• Source: Chishti (surname)

Chishti or Chishty is a toponymic surname (nisba) from Chisht in Afghanistan. It is used by people claiming ancestry from Moinuddin Chishti or association with his Chishti Order of Sufism.




Notable people


Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti, founder of the Chishti Order
Abu Muḥammad Chishti, disciple of Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti
Ata Hussain Fani Chishti, 19th-century Indian Sufi saint of Gaya, Bihar
Bande Nawaz or Khwaja Syed Muhammad al-Hussaini Chishti, 14th and 15th-century Indian Sufi saint
Dhruv Sangari or Bilal Chishty Sangari, Indian Sufi singer
Fariduddin Ganjshakar or Shaik Fareeduddin Ganjshakar Chishti, 12th-century Sufi poet and mystic from Punjab
Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, Pakistani music composer
Islam Khan Chishti, Mughal governor of Bengal
Karim Chishti, Indian cricketer
Khwaja Abdullah Chishti, 16th-century Indian Sufi saint
Maudood Chishti, Sufi saint of the Chishti Order
Miya Khan Chishti, qadi of the Gujarat Sultanate in India, buried at Miya Khan Chishti's Mosque
Mohammad Badshah Qadri or Syed Mohammad Badshah Qadri-ul-Chishti Yamani Raichuri, 20th-century Indian Sufi saint
Mohammad Farooq Chishti, Indian politician
Mu'in al-Din Chishti, most prominent Sufi saint and mystic of the Chishti Order
Mukarram Khan Chishti, Mughal governor of Bengal
Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi or Khwaja Nasiruddin Mahmud Chishti, Indian Sufi saint of the Chishti Order from Delhi
Qamar-ul-Zaman Faridi Chishti, Pakistani Sufi saint of the Chishti Order
Qasim Khan Chishti, Mughal governor of Bengal, brother of Islam Khan
Ṛta Kapur Chishti, Indian textile scholar and historian
Rehman Chishti, UK Member of Parliament
Salim Chishti, Sufi saint of the Chishti Order during the Mughal Empire in India
Sardar Ahmad Chishti, Pakistani Sufi saint, jurist, author and debater
S. R. Chishti, Indian musician
Tajuddin Chishti, Sufi saint of Chishti Order in Chishtian, Punjab
Unwan Chishti, Indian Urdu poet
Waheed and Naveed Chishti, Pakistani qawwali singers and Quranic reciters
Yousaf Saleem Chishti, Pakistani scholar and writer




References

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Chishti (surname)
• Salim Chishti
• Sabri
• List of Pakistani family names
• Baba (name)
• Wahid
• Ghulam Farid Sabri
• Waqar
• Sayyid
• Mohammad Hashem Cheshti