Nizamuddin Auliya

Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya
Mughal Painting of Nizamuddin Auliya
Title	Khawaja Syed
Personal life
Born	1238 AD/ 635 AH Badayun, Delhi Sultanate
Died	3 April 1325 AD/ 18 Rabi Al-Thani 725 AH (aged 86-87) Delhi, Delhi Sultanate
Resting place	Nizamuddin Dargah
Parents	Syed Abdullah bin Ahmad al Hussaini Badayuni (father) Mai Sahiba Bibi Zulekha (mother)
Relatives	Bibi Zainab alias Bibi Jannat (sister)
Religious life
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanafi
Tariqa	Chishti order
Creed	Maturidi[1]
Muslim leader
Based in	Delhi
Period in office	Late 13th century and early 14th century
Predecessor	Fariduddin Ganjshakar
Students Amir Khusrow, Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi, Jahaniyan Jahangasht, Akhi Siraj Aainae Hind, Burhanuddin Gharib, Syed Najmuddin Ghawsud Dahar Qalandar, Sheikh Musa, Maulana Kamaluddin Chishty Piran-e-Dhar, Syed Ahmad Baad-e-Paa

Khawaja Syed Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya (sometimes spelled Awliya; 1238 – 3 April 1325), also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin (lit. 'Holy Nizamuddin'), Sultan-ul-Mashaikh (lit. 'Lord of the pious') and Mahbub-e-Ilahi (lit. 'Beloved of God'), was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, Sufi saint of the Chishti Order, and is one of the most famous Sufis from the Indian Subcontinent.^[2][3] His predecessors were Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, and Moinuddin Chishti, who were the masters of the Chishti spiritual chain or silsila in the Indian subcontinent.^[4]

Nizamuddin Auliya, like his predecessors, stressed love as a means of realising God. For him his love of God implied a love of humanity. His vision of the world was marked by a highly evolved sense of religious pluralism and kindness.^[5] It is claimed by the 14th century historiographer Ziauddin Barani that his influence on the Muslims of Delhi was such that a paradigm shift was effected in their outlook towards worldly matters. People began to be inclined towards mysticism and prayers and remaining aloof from the world.^[6][7][8] It is also believed that Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq, the founder of Tughluq dynasty, interacted with Nizamuddin. Initially, they used to share good relationship but soon this got embittered and relation between Ghiyas-ud-din Tughluq and Nizamuddin Auliya never been reformed due to opinion disharmony and their antagonism resulted regular disputes between them during that era.^{[citation needed]}