Salim Chishti

Salim Chishti (1478 – 1572) (Hindi: सलीम चिश्ती, Urdu: سلیم چشتی ‎) was a Sufi saint of the Chishti Order during the Mughal Empire in India.

The Mughal Emperor Akbar came to Chishti's home in Sikri to ask him to pray for a male heir to the throne. Chishti blessed Akbar, and soon the first of three sons was born to him. He named his first son Salim (later emperor Jahangir) in honor of Chishti. A daughter of Sheikh Salim Chishti was the foster mother of Emperor Jahangir. The emperor was deeply attached to his foster mother, as reflected in the Jahangirnama and he was extremely close to her son Qutb-ud-din Khan Koka who was made the governor of Bengal.

His eldest son, Saaduddin Khan was enobled Saaduddin Siddiky and was granted three jagirs in Gazipur District of Amenabad, Talebabad and Chandrapratap. These descendants in Bangladesh include Chowdhury Kazemuddin Ahmed Siddiky, the co-founder of the Assam Bengal Muslim League and co-founder of the University of Dhaka, Justice Badruddin Ahmed Siddiky,Chowdhury Tanbir Ahmed Siddiky, the Commerce Minister of Bangladesh and Chowdhury Irad Ahmed Siddiky, a noted anti-corruption acivist and candidate for the Mayor of Dhaka in 2015. The descendents of his second-eldest son, Shaikh Ibrahim who was granted the title 'Kishwar Khan' reside in Sheikhupur, Badaun in India .

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