Nizamuddin Auliya
Died: 3 April 1325 AD - 19 Rabi-us-Sani 725 AH
Sultan-ul-Mashaikh, Mehboob-e-Ilahi, Sheikh Khwaja Syed Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya, also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin & Mehboob-e-Ilahi was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, Sufi saint of the Chishti Order & is one of the most famous Sufis from the Indian Subcontinent. His predecessors were Fariduddin Ganj shakar, Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki & Moinuddin Chishti, who were the masters of the Chishti spiritual chain or silsila in the Indian subcontinent.
Nizamuddin Auliya, like his predecessors, stressed love as a means of realising God. For him his love of God implied a love of humanity. His vision of the world was marked by a highly evolved sense of religious pluralism & kindness. It is claimed by the 14th century historiographer Ziauddin Barani that his influence on the Muslims of Delhi was such that a paradigm shift was effected in their outlook towards worldly matters. People began to be inclined towards mysticism & prayers & remaining aloof from the world. It is also believed that Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, the founder of Tughluq dynasty, interacted with Nizamuddin. Initially, they used to share good relationship but soon this got embittered & relation between Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq & Nizamuddin Auliya never been reformed due to opinion disharmony & their antagonism resulted regular disputes between them during that era.
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