Chishti or Chishty is a toponymic surname (nisba) from Chisht in Afghanistan. It is used by people claiming ancestry from Moinuddin Chishti or association with his Chishti Order of Sufism.
Notable people Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti, founder of the Chishti Order Abu Muḥammad Chishti, disciple of Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti Ata Hussain Fani Chishti, 19th-century Indian Sufi saint of Gaya, Bihar Bande Nawaz or Khwaja Syed Muhammad al-Hussaini Chishti, 14th and 15th-century Indian Sufi saint Dhruv Sangari or Bilal Chishty Sangari, Indian Sufi singer Faiz Ali Chishti (1927–2024), Pakistani general Fariduddin Ganjshakar or Shaik Fareeduddin Ganjshakar Chishti, 12th-century Sufi poet and mystic from Punjab Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, Pakistani music composer Islam Khan Chishti, Mughal governor of Bengal Karim Chishti, Indian cricketer Khwaja Abdullah Chishti, 16th-century Indian Sufi saint Maudood Chishti, Sufi saint of the Chishti Order Miya Khan Chishti, qadi of the Gujarat Sultanate in India, buried at Miya Khan Chishti's Mosque Mohammad Badshah Qadri or Syed Mohammad Badshah Qadri-ul-Chishti Yamani Raichuri, 20th-century Indian Sufi saint Mohammad Farooq Chishti, Indian politician Mu'in al-Din Chishti, most prominent Sufi saint and mystic of the Chishti Order Mukarram Khan Chishti, Mughal governor of Bengal Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi or Khwaja Nasiruddin Mahmud Chishti, Indian Sufi saint of the Chishti Order from Delhi Qamar-ul-Zaman Faridi Chishti, Pakistani Sufi saint of the Chishti Order Qasim Khan Chishti, Mughal governor of Bengal, brother of Islam Khan Ṛta Kapur Chishti, Indian textile scholar and historian Rehman Chishti, UK Member of Parliament Salim Chishti, Sufi saint of the Chishti Order during the Mughal Empire in India Sardar Ahmad Chishti, Pakistani Sufi saint, jurist, author and debater S. R. Chishti, Indian musician Tajuddin Chishti, Sufi saint of Chishti Order in Chishtian, Punjab Unwan Chishti, Indian Urdu poet Waheed and Naveed Chishti, Pakistani qawwali singers and Quranic reciters Yousaf Saleem Chishti, Pakistani scholar and writer
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