Khwaja Qutubbudin Bakhtiyar kaki (D. 635 Hijri/ 1237 AD): Disciple of Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti of Ajmer and master of Baba Farid. he established the first sufi centre in Delhi. His family drew lineage from Imam Hussain, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad. Qutubuddin Aibak, the founder of slave dynasty named the Qutub Minar after the Sufi...His Dargah is in Mehrauli. The shrine of Qutbuddin Bakhtiar Kaki has also been the venue of the annual Phoolwalon-ki-sair (a festival of flower-sellers) in autumn, which has now become an important inter-faith festival of Delhi
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