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Nizām-ud-Dīn Awliyā

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Synonyms

Nizām ad-Dīn; Nizām al-Dīn; Nizām-ud-Dīn

Definition

Nizām-ud-Dīn Awliyā (1238–1325 B.C.E.) was a major Sufi saint of the Chishti order.

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Nizām-ud-Dīn remains one of the most seminal, noted personalities in South Asian Islam. His role in the historical development of the Chishtī Sufi path or ṭarīqa is distinguished even among other Chishtī luminaries: under his leadership, the order became an influential and popular movement across India. Though he outwardly avoided political personalities and ties, Sulṭān Muḥammad bin Tughluq (r. 1324–1351) is reported to have been a pallbearer at his funeral and later erected a dome over his burial site; likewise, the first Mughal ruler, Bābur, held the shaykh in such high esteem that he paid his respects at the shrine. What is known about what the shaykh taught comes through his student, Amir Hasan Sijzi, who compiled his conversations (malfūzāt) into Fawa’id al-Fu’ad or Morals for the Heart. Nizām-ud-Dīn Awliyā continues...

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  1. Department of Religion, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA

    Ilyse R. Morgenstein Fuerst

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  1. Pomona College Religious Studies, Claremont, CA, USA

    Zayn R. Kassam

  2. Rollins College Jewish Studies Program, Winter Park, FL, USA

    Yudit Kornberg Greenberg

  3. World Zoroastrian Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada

    Jehan Bagli

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Fuerst, I.R.M. (2018). Nizām-ud-Dīn Awliyā. In: Kassam, Z.R., Greenberg, Y.K., Bagli, J. (eds) Islam, Judaism, and Zoroastrianism. Encyclopedia of Indian Religions. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-024-1267-3_856

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