alleryStart learning →The Chishti order was named after a town in which country?
ANorthern Iraq
BSouthern Uzbekistan
CWestern Afghanistan
DNorthern Iran
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Western Afghanistan
The order is named after Chisht in Afghanistan, where Abu Ishaq Shami began it.
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