The various written compilations of the sayings (malfūẓāt) of Burhān al-Dīn Gharīb, as well as the honorific titles (sing. laqab) bestowed upon him, testify to his having been a highly influential personality much loved by his disciples and students. Nevertheless, the extant information concerning his life and circumstances is confined to a number of reports about his links with Shaykh Niẓām al-Dīn Awliyāʾ (d. 725/1325), the great Sufi shaykh of Delhi, and his spir…