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Saint Abdul Qadir Gilani Sheikh, Ghaus-e-Azam
Shrine of Abdul Qadir Gilani (Baghdad, Iraq).
Born	Abdul Qadir c. (1077-03-18)18 March 1077 Amol, Iran
Died	15 January 1166(1166-01-15) (aged 88) Baghdad, Iraq
Cause of death	contracting some illness.
Resting place	Shrine of Abdul Qadir, Baghdad, Iraq.
Other names	Sheikh, Ghaus-e-Azam
Religion	Islam
Children	Shaikh Abdul-Wahab, Sheikh Abdul-Razzaq, Shaikh Abdul-Aziz, Shaikh Isa, Shaikh Musa, Sheikh Yahya, Sheikh Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammed and 41 More. Sheikh Ibrahim.
Parents	Father: Abu Salih Mother: Umm Khair Fatima

Abd al-Qadir al-Gilani^[1][2] (Kurdish: Evdilqadirê Geylanî, Persian: عبد القادر گیلانی‎,Urdu: عبد القادر آملی گیلانی Abdolqāder Gilāni) (also spelled Abdulqadir Gaylani, Abdelkader, Abdul Qadir, Abdul Khadir - Jilani, Jeelani, Gailani, Gillani, Gilani, Al Gilani, Keilany) (470–561 AH) (1077–1166 CE) was a Kurdish^[3] or Persian^[4] Islamic preacher who is highly esteemed by Sunni scholars. Sheikh Abdul Qadir is considered the patron Saint of the Kurds and is held in great veneration by the Muslims of the Indo-Pak sub-continent.^[5] Among followers in Pakistan and India, he is also known as Ghaus-e-Azam. He was born on a Wednesday the 1st of ramadan in 470 AH, 1077 CE^[6] south of the Caspian Sea in what is now the Mazandaran Province of Iran.

Lineage and biography[link]

Al-Gilani was born in 1078 CE (471 AH)1st of ramadan and died 11 rabi usani in a small town of Gilan Province.^[7][8]

His complete name al-Sayyid Muhiyudin Abu Muhammad Abdal Qadir al-Jilani al-Hasani wal-Hussaini,^[1][2] Sayyid denoting his descent from Muhammad,^[10] Muhiyudin the title "Reviver of Religion",^[11] al-Jilani his home region,^[12][13] although however he also had the epithet al-Baghdadi.^[14][15][16] (denoting also the city of Baghdad where he was now residing in and therefore also geographically recognised through, eventually being buried there), and al-Hasani wal-Hussaini affirming his lineal descent from both Hasan ibn Ali and Hussein ibn Ali, the grandsons of Muhammad.^[1][17]

His father, Abu Salih Musa al-Hasani^[18] was a sayyid.^[17][19] He was an acknowledged saint of his day "and was popularly known as Jangi Dost, because of his love for Jihad"^[20] Jangidost thereby being his sobriquet^[7][21]

His mother Umm al-Khair Fatima,^[22] daughter of Sayyid Abdullah Sawmai az-Zaid^[17][23] through Zain ul Abideen,^[24] was known as a "great saint of his time and a direct descendant of Hazrat Imam Husain, the Great Martyr of Karbala"^[25] He was known as the greatest Sufi scholar of all time as proved in Qaseedada-tul-Gausia where he states " I am Hassani and my abode is my cell, And my feet are on the neck of each Saint. Abdul Qdir is my famous name. And my ancestor is one possessed of an insight Perfect"

Education[link]

He spent his early life in the town of his birth. At the age of eighteen he went to Baghdad (1095), where he pursued the study of Hanbali law under several teachers. The Shaikh received lessons on Fiqh from Abu Ali al-Mukharrimi, a Hadith from Abu Bakr ibn Muzaffar and Tafsir from the renowned commentator, Abu Muhammad Ja'far. In Tasawwuf, his spiritual instructor was Abu'l-Khair Hammad ibn Muslim al-Dabbas. From him, he received his basic training, and with his help he set out on a spiritual journey.

After completion of education, Abd al-Qadir Gilani abandoned the city of Baghdad, and spent twenty-five years as a wanderer in the desert regions of Iraq as a recluse.^[26] it is also notable that in Iraq or Arab "Sheikh" known as a saint and those saint or religious leader are Syed they known as "Sharif" like Allama Razi Sharif etc. hence it is understandable that how Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jillani is known as Syed. Please clarify that he became a Hafiz -e- Quraan in 4.5 years age.

