Q. Consider the following statements with respect to the Suharwardi order of Sufi saints:

1. Hamid-ud-Din Nagori was the founder of this order.
2. The Sufi saints of Suharwardi order accepted the services of state.

Which of the above is / are correct?
Answer: Only 2
Notes: Of the ba-shara movements, only two acquired significant influence and following in the North India during the 13th and 14th centuries. These were the Chishti and Suharwardi silsilas. The Suharwardi order founded by the Sufi Diya al-din Abu 'n-Najib as-Suharwardi (1097 - 1168 CE). Suharwardi order entered India at the same time as the Chishtis, but their activities remained largely confined to Punjab and Multan. The well-known saints of the order were Shaikh Shahibuddin Suharwardi and Hamid-ud-Din Nagori. Unlike the Chishtis, the Suharwardi saints did not believe in leading a life of poverty. They accepted the service of the state, and some of them held important posts in the ecclesiastical department. The Chishtis, on the other hand, preferred to keep aloof from the state politics and shunned the company of rulers and nobles.