Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki

Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki
Dargah of Qutbuddin Bakhtiyar Kaki in Mehrauli, Delhi.
Religion	Islam
Lineage	Chishti Order
Other names	Malik-ul-Mashaa'ikh
Personal
Born	1173 Osh in Transoxiana (present-day Kyrgyzstan)
Died	1235 14th Rabi' al-awwal Delhi
Resting place	Mehrauli, Delhi 28°31′09″N 77°10′47″E / 28.519303°N 77.179856°E / 28.519303; 77.179856
Senior posting
Based in	Delhi
Title	قطب الاقطاب Qutub ul Aqtab
Period in office	Early 13th century
Predecessor	Moinuddin Chishti
Successor	Fariduddin Ganjshakar

1235

Qutb ul Aqtab Hazrat Khwaja Sayyid Muhammad Bakhtiyar AlHussaini Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki (Urdu: حضرت خواجہ سیّد محمد قطب الدین بختیار کاکی‎) (born 1173-died 1235) was a Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, in what is now India. He was the disciple and the spiritual successor of Moinuddin Chishti as head of the Chishti order, and the person to whom the Qutb Minar, Delhi is dedicated. Before him the Chishti order in India was confined to Ajmer and Nagaur. He played a major role in establishing the order securely in Delhi. His dargah located adjacent to Zafar Mahal in Mehrauli, and the oldest dargah in Delhi, is also the venue of his annual Urs festivities. The Urs was held in high regard by many rulers of Delhi like Qutbuddin Aibak, Iltutmish who built a nearby stepwell, Gandhak ki Baoli for him, Sher Shah Suri who built a grand gateway, Bahadur Shah I who built the Moti Masjid mosque nearby and Farrukhsiyar who added a marble screen and a mosque.

His most famous disciple and spiritual successor was Fariduddin Ganjshakar, who in turn became the spiritual master of Delhi's noted Sufi saint, Nizamuddin Auliya, who himself was the spiritual master of Amir Khusrau and Nasiruddin Chirag-e-Delhi.