Question
A six-day festival in Ajmer commemorating the urs (erz), or "death anniversary," of one of these people attracts hundreds of thousands, including many Hindus. For 10 points each:
[10h] Identify this kind of person. The tombs, or "dargahs," of these people, such as those of Shahul Hameed and Moinuddin Chishti, are also visited by pilgrims seeking "barakah."
ANSWER: Sufi saints [or Sufis; or Sufists; or walis; or Muslim saints; or Islamic saints; or pir baba; prompt on Muslims; prompt on saints by asking "of what religious tradition?"]
[10m] Emperor Akbar donated a giant rice pot to one of these institutions at Chishti's tomb. These Sufi communal kitchens later became a fixture of sevadar-run places serving karāh parshād and other free meals.
ANSWER: langars
[10e] Though Hindu nationalist P. N. Oak claimed this complex in Agra was built as a temple for Shiva, scholarly consensus regards it as an Indo-Islamic mausoleum built for empress Mumtaz.
ANSWER: the Taj Mahal
<Clark Smith , Religion - Islam>
Summary
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