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Nizamuddin Auliya

1238 - 1325

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Khawaja Syed Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya (sometimes spelled Awliya; 1238 – 3 April 1325), also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin (lit. 'Holy Nizamuddin'), Sultan-ul-Mashaikh (lit. 'Lord of the pious') and Mahbub-e-Ilahi (lit. 'Beloved of God'), was an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar, Sufi saint of the Chishti Order, and is one of the most famous Sufis from the Indian Subcontinent. His predecessors were Fariduddin Ganjshakar, Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, and Moinuddin Chishti, who were the masters of the Chishti spiritual chain or silsila in the Indian subcontinent. Nizamuddin Auliya, like his predecessors, stressed love as a means of realising God. For him his love of God implied a love of humanity. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Nizamuddin Auliya is the 9,041st most popular politician (down from 6,869th in 2019), the 324th most popular biography from India (down from 222nd in 2019) and the 110th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Nizamuddin Auliya ranks 9,041 out of 19,576Before him are Wahkare Khety, Christian August II, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg, Javan, Friedrich Akel, Infanta María Cristina of Spain, and Stanisław Kania. After him are Liu Yongfu, Manuel Urrutia Lleó, Rogvolod, Geoffrey Palmer, Lucius Licinius Sura, and John Blair Jr..

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1238, Nizamuddin Auliya ranks 5Before him are Magnus VI of Norway, Meinhard, Duke of Carinthia, Michael II Asen, and Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal. After him are Yang Hui, and Mangrai. Among people deceased in 1325, Nizamuddin Auliya ranks 7Before him are Amir Khusrow, Charles, Count of Valois, Denis of Portugal, Yury of Moscow, Chungseon of Goryeo, and Ismail I of Granada. After him are Ghiyath al-Din Tughluq, Eberhard I, Count of Württemberg, and Stefan Vladislav II.

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In India

Among people born in India, Nizamuddin Auliya ranks 324 out of 1,861Before him are Zakir Naik (1965), Thiruvalluvar (350), Bhāskara I (600), Savitri (1936), Sundar Pichai (1972), and Vijay (1974). After him are Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), Dashrath Manjhi (1934), Vikram (1966), Vidya Balan (1979), Malaika Arora (1973), and Udham Singh (1899).

Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, Nizamuddin Auliya ranks 110Before him are Hastings Ismay, 1st Baron Ismay (1887), Shantanu (null), Karamchand Gandhi (1822), Gupta (240), Phoolan Devi (1963), and Bahadur Shah I (1643). After him are Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed (1905), K. B. Hedgewar (1889), Velu Nachiyar (1730), Liaquat Ali Khan (1895), Amrapali (-450), and Sikandar Jah (1768).