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The '''Valley of Saints''' is located in [[Khuldabad]], a town in the [[Aurangabad district, Maharashtra|Aurangabad district]] of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Several [[Sufism|Sufi]] saints of the [[Chishti Order]] chose to reside in Khuldabad in the [[14th century]]. The [[dargah]] of [[Moinuddin Chishti (Khuldabad)|Moinuddin Chishti]], and the tomb of the last great [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Aurangzeb]] are located here. The valley also has the dargah of the Sufi saint [[Muntajib al-Din]], known best by his epithet [[Zar Zari Zar Baksh]], who migrated to this area in the 14th century at the request of his teacher, [[Nizamuddin Auliya]] of [[Delhi]].
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The '''Valley of Saints''' is located in [[Khuldabad]], a town in the [[Aurangabad district, Maharashtra|Aurangabad district]] of [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]. Several [[Sufism|Sufi]] saints of the [[Chishti Order]] chose to reside in Khuldabad in the fourteenth century. The [[dargah]] of Muntajib al-Din (Khuldabad), and the tomb of the last great [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Aurangzeb]] are located here. [[Muntajib al-Din]], known best by his epithet [[Zar Zari Zar Baksh]], migrated to this area in the 14th century at the request of his teacher, [[Nizamuddin Auliya]] of [[Delhi]].<ref name="ROB">{{cite book|last1=Ray|first1=Himanshu Prabha|title=The Return of the Buddha: Ancient Symbols for a New Nation|date=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317560067|page=15|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l3s9BAAAQBAJ}}</ref>


==External links==
==See also==
*[[Sufi Saints of Aurangabad]]
*[http://www.maharashtratourism.gov.in/mtdc/Shrines.aspx?strpage=shrines_Khuldabad.html Official website of Maharashtra Tourism]
*[[Khuldabad]]
*[http://www.lib.lfc.edu/collections/benton/data/research/Ellora/albums/zar_zari_zar/index.htm Zar Zari Zar Baksh]
*[[Khwaja Zainuddin Shirazi]]
*[[Sayyid Burhan-ud-din]]
*[[Ganj Rawan Ganj Baksh]]
*[[Zar Zari Zar Baksh]]


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Latest revision as of 17:02, 16 November 2023

The Valley of Saints is located in Khuldabad, a town in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India. Several Sufi saints of the Chishti Order chose to reside in Khuldabad in the fourteenth century. The dargah of Muntajib al-Din (Khuldabad), and the tomb of the last great Mughal emperor Aurangzeb are located here. Muntajib al-Din, known best by his epithet Zar Zari Zar Baksh, migrated to this area in the 14th century at the request of his teacher, Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi.[1]

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  1. ^ Ray, Himanshu Prabha (2014). The Return of the Buddha: Ancient Symbols for a New Nation. Routledge. p. 15. ISBN 9781317560067.