RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abdul Qadir Gilani

1078 - 1166

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Abdul Qadir Gilani (Persian: عبدالقادر گیلانی, romanized: 'Abdul Qādir Gīlānī; Arabic: عبد القادر الجيلاني, romanized: ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī; c. 1077/78 – 1166) was a Hanbali scholar, preacher, and Sufi leader who was the eponym of the Qadiriyya, one of the oldest Sufi orders. He was born c. 1077/78 in the town of Na'if, Rezvanshahr in Gilan, Persia, and died in 1166 in Baghdad. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdul Qadir Gilani is the 213th most popular religious figure (down from 184th in 2019), the 17th most popular biography from Iran (up from 21st in 2019) and the 5th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Abdul qadir gilani is most famous for being the founder of the qadiriya order, which is one of the largest Sufi orders in the world.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Abdul Qadir Gilani ranks 213 out of 3,187. Before him are Philip Melanchthon, Margaret the Virgin, Pope Alexander I, Pope John XIX, Thérèse of Lisieux, and Pope Pius I. After him are Pope Sixtus II, Saint Blaise, Pope John VIII, Salome, Pope Honorius III, and Pope Alexander III.

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Among people born in 1078, Abdul Qadir Gilani ranks 1. After him are Al-Mustazhir, Alexander I of Scotland, Felicia of Sicily, and Constance of France, Princess of Antioch. Among people deceased in 1166, Abdul Qadir Gilani ranks 1. After him are Ahmad Yasawi, Saint Rosalia, William I of Sicily, Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Provence, Constantine Angelos, and Yasovarman II.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abdul Qadir Gilani ranks 17 out of 631. Before him are Darius III (-380), Ali Khamenei (1939), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Esther (-600), Hafez (1325), and Ismail I (1487). After him are Ulugh Beg (1394), Muhammad ibn Zakariya al-Razi (865), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Cambyses II (-550), Al-Tabari (839), and Bodhidharma (483).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Abdul Qadir Gilani ranks 5. Before him are Zoroaster (-2000), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), and Esther (-600). After him are Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), `Abdu'l-Bahá (1844), Mordecai (null), and Sasan (200).

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