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 Jahangir
surface form: Akbar
associatedWith Fatehpur Sikri
surface form: Fatehpur Sikri Sufi center

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire
centuryOfActivity 16th century
country India
countryOfCitizenship India
era Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: 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
Sheikh
surface form: Shaikh
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 northern India
surface form: North India

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

South Asia

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Fatehpur Sikri namedAfter Sufi saint Salim Chishti