Which of the following is NOT correctly matched (Sufi saint – place) ?
- (a)Shaikh Moinuddin Chishti – Ajmer
- (b)Shaikh Burhanuddin Gharib – Daulatabad
- (c)Shaikh Mohammad Hussaini – Gulbarga
- (d)Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya – Multan
Correct — D, 'Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya – Multan' is the mismatch. Nizamuddin Auliya (1238-1325), the great Chishti saint, was based at Delhi (Ghiyaspur), where his dargah stands — not Multan. Multan is the centre of the SUHRAWARDI order, associated with Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya. The other three pairs are correct, so the pair NOT correctly matched is (d).
- (a)Shaikh Moinuddin Chishti – Ajmer — Correctly matched (so NOT the answer): Moinuddin Chishti founded the Chishti order in India and settled at Ajmer, site of his famous dargah (Ajmer Sharif).
- (b)Shaikh Burhanuddin Gharib – Daulatabad — Correctly matched (so NOT the answer): Burhanuddin Gharib, a disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya, migrated to the Deccan and settled at Daulatabad/Khuldabad.
- (c)Shaikh Mohammad Hussaini – Gulbarga — Correctly matched (so NOT the answer): Muhammad Hussaini 'Gesu Daraz' (Banda Nawaz) settled at Gulbarga in the Deccan, where his dargah is.
Sufi saints are identified with the towns where they established their khanqahs and dargahs. The Chishti order spread from Ajmer (Moinuddin Chishti) to Delhi (Nizamuddin Auliya) and into the Deccan (Burhanuddin Gharib at Daulatabad, Gesu Daraz at Gulbarga). Multan, by contrast, was the seat of the SUHRAWARDI order under Bahauddin Zakariya.
The trap is that Nizamuddin Auliya is a Chishti saint like the other three — but his centre is Delhi, not Multan. Knowing that Multan = Suhrawardi (Bahauddin Zakariya), not Chishti, exposes (d) as the odd pair the question wants.
- Moinuddin Chishti — Ajmer (founder of the Chishti order in India).
- Nizamuddin Auliya — Delhi (Ghiyaspur); NOT Multan.
- Multan — seat of the Suhrawardi order under Bahauddin Zakariya.
- Burhanuddin Gharib — Daulatabad; Muhammad Hussaini (Gesu Daraz) — Gulbarga (Deccan Chishtis).
- Assuming all four are Chishti saints centred near Delhi.
- Forgetting that Multan is linked to the Suhrawardi order (Bahauddin Zakariya), not the Chishtis.
As a 'which pair is NOT correctly matched' saint↔place item, or an Assertion-Reason on the origins and centres of the Chishti order.
Assertion (A): The sponsor and the most prominent figure of the Chisti order of Sufis in India is Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti. Reason (R): The Chisti order takes its name from a village Chisti in Ajmer. In the context of the above two statements, which one of the following is correct?
- (a) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
- (b) Both A and R are true, but R is not a correct explanation of A
- (c) A is true, but R is false
- (d) A is false, but R is true
Answer(c) A is true, but R is false — Moinuddin Chishti is the pioneer of the Chishti order in India (A true), but the order is named after Chisht near Herat, not Ajmer (R false).
Same concept — Chishti Sufi saints and their centres; it fixes Moinuddin Chishti at Ajmer, which is option (a) of this question.
With reference to Sufism in Indian history, consider the following statements: 1. Shaikh Ahmad Sarhandi was a contemporary of Ibrahim Lodi. 2. Shaikh Nasiruddin Chirag-i-Dehlavi was a disciple of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya. 3. Aurangzeb was contemporary of Shaikh Salim Chisti. 4. The Qadiri order of Sufis was first introduced in India by Shaikh Niamtullah and Makhdum Muhammad Jilani. Which of these statements are correct?
- (a) 1 and 2
- (b) 1 and 3
- (c) 2 and 3
- (d) 2 and 4
Answer(d) 2 and 4 — Nasiruddin Chirag-i-Dehlavi was a disciple of Nizamuddin Auliya, and the Qadiri order was brought to India by Niamtullah and Makhdum Muhammad Jilani.
Same concept — Sufi orders and saints; it directly involves Nizamuddin Auliya (via his disciple), the saint whose place is mismatched (d) in this question.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The Sufi order most closely associated with Multan and Shaikh Bahauddin Zakariya is the:
- (a)Chishti
- (b)Suhrawardi
- (c)Qadiri
- (d)Naqshbandi
Answer(b) Suhrawardi — Bahauddin Zakariya established the order's principal centre at Multan.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The dargah of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya is located at:
- (a)Ajmer
- (b)Delhi
- (c)Gulbarga
- (d)Multan
Answer(b) Delhi — Nizamuddin Auliya lived and was buried at Ghiyaspur in Delhi, now the Nizamuddin dargah.