Sufi orders, shrine networks and popular Islam in Mughal India (16th–18th centuries)

1. Akbar donates great cauldron at Ajmer dargah

   Jan 1, 1568Labels: Akbar, Ajmer Dargah, Mu'in al-Din

   • Ajmer Dargah

2. Death of Shaykh Salim Chishti at Sikri

   Jan 1, 1572Labels: Salim Chishti, Sikri, Chishti Order

   • Salim Tomb

3. Akbar builds the Ibadat Khana at Fatehpur Sikri

   Jan 1, 1575Labels: Ibadat Khana, Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar

   • Ibadat Khana

4. Akbar issues the Mahzar declaration

   Sep 2, 1579Labels: Mahzar, Akbar, Islamic jurists

   • History Marg

5. Akbar builds Salim Chishti’s marble tomb

   Jan 1, 1580Labels: Salim Chishti, Fatehpur Sikri, Akbar

   • Salim Tomb

6. Baqi Billah establishes Naqshbandi presence in India

   Jan 1, 1603Labels: Baqi Billah, Naqshbandiyya, Central Asia

   • Sufism India
   • Mujaddidi

7. Jahangir walks on foot to Ajmer shrine

   Nov 18, 1613Labels: Jahangir, Ajmer Dargah, Mu'in al-Din

   • Jahangir Ajmer

8. Jahangir donates a second degh at Ajmer

   Jan 1, 1614Labels: Jahangir, Ajmer Dargah, langar

   • Ajmer Dargah

9. Ahmad Sirhindi imprisoned by Jahangir

   Jan 1, 1619Labels: Ahmad Sirhindi, Naqshbandi, Gwalior

   • Muslim Phil
   • WorldHistory

10. Jahanara Begum initiated into the Qadiriyya

    Jan 1, 1641Labels: Jahanara Begum, Qadiriyya, Mullah Shah

    • Jahanara

11. Construction and opening of the Badshahi Mosque

    Jan 1, 1673Labels: Badshahi Mosque, Aurangzeb, Lahore

    • Badshahi

12. Aurangzeb reimposes jizya across the empire

    Jan 1, 1679Labels: Aurangzeb, jizya, Mughal Empire

    • Aurangzeb