feb 21, 1166 - ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī

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ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī, (Persian: عبدالقادر گیلانی‎, Arabic: عبدالقادر الجيلاني‎) known by admirers as Muḥyī l-Dīn Abū Muḥammad b. Abū Sāliḥ ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Gīlānī al-Ḥasanī wa'l-Ḥusaynī, was a Hanbali Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian, known for being the eponymous founder of the Qadiriyya tariqa (Sufi order) of Sufism.

Born March 23, 1078 CE
(1 Ramadan, 470 AH)
Gilan, Seljuk Sultanate
Died February 21, 1166 CE
(11 Rabi' al-Thani, 561 AH)
(aged 87).
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate

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