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- ↑ Ahmed, 1977, p 69
- ↑ KM Siddiqui, 'A Sufi Path to Knowledge' Lahore: Aman Books, 1971, p III the Preface
- ↑ Siddiqui, p 15
- ↑ M Haeri 'The Chishtis:A Living Light', Oxford: OUP, 2002
- ↑ W Chittick 'The Sufi Path of Love', Albany, New York: SUNY Press, 1983
- ↑ Ahmed, p 70
- ↑ Sheykh Omer Tarin, 'The Ishq Nuri Chisti Sufis: A Brief Introduction to their history, beliefs and practices' in Rah i Haqq ed Sufi Ghulam Hussain Chishti, New Delhi: 2012, pp 21-48
- ↑ Tarin, 47-48