Later life[link]

He was over fifty years old by the time he returned to Baghdad in 1127, and began to preach in public. He moved into the school belonging to his old teacher al-Mukharrimii; there he engaged himself in teaching. Soon he became popular with his pupils. In the morning he taught hadith and tafsir, and in the afternoon held discourse on science of the hearts and the virtues of the Qur'an.

He busied himself for forty years in the service of Islam from 521 to 561 AH. During this period hundreds of thousands of people converted to Islam because of him and organized several teams to go abroad for dawah purposes.

He was also the teacher of Ibn Qudamah whom he also designated as a Caliph of his Sufi order. Ibn Qudamah also later fought as a general in Sultan Saladin Ayyubi's army and conquered Jerusalem from the Christian dominance.

Death[link]

He died on Saturday night 1166 (11 Rabi'us sani 561AH)^[27] at the age of ninety one years (by the Islamic calendar), and was entombed in a shrine within his Madrassa in Baghdad.^[28][29][30] His Shrine and Mosque are in what used to be the school he preached in, located in Babul-Sheikh, Resafa (East bank of the Tigris) in Baghdad, Iraq. Worldwide the Sufi orders celebrate Ghouse-al-azham day on 11th al-thani closest to his birthday not his death-date for respect and elevation of their Shaykh which is 10th of Rabi at-Thani in the Islamic calendar^[27]

Al-Gilani succeeded the spiritual chain of Junayd Baghdadi. His contribution to thought in the Muslim world earned him the title Muhiyuddin (lit. "The reviver of the faith"), as he along with his students and associates laid the groundwork for the society which later produced stalwarts like Nur ad-Din and Saladin.

Family[link]

The Shaikh had four virtuous wives and forty-nine children, twenty-seven sons and twenty-two daughters.^{[citation needed]} The most famous of his sons are Shaikh Abdul-Wahab, Sheikh Abdul-Razzaq, Shaikh Abdul-Aziz, Shaikh Isa, Shaikh Musa, Sheikh Yahya, Sheikh Abdullah, Sheikh Muhammed and Sheikh Ibrahim. His sons and grandsons reached the Indian sub-continent throughout the years preaching Islam in his method (Arabic=Tareqa,طريقة). As they have reached North Africa and Morocco, and parts of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, and Somalia (a country that predominantly professes to the Qadiriyyah order only in the Sufi Path though small patches of Ahmed ibn Idris' order is found) ). In Somalia the order is subdivided to Zaylaiyyah order and Uwaisiyyah order.His namaz cap or Kulhe Mubarak is currently with The Family of Syed Jalaluddin Hasan now with his daughters Raees Hasan& Anees Khan. It Ziyarat is done every year.

Works[link]

Some of Jilani's more well known works include:

• Qaseedat-Tul-Gausia (Available in English translation and tranliteranation on the following websight [scroll down] www.spiritualfoundation.net/qadiriya.htm )
• Al-Ghunya li-talibeen tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion)
• Al-Fath ar-Rabbani (The Sublime Revelation)available for download (urdu)
• Malfuzat (Utterances)
• Futuh al-Ghaib (Revelations of the Unseen) available for download (urdu) (English)
• Jala' al-Khatir (The Removal of Care)
• Sir Al-Asrar (Secret of Secrets) Available for Purchase in English

Bibliography[link]

• Utterances of Shaikh Abd al-Qadir al-Jīlānī (Malfūzāt) / transl. from the Arabic by Muhtar Holland Malfūzāt

Author: Muhtar Holland (1935-) Year: 1994, Publisher: Kuala Lumpur : S. Abdul Majeed & Co, ISBN 1-882216-03-2

• Fifteen letters, khamsata ashara maktūban / Shaikh Abd Al-Qādir Al-Jīlānī ; translated from the Persian into Arabic by Alī usāmu ́D-Dīn Al-Muttaqī ; and from Arabic into English by Muhtar Holland, Kamsata ašara maktūban

Author: ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-Malik al- Muttaqī al-Hindī (ca1480-1567); Muhtar Holland (1935-) Year: c1997 Edition: 1st ed Publisher: Hollywood, Fla : Al-Baz Pub ISBN 1-882216-16-4

• The removal of cares = Jalā Al-Khawātir : a collection of forty-five discoures / Shaikh Abd Al-Qādir Al-Jīlānī ; transl. from the Arabic by Muhtar Holland

