The Sufi Shaykh Abdul Qadir Jilani seated on a terrace Provincial Mughal, Oudh, circa 1780
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Provincial Mughal, Oudh, circa 1780
Provincial Mughal, Oudh, circa 1780
217 x 145 mm.
Footnotes
Abdul Qadir Jilani (AD 1077-1166), the founder of the Qadriyyah Sufi Order, was a native of the Persian province of Gilan. He went to Baghdad to study before spending twenty-five years of Iraq as a recluse. In 1127, he returned to Baghdad, where he taught and preached in public. In 1134, he was made principal of a Hanbalite school in Baghdad.
When he first arrived in Baghdad, the other Teachers of the city went out to meet him. They presented him with a bowl filled to the brim with water, meaning that there were already enough teachers in Baghdad. He manifested a rose in his hand and placed it on top of the water without spilling any. After this incident, he was known as the 'Rose of Baghdad' and the rose became the symbol of the Qadri dervishes. His works include Futuh al-Ghaib ('Revelations of the Unseen') and Jala' al-Khatir ('The Removal of Care').
The Order is the most widespread of the Sufi Orders in the Islamic world and can be found in India, Pakistan, Turkey and the Balkans as well as much of East and West Africa.