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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Sufi saint Salim Chishti canonical 1

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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 ⓘ