1 History & Culture · 1.3.7 Bhakti and Sufi movements

1.3.7.8 Chishti and Suhrawardi orders in India

The Chishti order, based on poverty, music and distance from the state, and the Suhrawardi order, which accepted state support, were the two great Sufi orders of the Delhi Sultanate.

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  • Chishti
  • Suhrawardi
  • Muinuddin Chishti
  • Ajmer
  • Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki
  • Baba Farid
  • Nizamuddin Auliya
  • Gesu Daraz
  • Bahauddin Zakariya
  • Multan

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