Chishti (surname)

Chishti or Chishty is a toponymic surname (nisba) from Chisht in Afghanistan. It is used by people claiming ancestry from Moinuddin Chishti or association with his Chishti Order of Sufism.

Notable people

 * Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti, founder of the Chishti Order
 * Abu Muḥammad Chishti, disciple of Abu Aḥmad Abdal Chishti
 * Ata Hussain Fani Chishti, 19th-century Indian Sufi saint of Gaya, Bihar
 * Bande Nawaz or Khwaja Syed Muhammad al-Hussaini Chishti, 14th and 15th-century Indian Sufi saint
 * Dhruv Sangari or Bilal Chishty Sangari, Indian Sufi singer
 * Fariduddin Ganjshakar or Shaik Fareeduddin Ganjshakar Chishti, 12th-century Sufi poet and mystic from Punjab
 * Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, Pakistani music composer
 * Islam Khan Chishti, Mughal governor of Bengal
 * Karim Chishti, Indian cricketer
 * Khwaja Abdullah Chishti, 16th-century Indian Sufi saint
 * Maudood Chishti, Sufi saint of the Chishti Order
 * Miya Khan Chishti, qadi of the Gujarat Sultanate in India, buried at Miya Khan Chishti's Mosque
 * Mohammad Badshah Qadri or Syed Mohammad Badshah Qadri-ul-Chishti Yamani Raichuri, 20th-century Indian Sufi saint
 * Mohammad Farooq Chishti, Indian politician
 * Mu'in al-Din Chishti, most prominent Sufi saint and mystic of the Chishti Order
 * Mukarram Khan Chishti, Mughal governor of Bengal
 * Nasiruddin Chiragh Dehlavi or Khwaja Nasiruddin Mahmud Chishti, Indian Sufi saint of the Chishti Order from Delhi
 * Qamar-ul-Zaman Faridi Chishti, Pakistani Sufi saint of the Chishti Order
 * Qasim Khan Chishti, Mughal governor of Bengal, brother of Islam Khan
 * Ṛta Kapur Chishti, Indian textile scholar and historian
 * Rehman Chishti, UK Member of Parliament
 * Salim Chishti, Sufi saint of the Chishti Order during the Mughal Empire in India
 * Sardar Ahmad Chishti, Pakistani Sufi saint, jurist, author and debater
 * S. R. Chishti, Indian musician
 * Tajuddin Chishti, Sufi saint of Chishti Order in Chishtian, Punjab
 * Unwan Chishti, Indian Urdu poet
 * Waheed and Naveed Chishti, Pakistani qawwali singers and Quranic reciters
 * Yousaf Saleem Chishti, Pakistani scholar and writer