Practicing Success

Target Exam

CUET

Subject

History

Chapter

Medieval India: Bhakti Sufi Traditions

Question:
Name the seventeenth-century Sufi saint whose ideology is often contrasted with the liberal and non-sectarian views of Akbar.
Options:
Siyar-ul-Auliya of Mir Khwurd Kirmani
Naqshbandi Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
Abdul Qadir Jilani
Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
Correct Answer:
Naqshbandi Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi
Explanation:
The letters, known as Maktubat-i Imam Rabbani of the noted seventeenth-century Sufi saint Naqshbandi Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi are often contrasted with the liberal and non-sectarian views of Akbar and are among the most frequently discussed by scholars.