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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abdul Qadir Gilani

1078 - 1166

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Abdul Qadir Gilani (Arabic: عبد القادر الجيلاني, Persian: عبدالقادر گیلانی) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Abdul Qadir Gilani has received more than 2,407,417 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Abdul Qadir Gilani is the 224th most popular religious figure (up from 239th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Iran (up from 28th 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 224 out of 2,238. Before him are John of the Cross, Pope Urban VI, Pope Lucius III, Tomás de Torquemada, Rabia of Basra, and Pope Benedict II. After him are Pope Urban I, Cyprian, Pope Boniface IV, Charles Borromeo, Pope Clement IV, and Pope Pelagius I.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1078, Abdul Qadir Gilani ranks 1. After him are Alexander I of Scotland, Al-Mustazhir, 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, and Constantine Angelos.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Abdul Qadir Gilani ranks 27 out of 528. Before him are Nader Shah (1688), Tahmasp I (1514), Tughril (990), Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Al-Tabari (839), and Nizam al-Mulk (1018). After him are Khosrow I (501), Darius II (-475), Ferdowsi (940), Salman the Persian (568), Doris Lessing (1919), and Nasir al-Din al-Tusi (1201).

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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), Esther (-600), and Hassan-i Sabbah (1050). After him are Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817), Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), Piruz Nahavandi (700), Mordecai (null), and Sasan (200).

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