Jilani 
			                                 
                                            (‘Abd al-Qādir Jīlānī)
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											        (name) a Sufi saint (male),  born in 1077, died in 1166 in Baghdad. | 
										         
										        
													| Long Description: | 
													 One of the greatest saints in Islam (i.e. Sufism) and the founder of the Qādiriyah order. | 
												 
												
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													Introduction to Sufi Doctrine (by Titus Burckhardt) | 
												 
												
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