Jalā al-Khawātir Author: Muhtar Holland (1935-) Year: c1997 Publisher: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla : Al-Baz Pub Extent: xxiii, 308 p Size: 22 cm ISBN 1-882216-13-X

• The Sultan of the saints : mystical life and teachings of Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani / Muhammad Riaz Qadiri

Author: Muhammad Riyaz Qadiri Year: 2000, Publisher: Gujranwala : Abbasi Publications, Size: 22 cm, ISBN 969-8510-16-8

• The sublime revelation = al-Fath ar-Rabbānī : a collection of sixty-two discourses / Abd al-Qādir al- Jīlānī ; transl. from the Arabic by Muhtar Holland, al-Fath al-Rabbānī

Year: 1998 Edition: 2nd ed, Publisher: Ft. Lauderdale : Al-Baz Publishing, ISBN 1-882216-02-4

• Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion), (Arabic), Part I, II, Abd Al-Qadir Al-Gaylani, Pub. Dar Al-Hurya, Baghdad, Iraq, 1988.
• Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion)

(Arabic), Introduced by Dr. Majid Irsan Al-Kilani, Pub. Dar Al-Khair, Damascus-Bairut, 2005.

• Encyclopædia Iranica

See also[link]

• Qadiriyyah

References[link]

1. ^ ^{a b c} Biographical encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and Middle East by N. Hanif, 2002, p123
2. ^ ^{a b} The Sultan of the saints: mystical life and teaching of Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, Muhammad Riyāz Qādrī, 2000, p24
3. ^ From the 12th century onward, Sufism spread amongst the Kurds. The main Sufi orders amongst them are the Qadiriya who trace their origin to the Kurdish Sufi 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
4. ^ Philip Khuri Hitti, "Islam, a way of life ", University of Minnesota Press (August 12, 1970). pg 64: "The earliest and most attractive Sufi order was al-Qadiri, named after its founder, the Persian ‘Abd al-Qadir al-Jili (al-Jilani 1077–1166)
5. ^ A Great Saint: Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
6. ^ The works of Shaykh Umar Eli of Somalia of al-Tariqat al-Qadiriyyah 1260H
7. ^ ^{a b} [1]
8. ^ History of Multan: from the early period to 1849 A.D. Ashiq Muhammad Khān Durrani, 1991, p31
9. ^ The Election of Caliph/Khalifah and World Peace by Khondakar G. Mowla, 1998, p180
10. ^ Muslim communities of grace: the Sufi brotherhoods in Islamic religious life by Jamil M. Abun-Nasr, 2007, p94
11. ^ Mihr-e-munīr: biography of Hadrat Syed Pīr Meher Alī Shāh by Faid Ahmad, Muhammad Fādil Khān, 1998, p21
12. ^ Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics: Volume 1. A - Art. Part 1. A - Algonquins By James Hastings, John A Selbie Published by Adamant Media Corporation, 2001. pg 10:"and he was probably of Persian origin"
13. ^ J. Spencer Trimingham, John O. Voll, "The Sufi Orders in Islam", Edition: 2, reprint, illustrated, revised Published by Oxford University Press US, 1998. pg 32: "The Hanbali Qadirriya is also included since 'Abd al-Qadir, of Persian origin was contemporary of the other two
14. ^ Devotional Islam and politics in British India: Ahmad Riza Khan Barelwi by Usha Sanyal, 1996, p144
15. ^ Cultural and Religious Heritage of India: Islam by Suresh K. Sharma, Usha Sharma, 2004, p321
16. ^ Indo-iranica‎Iran Society (Calcutta, India) 1985, p7
17. ^ ^{a b c} The Election of Caliph/Khalifah and World Peace by Khondakar G. Mowla, 1998, p176
18. ^ Historical and political who's who of Afghanistan‎ by Ludwig W. Adamec, 1975, p177
19. ^ The Sultan of the saints: mystical life and teaching of Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani, Muhammad Riyāz Qādrī, 2000, p19
20. ^ Mihr-e-munīr: biography of Hadrat Syed Pīr Meher Alī Shāh by Faid Ahmad, Muhammad Fādil Khān, 1997, p27
21. ^ Encyclopaedia of Sufism, Volume 1 By Masood Ali Khan, S. Ram
22. ^ Hadrat Sultan Bahu: life and work‎ Sayyid Ahmad Saīd Hamdānī, 2001, p66
23. ^ Mystical discourses of Ghaus-e-Azam Hazrat Shaikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani‎Muhammad Riyāz Qādrī 2002, p66
24. ^ Biographical encyclopaedia of Sufis: Central Asia and Middle East by N. Hanif, p123
25. ^ Ghous ul Azam Dastgir: by Abdul Azīz Urfī, 1973, p2
26. ^ Abd-al-Haqq, Akbar, p.11
27. ^ ^{a b} The works of Shaykh Umar Eli of Somalia of al-Tariqat al-Qadiriyyah
28. ^ Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion), (Arabic), PartI,II, Abd Al-Qadir Al-Gilani, Pub. Dar Al-Hurya, Baghdad, Iraq, 1988. ,Al-Ghunya li-talibi tariq al-haqq wa al-din (Sufficient Provision for Seekers of the Path of Truth and Religion) (Arabic), Introduced by Dr. Majid Irsan Al-Kilani, Pub. Dar Al-Khair, Damascus-Bairut, 2005
29. ^ Majid 'Ursan al-Kilani, Nash'at al-Tariqat al-Qadiriyah
30. ^ The Qadirya Shrine, Baghdad (PDF)

