Match List - I with List - II:
| List-I | List-II | ||
| (A) | Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya | (I) | Sultan of Malwa |
| (B) | Amir Khusrau | (II) | Chishti Khanqah |
| (C) | Ziyauddin Barani | (III) | Historian |
| (D) | Ghiyasuddin Khalji | (IV) | Poet |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 2
The correct answer is Option (2) → (A)-(II), (B)-(IV), (C)-(III), (D)-(I)
(A) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya — this matches (II) Chishti Khanqah. Shaikh Nizamuddin’s hospice (c. fourteenth century) at Ghiyaspur, on the outskirts of Delhi, was the centre of social life of the Chishtis; Nizamuddin Auliya is one of the major teachers of the Chishti silsila.
(B) Amir Khusrau — this matches (IV) Poet. Among the visitors to the Shaikh were poets such as Amir Hasan Sijzi and Amir Khusrau.
(C) Ziyauddin Barani — this matches (III) Historian. The court historian Ziyauddin Barani also visited the Shaikh and wrote about him.
(D) Ghiyasuddin Khalji — this matches (I) Sultan of Malwa. Sultan Ghiyasuddin Khalji of Malwa funded, in the late fifteenth century, the earliest construction to house the tomb of Khwaja Muinuddin, the most revered of the Chishti shrines.
NCERT (2026-27): “7.1 Life in the Chishti khanqah … The khanqah was the centre of social life. We know about Shaikh Nizamuddin’s hospice (c. fourteenth century) on the banks of the river Yamuna in Ghiyaspur, on the outskirts of what was then the city of Delhi. It comprised several small rooms and a big hall ( jama’at khana) where the inmates and visitors lived and prayed.… 7.1 Life in the Chishti khanqah … There was an open kitchen (langar), run on futuh (unasked-for charity). From morning till late night people from all walks of life – soldiers, slaves, singers, merchants, poets, travellers, rich and poor, Hindu jogis (yogi) and qalandars – came seeking discipleship, amulets for healing, and the intercession of the Shaikh in various matters. Other visitors included poets such as Amir Hasan Sijzi and Amir Khusrau and the court historian Ziyauddin Barani, all of whom wrote about the Shaikh.… 7.2 Chishti devotionalism: ziyarat and qawwali … Amongst these, the most revered shrine is that of Khwaja Muinuddin, popularly known as ‘Gharib Nawaz’ (comforter of the poor). The earliest textual references to Khwaja Muinuddin’s dargah date to the fourteenth century. It was evidently popular because of the austerity and piety of its Shaikh, the greatness of his spiritual successors, and the patronage of royal visitors. Muhammad bin Tughlaq (ruled, 1324-51) was the first Sultan to visit the shrine, but the earliest construction to house the tomb was funded in the late fifteenth century by Sultan Ghiyasuddin Khalji of Malwa.…” |