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