External links[link]

• 160 Names and Titles of 'Abdu-l Qadir al-Jilani
• Website dedicated to Shaikh Muhyi'din 'Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
• Dedicated to his lineage, life, works and progeny
• Website regarding Shaykh Abdul-Qadri al-Gilani and his descendants.
• Website dedicated to the Lovers & Followers of the Great Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
• A web site links related to Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jilani
• [2][3][4] Excerpts/Books by Abdul Qadir Jilani

His works[link]

• Complete book "Purification of the Mind (Jila' Al-Khatir)"
• English translations of some of his works Al-Baz
• A Diwan

v t e Sufism and Tariqa Ideas Qutb Wali Abdal Fakir Dervish Tazkiah Baqaa Fanaa Haal Keramat Haqiqa Ihsan Irfan Kashf Lataif Manzil Marifa Nafs Noor Sufi cosmology Sufi metaphysics Sufi philosophy Sufi poetry Sufi psychology Sulook Yaqeen Silsila Practices Anasheed Dhikr Haḍra Muraqaba Qawwali Sama Whirling Ziyarat Sufi orders Azeemia Akbarī Alians Ba 'Alawī Bayramī Bektashī Chishtī Galibī Gulshanī Ḥurūfī Idrīsī Jelvetī Jerrahī Khalwatī Kubrāwī Madarī Malāmatī Mawlāwī Mourīdī Naqshbandī Naqshbandi Uwaisī Khalidiyya Nasuhī Ni'matullāhī Nuqtawī Qadirī Qalāndārī Rifa'ī Safāvī Shadhilī Suhrawardī Sunbulī Tijanī Ussakī Uwaisī Zahedī Notable early Sufi saints and mystics Abdul-Qadir Gilanī Abul-Khayr Ahmad Ghazālī Ahmed Yasāvī Al-Ghazālī Al-Hallaj al-Misrī Al-Qāsim al-Qunawī Amīr Kulal Ardabilī Ata Allah Attar Balım Sultan Baha ūd-Dīn Naqshband Bande Nawāz Baqī Billah Bastamī Bhita'ī Bulleh Shah Shah Waliullah Dehlāvī Farīd ūd-Dīn Fozail Gālib Gharīb Nawāz Ghujdawanī Ghulam Farīd Sheik Edebali Gül Baba Hajji Bayram Hajji Bektash Hazrat Mai Safoora Qadiriyya Haddad Hamadānī Hansvī Harabatī Baba Hasan Basri Mahmud Hudayī Hujwirī ibn ʿArabī Jābir ibn Hayyān Jahangasht Jamī Jan-e-Jānāān Jazoulī Junayd Baġdādī Kākī Kaliyarī Karkhī Kharaqanī Kubrā Nāimī Najib al-Suhrawardī Nasīmī Mansur Al-Hallaj Ni'matullāh Nizām ūd-Dīn Nurī Otman Baba Pir Sultan Qutb ūd-Dīn Haydār Rabbānī Rabia Basri Razī Rifa'ī Rukn-e-Alam Rūmī Ibrahim ibn Adham Saadī Salman al-Farisī Sanai Mevlana Halid-i Bagdadi Sarı Saltuk Semnanī Shadhilī Shahāb al-Dīn Suhrawardī Shams Tabrizī Shiblī Shirazī Sultan Walad Surkh Bukhari Taj al-Dīn Gilanī Umar al-Suhrawardī Uwais al-Qarni Yunus Emre Magtymguly Pyragy Zakariya Zarruq Notable modern Sufi saints Auliya Azeemi Nagpuri Meher Ali Sheikh Muhammad Uthman Sirajuddin Qadeer Piya Muhammad Maliki Gohar Shahi Tahir ul-Qadri Tahir Allauddin Taqi Usmani Abdal Hakim Murad Nazim Al-Haqqani Hisham Kabbani Nuh Keller Nooruddeen Durkee Abdalqadir as-Sufi Zaheen Ghulam Mustafa Reshad Feild Ahmad al-Alawi Ashraf Ali Thanvi Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Abd al-Rahman al-Shaghouri Omar Shah Haeri Raza Khan Syed Shujaat Pir Zulfiqar Abdullah Naqshbandi Sufi Barkat Ali Hafiz Qamaruddin Saheb Qibla Fultali Feisal Abdul Rauf Osman Nuri Topbaş Sufi studies Aguéli Almqvist Burckhardt Chittick Corbin Ernst Frager Guénon Hixon Lindbom Lings Nasr Schimmel Sells Shah Schuon Topics in Sufism Art Fiction History Music Poetry Shrines Texts Portal

