RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Abdul Qadir Gilani

1078 - 1166

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Abdul Qadir Gilani (Persian: عبدالقادر گیلانی, romanized: 'Abdulqādir Gīlānī, Arabic: عبد القادر الجيلاني, romanized: ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī) 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 2,754,795 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 48 in 2019). Abdul Qadir Gilani is the 184th most popular religious figure (up from 220th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Iran (up from 27th 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 184 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Adrian VI, Pope Boniface V, Saint Cecilia, Bernadette Soubirous, Pope Clement IX, and Pope Celestine I. After him are Malik ibn Anas, Pope Urban III, Pope Gregory VIII, Pope Benedict XIV, Pope Martin V, and Pope Clement XIII.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1078, Abdul Qadir Gilani ranks 1. After him are Al-Mustazhir, Alexander I of Scotland, Constance of France, Princess of Antioch, and Felicia of Sicily. 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 21 out of 631. Before him are Esther (-600), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), Hafez (1325), Ulugh Beg (1394), Cambyses II (-550), and Malik-Shah I (1055). After him are Tughril (990), Al-Tabari (839), Bodhidharma (483), Tahmasp I (1514), Nader Shah (1688), and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj (817).

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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), Mordecai (null), Sasan (200), and Anastasius of Persia (550).

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