Shaikh 'Abd al-Qadr Jilani (Persian: عبد القادرگیلانی, Arabic: عبد القادر الجيلانى) (1078-1166) (also spelled Abdul Qadir Jilani, Abdul Qadir Gilani, or Abdul Khadir Jeelani) was a noted preacher, Sufi sheikh and the figurehead of the Qadiri Sufi order. He was born during Ramadan in 1078, in the Persian province of Gilan (Iran) south of the Caspian Sea. It is also called Kilan, thus, Abdul-Qadir al-Kilani is also another of his names. His contribution to thought in the Muslim world earned him the title al-Gauth al Azam (the "Supreme Helper").
