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Moinuddin Chishti

1142 - 1236

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Chishtī Muʿīn al-Dīn Ḥasan Sijzī (1143–1236), known more commonly as Muʿīn al-Dīn Chishtī or Moinuddin Chishti, or by the epithet Gharib Nawaz (lit. 'comfort to the poor'), or reverently as Shaykh Muʿīn al-Dīn or Khwāja Muʿīn al-Dīn (Urdu: معین الدین چشتی), was a Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, religious scholar, philosopher and mystic from Sistan, who eventually ended up settling in the Indian subcontinent in the early 13th-century, where he promulgated the famous Chishtiyya order of Sunni mysticism. This particular tariqa (order) became the dominant Islamic spiritual order in medieval India. Most of the Indian Sunni saints are Chishti in their affiliation, including Nizamuddin Awliya (d. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Moinuddin Chishti has received more than 2,296,136 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Moinuddin Chishti is the 2,577th most popular politician (up from 3,239th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Afghanistan (up from 32nd in 2019) and the 14th most popular Afghan Politician.

Moinuddin Chishti is most famous for the shrine he built in Ajmer, India. The shrine has attracted many followers of Islam and has become a popular tourist destination.

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  • 64.01

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  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.03

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Over the past year Moinuddin Chishti has had the most page views in the with 157,570 views, followed by English (59,208), and Bengali (51,584). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Simple English (452.79%), Eastern Punjabi (369.01%), and Slovak (79.15%)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Moinuddin Chishti ranks 2,577 out of 19,576. Before him are Psamtik II, Marcus Calpurnius Bibulus, Jürgen Stroop, Adelaide of Maurienne, Köprülüzade Fazıl Ahmed Pasha, and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović. After him are Victoire of France, Nyuserre Ini, Dagobert II, Hormizd I, Luitpold, Prince Regent of Bavaria, and Chryseis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1142, Moinuddin Chishti ranks 2. Before him is Yue Fei. After him are Philip I, Count of Flanders, William the Lion, Hugh III, Duke of Burgundy, Al-Mustadi, Frederick, Duke of Bohemia, and Godfrey III, Count of Louvain. Among people deceased in 1236, Moinuddin Chishti ranks 3. Before him are Saint Sava, and Suleyman Shah. After him are Iltutmish, John, Old Lord of Beirut, Qul Ghali, Yahya al-Mu'tasim, Roger of Wendover, and Rukn ud din Firuz.

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In Afghanistan

Among people born in Afghanistan, Moinuddin Chishti ranks 21 out of 177. Before him are Amanullah Khan (1892), Babrak Karmal (1929), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād (1450), and Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917). After him are Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), Nur Jahan (1577), Ashraf Ghani (1949), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Ibrahim ibn Adham (718), and Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438).

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Among POLITICIANS In Afghanistan

Among politicians born in Afghanistan, Moinuddin Chishti ranks 14. Before him are Hafizullah Amin (1929), Amanullah Khan (1892), Babrak Karmal (1929), Burhanuddin Rabbani (1940), Mohammed Daoud Khan (1909), and Nur Muhammad Taraki (1917). After him are Hibatullah Akhundzada (1961), Ashraf Ghani (1949), Ahmad Shah Durrani (1722), Sultan Husayn Bayqara (1438), Mohammed Omar (1962), and Khalil Sultan (1384).

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