The biography of Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti, authored by Jahanara, is known as
- A.Munis al Arwah
- B.Fawaid ul Fuwad
- C.Sirat ul Auliya
- D.Muraqqa-e Dehli
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The correct answer is A, Munis al Arwah. Jahanara Begum, the eldest daughter of Shah Jahan, wrote the Munis al-Arwah ("Confidant of Souls") in 1640 as a biography of Shaikh Muinuddin Chishti, the founder of the Chishti order in India. She was a devoted follower of the saint and of the Chishti silsila, and in the book she describes her own visit to his dargah at Ajmer, where she swept the shrine and prayed barefoot. Muinuddin Chishti came to India in the late 12th century and settled at Ajmer, where he died in 1236; his tomb became one of the great pilgrimage centres of the subcontinent and was visited by Akbar many times. Option B is wrong because Fawaid-ul-Fuad is the record of the conversations of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya, compiled by the poet Amir Hasan Sijzi. Option C is wrong because Siyar-ul-Auliya, by Amir Khurd, is a history of the Chishti saints of Delhi. Option D is wrong because Muraqqa-e-Dehli is Dargah Quli Khan's account of Delhi's life and culture in the 1730s. Exam tip: Jahanara wrote Munis al-Arwah on Muinuddin Chishti; Amir Hasan Sijzi wrote Fawaid-ul-Fuad on Nizamuddin Auliya.
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