Markazi Majlis e Chishtia

The Chistia Silsila is one of the most popular and influential Sufi orders in Islam. It derives its name from Chist, a village near Heerat, Afghanistan, where the founder of the Order, Khawaja Abu Ishaq (Rahmatullahi alaihi) of Syria, settled. Hazrat Khawaja Moinuddin Chisti (Rahmatullahi alaihi) brought the Silsila to India at the close of the 11th century A.D. and established its centre in Ajmer, once the order spread far and wide in India and became a force in the spiritual life of the Muslims.