HistoryMedieval India: Bhakti Sufi Traditions

Dargah Quli Khan wrote about the shrine of Nasiruddin Chiragh-i Dehli…

Dargah Quli Khan wrote about the shrine of Nasiruddin Chiragh-i Dehli in his Muraqqa-i Dehli. In which century did he visit the shrine?

Answer & explanation

Correct answer: option 3

The correct answer is Option (3) → Eighteenth century

Dargah Quli Khan was an eighteenth-century visitor from the Deccan. His Muraqqa-i Dehli (Album of Delhi) describes crowds of Hindus and Muslims at the shrine.

NCERT (2026-27): “7.2 Chishti devotionalism: ziyarat and qawwali …
Each sufi shrine was associated with distinctive features. This is what an eighteenth-century visitor from the Deccan, Dargah Quli Khan, wrote about the shrine of Nasiruddin Chiragh-i Dehli in his Muraqqa-i Dehli (Album of Delhi): The Shaikh (in the grave) is not the lamp of Delhi but of the entire country. People turn up there in crowds, particularly on Sunday. In the month of Diwali the entire population of Delhi visits it and stays in tents around the spring tank for days. They take baths to obtain cures from chronic diseases. Muslims and Hindus pay visits in the same spirit. …”