This Manaqib contains an explanation of the life of ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī. ʿAbdul Qādir Gīlānī (مناقب الشيخ عبدالقادر الجيلاني) known by admirers as Muḥyī l-Dīn Abū Muḥammad b. Abū Sāliḥ ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī al-Baḡdādī al-Ḥasanī al-Ḥusaynī (March 23, 1078 – February 21, 1166), was a Sunni Muslim preacher, ascetic, mystic, jurist, and theologian belonging to the Hanbali school, and the eponymous founder of the Qadiriyya tariqa (Sufi order) of Sufism. The Qadiriyya tariqa is named after him. He was born on March 23, 1078 (1 Ramdhan 470 AH) in the town of Naif, Rezvanshahr in Gilan, Iran, and died on February 21, 1166 (11 Rabi al-Thani 561 AH), in Baghdad.
Manaqib S. Abdul Qadir Gilani
