Shaikh Ismail: First Sufi saint in India- Art & Culture
Q. The first Sufi saint in India was- Published on 13 Aug 15a. Nizamuddin Auliya
b. Khwaja Muinuddin Chishti
c. Shaikh Ismail
d. Shihabuddin Suhrawardi
ANSWER: Shaikh Ismail
Sufism was a liberal reform movement within Islam. It had its origin in Persia and spread into India in the eleventh century. The first Sufi saint Shaikh Ismail of Lahore started preaching his ideas.