Abdul Qadir Gilani

Abdul Qadir Gilani
عبد القادر الجيلاني
Abdul Qadir Gilani; عبد القادر الجيلاني
	Portrait of Abdul Qadir Gilani. Created in Mughal India in c. 1680
Personal life
Born	1077 or 1078 (1 Ramadan 470 AH); Gilan, Seljuk Empire
Died	1166 CE (11 Rabi' al-Thani 561 AH); Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
Resting place	Abdul Qadir Gilani Mosque, Baghdad
Children	Abdul Razzaq Gilani
Main interest(s)	Fiqh, Sufism
Religious life
Religion	Sunni Islam
Denomination	Sunni
Jurisprudence	Hanbali
Tariqa	Qadiriyya (founder)
Senior posting
Disciple of	Abu Saeed Mubarak Makhzoomi
	Disciples Abdul Razzaq Gilani, Sheikh Qadib al-Ban;

Abdul Qadir Gilani (Persian: عبدالقادر گیلانی, romanized: 'Abdul Qādir Gīlānī; Arabic: عبد القادر الجيلاني, romanized: ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī) was a Hanbali scholar, preacher, and Sufi leader who was the eponym of the Qadiriyya, one of the oldest Sufi orders.^[1]

He was born in 1077 or 1078 in the town of Na'if, Rezvanshahr in Gilan, Persia, and died in 1166 in Baghdad.^[2]^[3] Gilani (Arabic: al-Jilani) refers to his place of birth, Gilan. He also carried the epithet Baghdadi, referring to his residence and burial in Baghdad.^[4]^[5]

^ Chabbi 2009.
^ W. Braune, Abd al-Kadir al-Djilani, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. I, ed. H.A.R Gibb, J.H.Kramers, E. Levi-Provencal, J. Schacht, (Brill, 1986), 69; "authorities are unanimous in stating that he was a Persian from Nayf (Nif) in Djilan, south of the Caspian Sea."
^ 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani at the Encyclopædia Britannica
^ Encyclopaedia of religion and ethics: volume 1. (A – Art). Part 1. (A – Algonquins) pg 10. Hastings, James and Selbie, John A. Adamant Media corporation. (2001), "and he was probably of Persian origin."
^ The Sufi orders in Islam, 2nd edition, pg 32. Triingham, J. Spencer and Voll, John O. Oxford University Press US, (1998), "The Hanafi Qadirriya is also included since 'Abd al-Qadir, of Persian origin was contemporary of the other two."

[FOOTNOTEChabbi2009-1] Chabbi 2009.

[W._Braune,_1986-2] W. Braune, Abd al-Kadir al-Djilani, The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Vol. I, ed. H.A.R Gibb, J.H.Kramers, E. Levi-Provencal, J. Schacht, (Brill, 1986), 69; "authorities are unanimous in stating that he was a Persian from Nayf (Nif) in Djilan, south of the Caspian Sea."

[EB-3] 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani at the Encyclopædia Britannica

[4] Encyclopaedia of religion and ethics: volume 1. (A – Art). Part 1. (A – Algonquins) pg 10. Hastings, James and Selbie, John A. Adamant Media corporation. (2001), "and he was probably of Persian origin."

[5] The Sufi orders in Islam, 2nd edition, pg 32. Triingham, J. Spencer and Voll, John O. Oxford University Press US, (1998), "The Hanafi Qadirriya is also included since 'Abd al-Qadir, of Persian origin was contemporary of the other two."

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