Abdul Qadir Gilani

Abdul Qadir Gilani (|translit='Abdul Qādir Gīlānī}}, ) was a Hanbali scholar, preacher, and Sufi leader who was the eponym of the Qadiriyya, one of the oldest Sufi orders.

He was born in 1077 or 1078 in the town of Na'if, Rezvanshahr in Gilan, Persia, and died in 1166 in Baghdad. Gilani (Arabic: ''al-Jilani'') refers to his place of birth, Gilan. He also carried the epithet ''Baghdadi'', referring to his residence and burial in Baghdad. Provided by Wikipedia