Sultan al-Awliya

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Sultan al-Awliya is a revered honorific title for the eminent 12th-century Sufi saint and scholar Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, signifying his status as a preeminent spiritual leader among the saints.

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Sultan al-Awliya canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title
religious title
appliedTo Sufi saints
associatedCentury 12th century
associatedConcept wilaya (sainthood)
associatedRegion Baghdad
associatedTradition Qadiriyya Sufi tradition
surface form: Qadiriyya Sufi order
associatedWith veneration of saints in Islam
connotation high spiritual authority
supreme sainthood
denotesStatus chief of the saints
preeminent Sufi saint
epithetOf Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani
surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
etymologyComponent Awliya (plural of wali, saints)
Sultan (ruler, king)
grammaticalNumber singular
honorificCategory Sufi honorific
honorificFor Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani
surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
language Arabic
meaning King of the Saints
Sultan of the Saints
mostCommonBearer Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani
surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
refersTo Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani
surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
religiousContext Islam
Sunni Islam
titleFor wali (Islamic saint)
titleType spiritual leadership title
usedBy Sufi devotees
Sunni Islam
surface form: Sunni Muslims
usedIn Sufism

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Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani honorificTitle Sultan al-Awliya
subject surface form: Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani