Sheikh Saleem Chishti Tomb Dehli Fatehpur Sikri

Sheikh Salim Chishti

(May
Allah Have Mercy on Him)

Birth: 884 A.H, (1479 A.D.)    Death: 979 A.H,  (1571 A.D.)

Emperor Akbar visited him and requested to pray for a son
to be born to him. He prayed, and as a result, Prince Salim (later emperor
Nooruddin Jahangir) was born.

A progeny of Sheikh Fariduddin Gunj Shakar, he was born
in Delhi and came to Sirhind from Fatehpur Sikri and completed his exoteric
education there.

In 962 A.H, he made a pilgrimage to Makkah and Madina,
toured the cities of Arabia, Persia, and other lands that benefitted from
association with holy men and people of Excellence there, and performed many
great feats.

On his return to the subcontinent, he became a disciple
of Sheikh Ibrahim Chishti, who made him one of his lieutenants and permitted
him to make his own disciples.

Secluding himself in one of the hills of Fatehpur Sikri,
he got busy in the worship of Allah. He exhorted his disciples and other
visitors to undergo strenuous religious exercises.

Kings and Nobles had great respect and regard for him.
Prominent among these were Emperor Akbar and Sher Shah Suri, especially Akbar,
who was immensely attached to him.

Akbar had no issue and so he requested him to pray for
one and it is said that it was because of his prayer that a son was born to him
and was named Salim after the saint.

Moghul Emperor Jahangir was very famous for justice. During his
reign, his subjects used to know him by the title of Adil-e-Jahangiri (justice of Jahangir).

This is very Prince Salim later ascended the Throne of
Delhi under the title of Jahangir. Sheikh Salim Chishti died in Fatehpur Sikri
and was buried in the tomb whose Foundation had earlier been laid by himself.  

Then
the king erected a very beautiful edifice over it and also built a mosque
adjoining it.