عبد القادر الجيلاني
ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī
Person
A twelfth-century preacher and jurist of Baghdad, from whom the Qadiri Sufi order takes its name.
What it means
Born in Jilan in about 1077, he taught in Baghdad as a Hanbali jurist and preacher, and died in 1166. The Qadiriyya order, among the oldest and most widespread, was formed after his death by his followers.