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UGC NET June 2011 History
The Sufi text Fawaid-ul-Fuad records the conversations (malfuzat) of which saint?
AKhwaja Moinuddin Chishti
BShaikh Farid Ganj Shakar
CShaikh Salim Chishti
DShaikh Nizamuddin Auliya ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya — Fawaid-ul-Fuad records the conversations of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya, so the answer is Nizamuddin Auliya.
Explanation
★Fawaid-ul-Fuad records the conversations of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya, so the answer is Nizamuddin Auliya.
★It was compiled by his disciple Amir Hasan Sijzi, who noted down the master's discourses, and it is a classic malfuzat work.
★Nizamuddin Auliya was the leading saint of the Chishti order at Delhi and a spiritual guide to many.
★Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti was the founder of the Chishti order in India, based at Ajmer.
★Shaikh Farid Ganj Shakar of Ajodhan was the spiritual preceptor of Nizamuddin Auliya himself.
★Shaikh Salim Chishti of Fatehpur Sikri belonged to a later generation linked with Akbar.
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