Abdelkader Jilali

SYEDNA SHAIK ABDUL QADIR AL JEELANI AL HASANI (الغوث الاعظم)
name of SHAIK ABDUL QADIR JEELANI (R.A) in the style of Arabic calligraphy
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. Al-Gilani's father, Abu Salih Musa al-Hasani, was a descendant of Hasan ibn Ali (Hasan R.A). Hasan was the eldest son of Ali and Fatimah. Ali was Prophet Muhammad's son-in-law and also cousin and Fatima was Prophet Muhammad's daughter. Al-Gilani's mother was the daughter of Abdullah Sawmai, a descendant of Husayn ibn Ali, the younger son of Ali and Fatima. Thus, Al-Gilani was both a Hasani and Hussaini Sayyid.