Qadiriyya

Qadiri order
	The Qadiriyyah Order's name in Arabic Text
Abbreviation	Qadiriyya
Formation	12th century
Type	Sufi order
Key people	Abdul Qadir Gilani

The Qadiriyya (Arabic: القادرية) or the Qadiri order (Arabic: الطريقة القادرية, romanized: al-Ṭarīqa al-Qādiriyya) is a Sufi mystic order (tariqa) named after Abdul Qadir Gilani (1077–1166, also transliterated Jilani), who was a Hanbali scholar from Gilan, Iran. The order relies strongly upon adherence to the fundamentals of Sunni Islamic law.

The order, with its many offshoots, is widespread, particularly in the non-Arabic-speaking world, and can also be found in Turkey, Indonesia, Afghanistan, India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, the Balkans, Russia, Palestine, China,^[1] and East and West Africa.^[2]

^ Gladney, Dru. "Muslim Tombs and Ethnic Folklore: Charters for Hui Identity"^{[permanent dead link]} Journal of Asian Studies, August 1987, Vol. 46 (3): 495-532; pp. 48-49 in the PDF file.
^ Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. "The Special Sufi Paths (Tariqas)". Muslim Communities of Grace: The Sufi Brotherhoods in Islamic Religious Life. New York: Columbia UP, 2007. 86–96.

[tombs48-1] Gladney, Dru. "Muslim Tombs and Ethnic Folklore: Charters for Hui Identity"^{[permanent dead link]} Journal of Asian Studies, August 1987, Vol. 46 (3): 495-532; pp. 48-49 in the PDF file.

[2] Abun-Nasr, Jamil M. "The Special Sufi Paths (Tariqas)". Muslim Communities of Grace: The Sufi Brotherhoods in Islamic Religious Life. New York: Columbia UP, 2007. 86–96.

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