Historicity

In modern times, the social role performed by the Sufis in India during medieval times has received attention of scholars. It has been rightly conceived that no history of life and culture of medieval India would be considered complete without a reference

• Principalities
• charismatic leaders
• modern times
• process of urbanization

1. 1. Shaikh Hamiduddin Suali Nagauri the famous Chishti saint of 15th century settled down at Suali a small village near Nagaur. Mir Khurd, Siyarul Auliya, Delhi, 1885 pp. 156-57.
2. 2. Ziauddin Barani, Tarikh-i-Firozshahi, ed. S. A. Rashid, Aligarh ,Vol. 2., pp. 343-5
3. 3. Mohammad Ghaus Shattari, Gulzar-i-Abrar, ed. M. Zaki, Patna, pp.79.
4. 4. Shaikh Abdul Haq Dehlavi, Akhbarul Akhyar, ed. Zafar Ali, Delhi, 1913,pp. 209.
5. 5. Siyarul Auliya, opcit, pp. 286-87.
6. 6. Ibid, pp. 286.
7. 7. Ibid, pp. 287.
8. 8. Ibn Battuta, Rehla, opcit, pp.167.
9. 9. Qadi khan, Adatul Fuzala, Ms. A. M. U. Library Aligarh, Farsi Lughat, pp.2,3
10. 10. Epigraphia Indica Arabic and Persian Supplement, 1955-58, pp 119