Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti

E1041583

Islamic scholar Sufi saint founder of a Sufi order religious leader

Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti was a prominent 12th–13th century Sufi saint and founder of the Chishti Order in the Indian subcontinent, renowned for his teachings on love, tolerance, and devotion to God.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Moinuddin Chishti	5
Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti canonical	2

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13460806 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
Context triple: [Khawaja Ghulam Farid, influencedBy, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti]

A. Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya was a renowned 13th–14th century Sufi saint of the Chishti order in Delhi, celebrated for his teachings on love, compassion, and spiritual devotion.
B. Sufi saint Salim Chishti
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.
C. Baha-ud-Din Naqshband
Baha-ud-Din Naqshband was a 14th-century Central Asian Sufi master and spiritual reformer regarded as the eponymous founder of the influential Naqshbandi Sufi order.
D. Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was a renowned 13th-century Sufi saint and poet venerated across South Asia, especially in Sindh, for his mystical teachings and enduring spiritual legacy.
E. Khawaja Nizamuddin
Khawaja Nizamuddin is the son of Khawaja Nazimuddin, a prominent political figure who served as both Governor-General and Prime Minister of Pakistan.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti
Target entity description: Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti was a prominent 12th–13th century Sufi saint and founder of the Chishti Order in the Indian subcontinent, renowned for his teachings on love, tolerance, and devotion to God.

A. Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya
Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya was a renowned 13th–14th century Sufi saint of the Chishti order in Delhi, celebrated for his teachings on love, compassion, and spiritual devotion.
B. Sufi saint Salim Chishti
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.
C. Baha-ud-Din Naqshband
Baha-ud-Din Naqshband was a 14th-century Central Asian Sufi master and spiritual reformer regarded as the eponymous founder of the influential Naqshbandi Sufi order.
D. Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar was a renowned 13th-century Sufi saint and poet venerated across South Asia, especially in Sindh, for his mystical teachings and enduring spiritual legacy.
E. Khawaja Nizamuddin
Khawaja Nizamuddin is the son of Khawaja Nazimuddin, a prominent political figure who served as both Governor-General and Prime Minister of Pakistan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic scholar ⓘ Sufi saint ⓘ founder of a Sufi order ⓘ religious leader ⓘ
associatedWithCity	Ajmer ⓘ
associatedWithRegion	Indian subcontinent ⓘ linked to: South Asia
birthDate	c. 1141 ⓘ
birthPlace	Sistan region ⓘ linked to: Sistan region historically associated with present-day Iran and Afghanistan ⓘ
burialPlace	Ajmer ⓘ Ajmer Sharif Dargah ⓘ Rajasthan ⓘ
centuryActive	12th century ⓘ 13th century ⓘ
commemoration	annual Urs at Ajmer Sharif Dargah ⓘ
coreTeaching	love for all and malice towards none ⓘ service to the poor as service to God ⓘ tolerance towards people of different faiths ⓘ
deathDate	1236 ⓘ
deathPlace	Ajmer ⓘ India ⓘ Rajasthan ⓘ
founderOf	Chishti Order in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ linked to: Chishti Order
honorificTitle	Gharib Nawaz ⓘ Khwaja ⓘ linked to: Khwāja
influenced	Sufism in South Asia ⓘ later Chishti saints in India ⓘ popular devotional culture in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ
knownFor	emphasis on service to humanity ⓘ hospitality towards the poor ⓘ spreading Sufism in the Indian subcontinent ⓘ teachings on devotion to God ⓘ teachings on love ⓘ teachings on tolerance ⓘ
legacy	establishment of a major center of Sufism at Ajmer ⓘ inspiration for numerous Sufi khanqahs in India ⓘ
meaningOfHonorific Gharib Nawaz	Benefactor of the Poor ⓘ
movement	Chishti Sufi order ⓘ linked to: Chishti Order
pilgrimageSignificance	major Sufi shrine in South Asia ⓘ
pilgrimageSite	Ajmer Sharif Dargah ⓘ
practiceEmphasized	charity ⓘ sama (spiritual audition) ⓘ zikr (remembrance of God) ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
SufiOrder	Chishti Order ⓘ
titleUsedByFollowers	Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz ⓘ
veneratedIn	South Asian Sufi traditions ⓘ Sunni Islam ⓘ

How these facts were elicited