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| The peer and Cult of 1 Mut‘in al-din Chishti of vie i Hl — BEAT 3 Original from M Ley INDIANA UNIVERSITY THE SHRINE AND CULT OF MU‘IN AL-DIN CHISHTI OF AJMER Shaykh Mu‘in al-din Chishti was one of the most revered mystics of the Indian subcontinent in the thirteenth century. His tomb in Rajasthan is a centre of pilgrimage even today. This book defines the role of Sufi mystics in Islam, and places Shaykh Muin al-din in a historical context, disentangling the Mu‘in of history from the legendary creation of later chronicles. The author traces the reasons behind the rise of the legend and why it assumed the form it did. He also describes the history of the shrine, and the customs and hierarchy of attendants that have grown up around it in the last five hundred years. This well written and researched classic will appeal to all visitors to Chishti’s dargah. Students and scholars of religion, Islamic studies, history, sociology, and philosophy will find it a valuable addition to their repertoire. P.M. Currie was educated at Sherborne, Cambridge, and Oxford, where he obtained a D.Phil. A retired civil servant he has had postings in Jamaica, Washington, London, and Bonn. Google This volume is sponsored by the Inter-Faculty Committee for South Asian Studies University of Oxford Google Oxford University South Asian Studies Series THE SHRINE AND CULT OF MU‘IN AL-DIN CHISHTI OF AJMER P. M. CURRIE LP /£9.9 CY9L CET A004 INCIARA UNIS Li “ ie BLOOMINGTON OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Google OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi 110 001 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan South Korea Poland Portugal Singapore Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press . in the UK and in certain other countries Published in India By Oxford University Press, New Delhi © Oxford University Press, 1989 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) First published 1989 Oxford India Paperbacks 1992 New edition 2006 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer ISBN 13: 978-019-568329-5 ISBN 10: 019-568329- 3 * Printed by De Unique, New Delhi 110 018 Published by Manzar Khan, Oxford University Press YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi 110 001 Google To my Father Google Original from Digitized byG oogle INDIANA UNIVERSITY Contents List of Plates and Figures viii Acknowledgements Transliteration . The Role of Saints in Islam S The Quest for the Mu ‘in al-Din Chishti of History 20 N The Legend of Mu‘in al-Din Chishti 66 L A History of the Shrine of Mu‘in al-Din Chishti 97 A The Pilgrimage to Ajmer 117 V The Khuddam 141 A N The Sajjada-Nishin 148 E The Administration of the Dargah 164 The Endowments and Finances of the Dargah 174 Y Conclusion 185 S - Appendices Appendix I The English texts to inscriptions 189 of importance in the Ajmer Dargah Appendix II Phonetic transliteration of terms used in the text 193 Appendix III Documents of offerings made to the khuddam 195 Appendix IV A digest of Mughal madad i- ma‘ash documents 198 Bibliography 201 Index 213 Google Figures Sketch map of Mu‘in al-din’s travels according to the Siyar al Awliya’, Siyar al-‘Arifin, Siyar al-Aqtab and the Hasht Bahisht. front endpaper Genealogy of the Sajjada-Nishins of the Ajmer Dargah. back endpaper Figure 4.1 Plan of the Shrine of Mu‘in al-din Chishti. page 104 Google Acknowledgements I would like to record my gratitude to Simon Digby for his supervision and encouragement, to the many in Ajmer who assisted me, to the Oriental Institute and Exeter College, Oxford, for financial support, to Imam Muhammad Ahmad Ovaisi and Afsaneh Mashaikhi for help with the translations, and to my father for the index. : Google
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