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Abdul-Qadir Gilani

Abdu'l-Qadir Gilani
Full Name Muhiyuddin Abu Muhammad Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani al-Hasani wa'l-Husayni
Born 1 Ramadan 470 AH or Saturday March 17, 1078
Jurisprudence Hanbali
Birthplace Gilan, Persia
Died 11th Rabi' al-thani 561 AH
Monday, February 14, 1166 CE
Place of burial Baghdad, Iraq
Father Abu Salih Musa al-Hasani
Son(s) Abdul-Razzaq Gilani
• Saifuddin
• Sharfuddin
• Abu Bakr
• Sirajuddin
• Yahya
• Musa
• Muhammad
• Ibrahim
• Abdullah
Abdul Wahhab Gilani
• Abu Naser Musa
Descendants Sheikh
Other Titles Sheikh
("Leader")
Abdul Qadir
("Servant of the All-Powerful")
Al-Jilani
("One Who Is from Gilan")
Muhyi’d-Din
("Reviver of the Religion")
Abu Muhammad
("Father of Muhammad")
Al-Ghawth al-A'zam
• ("The Supreme Helper")
Sultan al-Awliya
("The King of the Saints")
al-Hasani wa'l-Husayni
("descendant of Hasan and Husayn ibn Ali)

Abd al-Qadir Gilani or Kilani (Persian: عبدالقادر گیلانی‎‎, Arabic: عبدالقادر الجيلاني‎‎, Turkish: Abdülkâdir Geylânî, Kurdish: Evdilqadirê Geylanî‎, Central Kurdish: عه‌بدوالقادری گه‌یلانی‎,), born 29 Shaban 470 AH in the town of Na'if, district of Gilan-e Gharb, Gilan, Iran and died Monday, February 14, 1166 (11 Rabi' al-thani 561 AH), in Baghdad, (1077–1166 CE), was a PersianHanbali Sunni jurist and sufi based in Baghdad. The Qadiriyya is the tariqa (Sufi order) founded by him and takes its name from him.

Al-Gilani was born around 1077 in Gilan of Persia. He was born in Gilan (Iran), a historic village near the towns 40 kilometers south of Baghdad, as evidenced by historical studies and academic Kilanyia adopted by a family in Baghdad.

Gilani is granted the title Sayyid to indicate his descent from Muhammad. The name Muhiyudin describes him as a "reviver of religion". Gilan (Arabic al-Jilani) refers to his place of birth, Gilan. However, Gilani also carried the epithet Baghdadi. referring to his residence and burial in Baghdad. He is also called al-Hasani wa'l-Husayni, which indicates a claim to lineal descent from both Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali, the sons of Ali and grandsons of Muhammad.


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