cont inent . ▁ ▁N iz am ud din ▁A uli ya , ▁like ▁his ▁prede cess ors , ▁str essed ▁love ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁real ising ▁God . ▁For ▁him ▁his ▁love ▁of ▁God ▁imp lied ▁a ▁love ▁of ▁human ity . ▁His ▁vision ▁of ▁the ▁world ▁was ▁marked ▁by ▁a ▁highly ▁evol ved ▁sense ▁of ▁religious ▁pl ural ism ▁and ▁kind ness . ▁It ▁is ▁claimed ▁by ▁the ▁ 1 4 th ▁century ▁histor i ograph er ▁Z ia ud din ▁Bar ani ▁that ▁his ▁influence ▁on ▁the ▁Muslim s ▁of ▁Del hi ▁was ▁such ▁that ▁a ▁parad ig m ▁shift ▁was ▁effect ed ▁in ▁their ▁out look ▁towards ▁world ly ▁matters . ▁People ▁began ▁to ▁be ▁incl ined ▁towards ▁myst ic ism ▁and ▁pray ers ▁and ▁remaining ▁al o of ▁from ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁Life ▁N iz am ud din ▁A uli ya ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Bad ay un , ▁U tt ar ▁Pr adesh ▁( Also , ▁sp elled ▁as ▁Bad uan , ▁it ▁is ▁located ▁near ▁the ▁G anges ▁river ▁in ▁the ▁center ▁of ▁Western ▁[ U tt ar ▁Pr adesh ]). ▁At ▁the ▁age ▁of ▁five , ▁after ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁father , ▁Sy ed ▁Abd ul lah ▁bin ▁A hm ad ▁Al H uss ain i ▁Bad ay uni , ▁he ▁came ▁to ▁Del hi ▁with ▁his ▁mother , ▁Bib i ▁Z ule k ha . ▁His ▁bi ography ▁finds ▁mention ▁in ▁Ain - i - A kb ari , ▁a ▁ 1