Ahata-e-Chaar Yaar – The Sacred Enclosure of Four Companions at Ajmer
Aahata-e-Charyar
To the west of the Jama Masjid, this site is famous as Aahata-e-Charyar (Courtyard of the Four Friends). These four dervishes were companions and classmates of Khwaja Sahib. Having benefited from the company and service of Hazrat Khwaja Sahib throughout their lives until his demise, they were buried at the hands of Hazrat Khwaja Garib Nawaz.
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The names of these four elders after whom Char-Yar is famous are:
1. Hazrat Imamuddin bin Najmuddin Damishqi
2. Hazrat Niyazullah bin Shafiqullah Khurasani
3. Hazrat Imam Shahab Kufi
4. Hazrat Daududdin Saakin Taif Sharif
Apart from these, there is also the shrine of Hazrat Khwaja Shamsuddin. Regarding him, tradition holds that licking sugar placed on his tomb sharpens the mind and cures stammering. Besides these holy figures, this courtyard also houses the graves of Khadims of Khwaja Garib Nawaz and other revered elders.
