Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Bhakti Sufi Traditions

Question:

Who composed the Fawa'id-al-Fu'ad, a collection of conversations of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya?

Options:

Mir Khwurd Kirmani

Amir Hasan Sijzi Dehlavi

Abdul Haqq Dehlavi

Miya Mir

Correct Answer:

Amir Hasan Sijzi Dehlavi

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) → Amir Hasan Sijzi Dehlavi

Malfuzat (literally, “uttered”; conversations of sufi saints) – An early text on malfuzat is the Fawa’id-al-Fu’ad, a collection of conversations of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya, compiled by Amir Hasan Sijzi Dehlavi, a noted Persian poet. Source 9 contains an excerpt from this text. Malfuzats were compiled by different sufi silsilas with the permission of the shaikhs; these had obvious didactic purposes. Several examples have been found from different parts of the subcontinent, including the Deccan. They were compiled over several centuries.