Match List I with List II.
| List – I Titles | List – II Sufi-Shaikh |
| (A) Sultan-ul-Mashaikh | (I) Khwaja Muinuddin |
| (B) Gharib Nawaz | (II) Shaikh Fariduddin |
| (C) Ganj-i-Shakar | (III) Nizamuddin Auliya |
| (D) Chiragh-i-Delhi | (IV) Shaikh Nasiruddin |
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
Answer & explanation
Correct answer: option 1
The correct answer is Option (1) → (A)-(III), (B)-(I), (C)-(II), (D)-(IV)
(A) Sultan-ul-Mashaikh — this matches (III) Nizamuddin Auliya. His disciples addressed Nizamuddin Auliya as sultan-ul-mashaikh, literally, Sultan amongst shaikhs.
(B) Gharib Nawaz — this matches (I) Khwaja Muinuddin. The most revered Chishti shrine, at Ajmer, is that of Khwaja Muinuddin, popularly known as “Gharib Nawaz” (comforter of the poor).
(C) Ganj-i-Shakar — this matches (II) Shaikh Fariduddin. The chart of the major Chishti teachers names him Shaikh Fariduddin Ganj-i Shakar; his dargah is at Ajodhan in Pakistan.
(D) Chiragh-i-Delhi — this matches (IV) Shaikh Nasiruddin. Shaikh Nasiruddin Chiragh-i Dehli (the lamp of Delhi) has his shrine in Delhi.
Tip: Titles such as these are printed in the chart of the Chishti teachers, so read the names in every chart and table along with the text.
NCERT (2026-27): “7.4 Sufis and the state … Occasionally the sufi shaikh was addressed with high-sounding titles. For example, the disciples of Nizamuddin Auliya addressed him as sultan-ul-mashaikh (literally, Sultan amongst shaikhs).… 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).… 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):…”
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