The Preaching of Islam in India! Part I (KHAWAJA FARIDUDDIN GANJSHAKAR)
K hawaja's father was Jamaluddin, the maternal cousin of Sultan Mahmood Ghaznavi. The first name of Khawaja was Masood, the surname was Farid Uddin, but he was commonly known by the appellation of Ganjshakar. he was born in the year 584 Hijri in Kohtwaal which is in the district of Multan. Khawaja belonged to the descendent of Hadhrat Umar Ibn Khattab (Ra), his grandfather migrated from his homeland, Kabul during the era of Halaku, the Mongol and went to Lahore. Khawaja Moinuddin Chishti was indisputably the founder of Chishtiya order in India, but it was promoted by Khawaja Farid Uddin whose two disciples Khawaja Nizamuddin and Shaykh Alauddin Kalyar spread it far and wide in the country. In Multan he studied under different teachers among whom was also Maulana Minhajuddin who taught him An Nafeh, the renowned book on juristic sciences. It was here in Multan where Khawaja Farid Uddin met Khawaja Bakhtiyar Kaki a...