SHAIK SALIM CHISHTI(Fatehpur Sikri)

Fatehpur Sikri Palace

In South Asia Shaik Salim Chishti was one of the famous Sufi Saint in the time of Mughal Empire of the Chishti order. Shaik Salimuddin Chishti popularly known as Salim Chishti, he was the leader of shaikzada division and fought against Maharana Pratap in battle of Haldighati with Akbar. 

The Chishti's could do wonder, this was the thought of many people. Once Akbar-e-Azam(the Mughal Emperor) went to Ashraf Jhangir Semnani.s tomb, but on the way he felt inspired to see Chishti. So he went to Chishti's home in the deep desert. By the blessed of Chishti the first three sons of Akbar was born. Among the three sons, the first son was named Salim(later he became the Emperor Jahangir) in the honour of Chishti. Sheikh Salim Chishti's daughter was the foster mother of Jahangir and he was very attached to his foster mother.

Akbar had build the great Fatehpur Sikri and relocate his Mughal court & courtiers, at that time the city was abandoned due to lack of water, but today Fatehpur Sikri is in good condition and India's one of the tourist attraction. The red sandstone was used in the making of Salim Chisht's tomb, but further the tomb converted into excellent work of marble mausoleum. It is situated at Fatehpur Sikri, Utter Prades (India) in the middle of the Emperor's courtyard. And the beautiful mausoleum was built by Akbar to mark his respect for the Sufi Saint Shaik Salim Chishti. People believed that a person offer prayer from his heart at this Majar Sharif of Salim Chishti will fulfilled there wishes. And in order to have fulfilled ones wishes there is a ritual of tying a thread at the Majar Sharif's marble window. There is an ancestral house of Salim Chishti which attached to the first building built in Fatehpur Sikri, known as "Sangtarash Mosque"(stone cutter Mosque). This is one of the oldest buildings in Fatehpur Sikri, situated to the west of the Jami Masjid. The Majar of Salim Chishti is one of the most famous accomplishments of Mughal architecture.

Different view of Fatehpur Sikri