HISTORY
MEDIAVAL INDIA
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Question
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Muin-ud-din Chishti
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Baba Farid
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Saiyid Muhammad Gesudaraz
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Shah Alam Bukhari
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Detailed explanation-1: -Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti came from central Asia. He made Ajmer as his place of residence. Chisti held that if music played and sung beautifully then it brought men close to God. His Dargah is situated at Ajmer.
Detailed explanation-2: -Qawwali is a musical form associated with the sama’, spiritual concert, of the Chishti Sufi Order. In its religious context it functions as a way to bring members of the order into a trance-like state that makes them more aware of their relationship with God.
Detailed explanation-3: -Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, a Sufi saint settled down in Ajmer.
Detailed explanation-4: -Qawwali. Qawwali music is the devotional music of the Sufis, usually sung in Urdu, Punjabi or Persian. The lyrics are in praise of God (Allah), his Prophet (Mohammed), his friend (Ali) and other Muslim Saints.