Khizr Rumi Qalandar
Shah Khizr Rumi Qalandar | |
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| Title | Khizr Rumi Qalandar |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Rum (Anatolia, modern-day Turkey) |
| Died | c. 750 AH / 1349–50 CE (traditional) Rum (Anatolia) |
| Era | Delhi Sultanate period (reign of Iltutmish: 1210–1236 CE) |
| Known for | Introducing the Qalandariyya to India; disciple of Qutb al-Din Bakhtiyar Kaki |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Order | Qalandariyya–Chishtiyya |
| Muslim leader | |
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Shah Khizr Rumi Qalandar (Arabic: شاه خضر رومی) was a thirteenth-century Sufi saint of the Qalandariyya path who came from the province of Rum in Anatolia and became one of the earliest Qalandars to arrive in India. He played a foundational role in establishing the Qalandariyya-Chishtiyya fraternity in the Indian Subcontinent during the reign of Sultan Iltutmish.