Tajuddin Chishti () also called Taj Sarwar Chishti was a 14th century Sufi saint of Chishti Order in Chishtian, Punjab.
Taj-ud-din Chishti was a grandson Farid-ud-din Ganjshakar (1179 - 1266) of Pakpattan and his descendants founded the village of Chishtian around 1265 CE (574 Islamic calendar).
The dargah of Taj-ud-din Chishti is called Roza Taj Sarwar.
Many native tribes in Punjab region accepted Islam due to his missionary Dawah. Khawaja Tajuddin Chishti faced hostility from tribes that opposed his Muslim missionary Dawah and he was Shahid in a battle and was buried in Chishtian.
The Chishti Order is primarily followed in Afghanistan and South Asia. It was the first of the four main Sufi orders (Chishti, Qadiriyya, Suhrawardiyya and Naqshbandi) to be established in this region. Moinuddin Chishti (1142 - 1236) introduced the Chishti Order in Lahore (Punjab) and Ajmer (Rajasthan), sometime in the middle of the 12th century AD. He was eighth in the line of succession from the founder of the Chishti Order, Abu Ishaq Shami. There are now several branches of the order, which has been the most prominent South Asian Sufi brotherhood since the 12th century.Rozehnal, Robert. Islamic Sufism Unbound: Politics and Piety in Twenty-First Century Pakistan. Palgrave MacMillan, 2007. Print.
Chishti Order
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