Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani

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Islamic scholar Muslim theologian Sufi mystic Sunni Muslim founder of Sufi order jurist preacher saint in Sunni Islam

Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani was a prominent 12th‑century Islamic scholar and mystic revered as the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order and a major spiritual figure in Sunni Islam.

Aliases (3)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic scholar → Muslim theologian → Sufi mystic → Sunni Muslim → founder of Sufi order → jurist → preacher → saint in Sunni Islam →
alsoKnownAs	Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani → Abd al-Qadir al-Jaylani → Ghaus-e Azam → Ghawth al-Azam → Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani →
associatedWithCity	Baghdad →
birthCentury	11th century →
birthPlace	Gilan → Persia →
birthYear	1077 →
centuryOfActivity	12th century →
deathCentury	12th century →
deathPlace	Baghdad → Iraq →
deathYear	1166 →
denomination	Sunni Islam →
era	Islamic Golden Age →
fieldOfWork	Islamic jurisprudence → Islamic theology → Sufism →
founded	Qadiriyya → Qadiriyya Sufi order →
hasMausoleumIn	Baghdad →
honorificTitle	Shaykh al-Islam → Sultan al-Awliya →
influenced	Qadiriyya Sufi tradition → later Sunni Sufi orders →
knownFor	ascetic lifestyle → founding the Qadiriyya Sufi order → preaching in Baghdad → spiritual teachings in Sunni Islam →
languageOfScholarship	Arabic →
legalSchool	Hanbali →
mainResidence	Baghdad →
movement	Sufism →
nameInArabic	عبد القادر الجيلاني →
regionOfActivity	Baghdad → Iraq →
religion	Islam →
veneratedIn	Sufism → Sunni Islam →

Referenced by (7)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani ("Abd al-Qadir al-Jaylani") → Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani ("Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani") →	alsoKnownAs
Qadiri ("Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani") →	foundedBy
Qadiri ("Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani") →	hasCentralFigure
Qadiri ("Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani") →	hasLineageTo
Sufism →	hasNotableFigure
Qadiri ("Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani") →	namedAfter