Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi

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Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi was a 12th-century Persian Sufi master and scholar who became a key figure in the development of organized Sufi orders in the Islamic world.

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instanceOf Islamic scholar
Persian mystic
Sufi master
founder of a Sufi order
activeCentury 12th century
associatedWithCaliphate Abbasid Caliphate
associatedWithDynasty Seljuk Empire
surface form: Seljuk dynasty
birthCountry Seljuk Empire
birthPlace Suhraward
birthRegion near Zanjan in northwestern Iran
creed Ash'ari
deathCountry Abbasid Caliphate
deathPlace Baghdad
deathRegion Iraq
denomination Sunni Islam
era Islamic Golden Age
ethnicOrigin Persian
fieldOfWork Islamic jurisprudence
Islamic theology
Sufism
founderOf Suhrawardiyya
surface form: Suhrawardiyya order
fullName Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Abu al-Najib Abd al-Qahir al-Suhrawardi
givenName Abd al-Qahir
influenced Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi

later Sufi orders in the Islamic world
knownFor early organization of Sufi orders
founding a Sufi khanqah in Baghdad
systematizing Sufi training and discipline
kunya Abu al-Najib
language Arabic
Persian
legalSchool Shafi'i school
surface form: Shafi'i
movement Suhrawardiyya
name Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi self-link
notableRole key figure in institutional Sufism
occupation Sufi shaykh
jurist
teacher
theologian
regionOfActivity Iraq
Persia
relative Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi
religion Islam
spiritualDiscipline asceticism
sufiAffiliation Sufism
taughtAt khanqah in Baghdad
uncleOf Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi self-linksurface differs
surface form: Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi

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Suhrawardiyya foundedBy Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
Suhrawardiyya developedBy Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
this entity surface form: Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi
Suhrawardiyya namedAfter Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
Islamic philosophy majorFigure Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
this entity surface form: Suhrawardi
Shah Waliullah Dehlawi sufiOrder Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
this entity surface form: Suhrawardi
Awarif al-Ma'arif author Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi
this entity surface form: Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi
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this entity surface form: Abu al-Najib Abd al-Qahir al-Suhrawardi
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this entity surface form: Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi
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this entity surface form: Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi
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this entity surface form: Shihab al-Din Umar al-Suhrawardi