The Generations · The Friends of God
quddisa sirruhu — may his secret be sanctified
537 – 633 AH / 1142 – 1236
Gharib Nawaz, 'cherisher of the poor', who brought the Chishti path to India; his shrine at Ajmer draws seekers of every faith.
His portrait is his lamp: no image survives, and none is needed.
Days of the Islamic calendar kept in his memory — each opens in the prayer book.
