India: Buland Darwaza, the entrance gate to the Dargah Sharif of Sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti, Ajmer, Rajasthan. Sultan-ul-Hind, Moinuddin Chishti (1141-1230)‎, also known as Gharīb Nawāz ('Benefactor of the Poor'), was the most famous Sufi saint of the Chishti Order of the Indian Subcontinent. He introduced and established the order in South Asia. Ajmer (Sanskrit: Ajayameru) was founded in the late 7th century CE by Dushyant Chauhan. The Chauhan dynasty ruled Ajmer in spite of repeated invasions by Turkic marauders from Central Asia across the north of India.

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