Q: What is Hazrat Khwaja Qutbuddeen Bakhtyaar Kaaki’s actual name?
A: Hazrat Qaadi Mas’ood – may Allah be pleased with Him.
Q: Where were his forefathers from?
A: They were from Bukhara and Ghazni and arrived in India from there.
Q: Who was Hazrat Fareeduddeen Ganj Shakar’s family-leader?
A: Qaadi Sho’aib.
Q: What was his father’s name?
A: Qaadi Sulaiman.
Q: Whose mother used to keep the sugar under his Salah-mat?
A: Hazrat Fareeduddeen’s mother used to put the sugar under his Salah-mat.
Q: Where did he go to acquire knowledge?
A: He went to Multan.
Q: What was the name of his Peer and Murshid?
A: Hazrat Khwaja Qutbuddeen Bakhtyaar Kaaki – may Allah be pleased with Him – the student and Khalifa of Khwaja Ghareeb Nawaaz – may Allah be pleased with Him.
Q: Where is the Mazaar shareef of Hazrat Khwaja Qutbuddeen Bakhtyaar Kaaki – may Allah be pleased with Him?
A: Near Qutub Minar in Old Delhi.
Q: When and where was Hazrat Khwaja Qutbuddeen Bakhtyaar Kaaki – may Allah be pleased with Him – born?
A: In the year 548 A.H. in Delhi.
Q: What was the name of Hazrat Fareeduddeen Ganj Shakar’s brother?
A: Shaikh Najeebuddeen Mutawakkil – may Allah be pleased with Them all.
(Islami Ma’loomaat Ka Encyclopaedia p. 355-356)
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