The mortal remains of the Great Saint lie
buried several feet below the floor of the
dome. It was Sultan Gyasuddin, one of the
Malwa Kings, who constructed the structural
worldly resting place of Hazrat Khwaja
Moinuddin Hassan Chishty (Radiallahu Ta’ala
Anhu) some time in 1464 A.D. and constructed
a dome over it on around 1464-1500 AD. After
sometime, Emperor Akbar remodeled the Shrine
in 1564 AD. subsequently, alterations and
modifications were made by Emperor Shahjahan.
The paintings inside the Rowza Sharif as
well as in Begami Dalan were added later.
The tomb of the Great Hazrat Khwaja
Moinuddin Hassan Chishty Sanjari Summa Ajmer
Radi Allaho Ta’ala Anhu (peace to his soul)
is always covered with precious gilaphs
(sheets of expensive cloth) with rich (gold)
embroidery work all over, which
are presented by the followers and devotees
of the Holy Saint. Besides the top of the
Mazare-Mubarak is always covered full
length with fresh fragrant flowers, mostly
roses and jasmine.
The Shrine is surrounded by two silver
screens, the inner screen was presented by
Emperor Jahangir, and the outer was
presented by his Highness, Jaipur, in 1730
A.D.
The inside of the dome and the walls were
artistically engraved and embellished in
gold tracing.
There are two store rooms near the shrine on
either side of the two entrances through
Begami Dalan. The smaller of the two
contains paraphernalia for routine worship
of the shrine, the keys of which are kept by
the Khadim on duty at the shrine. He hands
over the keys to his reliever; thus these
keys change hands every day throughout the
year. In the store room lies buried the
Principal Khadim, Cousin and the spiritual
brother of the Great Hazrat Khwaja Baba (R.A.),
i.e. Sayed Fakhruddin Gurdezi (R.A.), the
great ancestor (head) of the present
Saiyyadzadas of the Khadim community. The
other store rooms contains very valuable
presents of gold, precious stones, Gilaphs
etc. and it is secured by seven locks, the
keys of which are in the custody of seven
different heads of families of the Khadim
Community. This room can be opened only when
all these seven locks are opened. Here lies
the grave of wife of Hazrat Khwaja Sayed
Fakhruddin Gurdezi (R.A.) (peace to his
soul). The reader comes across the name of
Fakhruddin quite often. For clarity, it must
be stated that there were two persons
bearing the name. One man, Hazrat Khwaja
Fakhruddin Gurdezi, was the Chief Khadim,
cousin and spiritual brother of Hazrat
Khwaja Moinuddin Hassan Chishty R.A.A.
(peace to his soul) who came in the company
of the latter, originally from Arabia, while
the other person was Hazrat Khwaja
Fakhruddin Chishty (RA) the eldest son of
Hazrat Khwaja Gharib Nawaz (R.A.), who was
born in India at Ajmer Sharif.
The relationship between these two is that
of uncle and nephew. The entire maintenance
of the Astana Auliya -direction,
supervision, control, opening, closing,
cleaning, strewing of sandal paste on the
shrine, applying after perfumes, covering
the Shrine shroud (Chader) is controlled by
the Saiyyad Zadas. Apart from the services
at the Shrine, the visitors, devotees, and
followers who come to fulfill their vows are
conducted to this shrine by the (Saiyyadzadas)
Khadims and Shaikhzadas. Without the
meditation of a Khadim the vows and service
(Ziarat) are said to be incomplete. All
gifts, offerings and donations for the
Services (Khidmat and Vaka/ath) are as of
right and tradition collected by the Khadims.
No one else has any right in this matter.
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