The shrine and cult of Muʻīn al-dīn Chishtī of Ajmer
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The shrine and cult of Muʻīn al-dīn Chishtī of Ajmer
（Oxford University South Asian studies series）（Oxford India paperbacks）
Oxford University Press, 1992
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Originally published 1989
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-211) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
One of the most revered mystics of the Indian subcontinent was the fourteenth-century Shaykh Mu'in al-Din Chishti, whose tomb in Rajasthan is a center of pilgrimage to the present day. This study defines the role of the Sufi mystics in Islam, and places Mu'in al-Din in a historical context, attempting to disentangle the Mu'in of history from the legendary creation of later hagiographical chronicles. The author then considers why the legend arose at all, and took the form that it assumed. Later chapters describe the history of the shrine, and the customs and hierarchy of attendants that have grown up around it in the last 500 years.
Table of Contents
- The role of saints in Islam
- The quest for the Mu'in al-Din Chishti
- The legend of Mu'in al-Din Chishti
- A history of the Shrine of Mu'in al-Din Chishti
- The pilgrimage to the shrine of Mu'in al-Din Chishti
- The Khuddam
- The Sajjada-Nishin
- The administration of the shrine of Mu'in al-Din Chishti
- The finances of the shrine of Mu'in al-Din Chishti
- Appendices: Inscriptions in the shrine of Mu'in al-Din Chishti
- A list of proper names and technical terms with diacritical marks
- Documents of donations made to the Dargah
- Digest of Mughal Madad-i Ma'ash documents.
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