Nizamuddin Auliya, a key figure in the Chishti order of Sufism, witnessed significant political changes during the late Mamluk, Khalji, and Tughlaq dynasties in Delhi.
The most reputed disciple of Shaikh Farid who had seen the reign of as many as seven sultans of Delhi was
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