in the Indian subcontinent. When Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti reached India, he found the local society to be poisoned by untouchability.
The Urs festival is an annual festival held at Ajmer, Rajasthan, India which commemorates the anniversary of the death of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti (1143 - 1236) (founder of the Chishtiya Sufi order in India). [1] [2] This Sufi saint preached tolerance of all religions and gave a message of love.
Shrine of Mu'in al-Din Chishti, tomb of the saint in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India Urs festival, Ajmer, annual festival held at the shrine on his death anniversary; Masjid Ghareeb Nawaz, a mosque in Nagpur, Maharashtra, India; Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University, Uttar Pradesh, India; Garib Nawaz Express (disambiguation)
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Download QR code; Print/export ... The mosque was named after Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti. The dome of the mosque is similar to the Shrine of Khwaja Gharib Nawaz. [2]
The founder and forefather of the Moudodi branch of the Chishti order is Qutub-ud-din Maudood Chishti, who was born in Chisht, Herat, Afghanistan. Khwaja Moinuddin, who flourished in the 12th century and whose shrine is in Ajmer, was a Chishti. [citation needed] The word Khwaja ("master") is used to show respect for the saints of the Chishti order.