Who among the following had translated Chintamani Bhatt's Sanskrit text 'Suka Saptati' in Persian and gave it the title 'Tutinama'?
Who among the following had translated Chintamani Bhatt's Sanskrit text 'Suka Saptati' in Persian and gave it the title 'Tutinama'? Correct Answer Khwaza Ziya-uddin Nakhshabi
The correct answer is Khwaza Ziya-uddin Nakhshabi.
Key Points
- Khwaza Ziya-uddin Nakhshabi had translated Chintamani Bhatt's Sanskrit text 'Suka Saptati' in Persian and gave it the title 'Tutinama.
- This was essentially an Indian one, founded in India by Khwaja Muinuddin Chisti who came to India around 1192. After staying for some time in Lahore and Delhi he finally shifted to Ajmer where he died in 1236. He commented: “For years I used to go around the Kaba; now the Kaba goes around me.”
- His tomb at Ajmer was at first tended by the Sultans of Malwa, but from Akbar’s reign, it came under state management. The Khwaja’s young disciple, Shaikh Hamiduddin Nagauri made Nagaur (Rajasthan) the chief Chistiyya center.
- He was succeeded by his grandson Shaikh Faridudin Mahmud. Sultan Muhammad bin Tughluq was deeply devoted to Shaikh Farid’s family and married his daughter to his grandson.
- One of Shaikh Farid’s disciples, Khwaja Ziyauddin Nahkashabi, translated Chintamani Bhatt’s Suka Saptati into Persian from Sanskrit and gave it the title Tuti-nama. He also translated Rati-rahasya of Kokapandita into Persian.
- The Chistiyya’s work in Delhi was organized by Khwaja Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki, to whom the emperor lltutmish was deeply devoted. Of the Khwaja’s disciples, Shaikh Fariduddin or Baba Farid was very celebrated, he moved to Ajodhan (in modern Punjab) where he built his jamaat khana for communal living.
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