Sufi saint Salim Chishti

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Sufi saint Salim Chishti was a revered 16th-century Chishti mystic whose spiritual influence and blessings were highly esteemed by the Mughal emperor Akbar and led to the establishment of a major Sufi center at Fatehpur Sikri.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chishti Sufi
Islamic mystic
Muslim religious leader
Sufi saint
mausoleum
architecturalStyle Mughal architecture
associatedDynasty Mughal dynasty
associatedRuler Akbar
linked to: Jahangir
associatedWith Fatehpur Sikri Sufi center
linked to: Fatehpur Sikri

Mughal Empire
centuryOfActivity 16th century
country India
countryOfCitizenship India
era Mughal period
ethnicGroup Indian
fieldOfActivity Islamic mysticism
Sufi teaching
spiritual guidance
hasCulturalSignificance associated with royal patronage of Sufism
important figure in Indo-Islamic spiritual history
hasDevotionalSite dargah at Fatehpur Sikri
hasTomb Tomb of Salim Chishti
honorificTitle Hazrat
Shaikh
linked to: Sheikh
influenced Akbar
knownFor association with Fatehpur Sikri
reputation for granting blessings and offspring
spiritual influence on Mughal emperor Akbar
languageOfReligiousPractice Arabic
Persian
legacy continuing pilgrimage traditions
major Sufi center at Fatehpur Sikri
location Fatehpur Sikri
materialUsed white marble
pilgrimageSite Tomb of Salim Chishti
placeOfBurial Fatehpur Sikri
regionOfActivity North India
linked to: northern India

Uttar Pradesh (present-day)
linked to: Uttar Pradesh
religion Islam
religiousOrder Chishti Order
residence Fatehpur Sikri
spiritualLineage Chishti silsila
linked to: Chishti Order
spiritualTradition Sufism
typeOfVeneration saint veneration
veneratedIn Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia

South Asia

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Fatehpur Sikri namedAfter Sufi saint Salim Chishti