Ahmed Gailani

Pir Sayyid Ahmed Gailani
پیر سید احمد گیلانی
Gailani in September 2014
Personal
Born	1932 Surkh-Rōd District, Nangarhar Province, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Died	21 January 2017(2017-01-21) (aged 84–85) Kabul, Afghanistan
Home town	Surkh-Rōd
Children	5
Parent	Sayyid Hasan Gailani (father)
Lineage	Abdul-Qadir Gilani
Alma mater	Kabul University
Organization
Order	Qadiriyya Sufi

Pir Sayyid Ahmed Gailani (Persian: پیر سید احمد گیلانی‎ 1932– 21 January 2017), was the leader (Pir) of the Qadiriyyah Sufi order in Afghanistan, and the founder of the National Islamic Front of Afghanistan (Mahaz-i-Milli Islami ye Afghanistan), a party that was associated with the Mujahideen who led the war against the Soviet Union in the 1980s.