Chishti order expansion in South Asia (12th–16th centuries)

1. Chishti order rooted in Chisht (Afghanistan)

   Jan 1, 940Labels: Abu Ishaq, Chisht town

   • Britannica
   • Abu Ishaq

2. Mu'in al-Din Chishti settles at Ajmer

   Jan 1, 1200Labels: Mu'in al-Din, Ajmer

   • Indian Express
   • Mu in al

3. Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki anchors Chishtis in Delhi

   Dec 1, 1235Labels: Qutbuddin Bakhtiar, Delhi khanqah

   • Kaki
   • Indian Express

4. Mu'in al-Din Chishti dies; Ajmer shrine endures

   Mar 15, 1236Labels: Mu'in al-Din, Ajmer dargah

   • Mu in al
   • Indian Express

5. Baba Farid strengthens the Punjab Chishti network

   May 7, 1266Labels: Baba Farid, Pakpattan

   • Baba Farid
   • Indian Express

6. Alauddin Sabir Kaliyari founds the Sabiriya branch

   Mar 16, 1291Labels: Alauddin Sabir, Sabiriya

   • Sabir Kaliyari

7. Nizamuddin Auliya’s Delhi khanqah becomes a mass center

   Apr 3, 1325Labels: Nizamuddin Auliya, Delhi khanqah

   • Nizamuddin
   • Indian Express

8. Amir Khusrau’s death closes a major Delhi cultural era

   Oct 1, 1325Labels: Amir Khusrau, Nizamuddin Auliya

   • Britannica
   • Amir Khusrau

9. Muhammad ibn Tughluq’s 1327 move spreads Delhi-linked networks south

   Jan 1, 1327Labels: Muhammad ibn, Daulatabad transfer

   • Britannica

10. Chishti expansion to the Deccan through Burhanuddin Gharib

    Jan 1, 1340Labels: Burhanuddin Gharib, Khuldabad

    • Burhanuddin

11. Chiragh Dehlavi’s death marks the end of Delhi’s “great shaykhs” era

    Jan 1, 1356Labels: Chiragh Dehlavi, Delhi

    • Chiragh Dehlavi
    • Chishti Order

12. Akhi Siraj in Bengal shows Chishti reach to the east

    Jan 1, 1357Labels: Akhi Siraj, Bengal

    • Akhi Siraj

13. Timur’s 1398 sack of Delhi disrupts North Indian religious life

    Dec 17, 1398Labels: Timur, Sack of

    • Britannica

14. Bande Nawaz’s relocation helps entrench Chishtis in the Deccan

    Nov 1, 1422Labels: Bande Nawaz, Gulbarga

    • Bande Nawaz

15. Akbar commissions Salim Chishti’s tomb at Fatehpur Sikri

    Jan 1, 1581Labels: Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri

    • Agra Guide