Abdul Qadir al-Jilani

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al Gilani Al Hasani (Arabic: الغوث الاعظم‎‎)
name of SHAIK ABDUL QADIR JEELANI 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
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). Hasan was the eldest son of Ali and Fatimah. Ali was Muhammad's son-in-law and also cousin and Fatima was 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, and, because of this, he is also known as double Sayyid.