A large number of Sufis from Central Asia settled in ____ from the eleventh century onwards.

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A large number of Sufis from Central Asia settled in India from the eleventh century onwards.
From the eleventh century onwards, many Sufis from Central Asia settled in Hindustan from the eleventh century. The process of settling down of Sufis was strengthened with the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate when several major Sufi centres developed all over the subcontinent. Among the most influential orders was the Chishti silsila. It had a long queue of teachers like Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti of Ajmer, Baba Farid of Punjab, Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki of Delhi, Khwaja Nizamuddin Auliya of Delhi, and Bandanawaz Gisudaraz of Gulbarga. The dargah or tomb of a Sufi saint became a place of pilgrimage to which thousands of people of all faiths thronged. Often people ascribe Sufi masters with miraculous powers that could relieve others of their illnesses and troubles.

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