Look up Abdul Qadir in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Abdul Qadir (Arabic: عبد القادر‎) is a male Muslim given name. It is built from the Arabic words Abd, al- and Qadir. The name means "servant of the powerful", Al-Qādir being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^[1][2]

The letter a of the al- is unstressed, and can be transliterated by almost any vowel, often by u. So the first part can appear as Abdel, Abdul or Abd-al. The second part can be transliterated Qader, Kadir, Kader, Gadir or in other ways, and the whole name subject to variable spacing and hyphenation.

There is a related but much less common name, Abdul Qadeer (Arabic: عبد القدیر‎), with a similar meaning. The two may become confused when transliterated, and a few of the names below may be instances of the latter name.

It may refer to:

Males[link]

• Abdul-Qadir Gilani (1077–1166), Persian Sufi saint
• Abd al-Qadir Maraghi (middle of 14th century – 1435), Persian poet, musician and artist
• `Abd al-Qadir Bada'uni (1540 – c. 1615), Indo-Persian historian and translator
• Abd al-Qadir II (fl. 1603/4 - 1606), ruler of the Kingdom of Sennar (Sudan)
• Abd al-Qadir al-Fasi (1599–1680), Moroccan writer
• Abdul-Qādir Bēdil (1642–1720), Indian-Persian poet and Sufi
• Abdelkader Perez (fl. 1723 -1737), Moroccan Admiral and ambassador to England
• Abd al-Qadir ibn Shaqrun (died 1801 or 1804), Moroccan religious scholar
• Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir (1796–1854), Malayan writer
• Abdelkader El Djezairi (1808–1883), also commonly known as Emir Abdelkader, Algerian Sufi saint and military leader
• Abd al-Qadir (Sokoto) (fl. 1842-1859), Sokoto (Nigeria) Grand Vizier
• Muhammad Abdul Qadeer Siddiqi Qadri (1870–1962), Indian Islamic theologian
• Sir Abdul Qadir (Muslim leader) (1872–1950), leader of Muslims during the British Raj
• Abdul Qader al-Keilani (1874–1948), Syrian nationalist, statesman and religious authority
• Shah Abdul Qadir (1878–1962), Pakistani Islamic scholar
• Abdul Qadir Al Rassam (1882–1952), Iraqi painter
• Ibrahim Abdel-Kader el-Mazni (1890–1949), Egyptian novelist, short story writer, essayist, translator, and poet
• Abdul Kadir (poet) (1906–1984), Bangladeshi poet
• Abd al-Qadir al-Husayni (1907–1948), Palestinian Arab nationalist and fighter
• Abdelkader Ben Bouali (1912–1997) French footballer
• Abdul Kadir Yusuf (1915–1992), Malaysian politician
• Kozhikode Abdul Kader (1916–1977), Indian playback singer
• Abdul Qadir al-Badri (1921–2003), Libyan politician
• Abdelkader Guerroudj (fl. 1957), Algerian communist active in the liberation war
• Abdul Cader Shahul Hameed (1928–1999), Sri Lankan diplomat and political figure
• Abdul Qader Arnaoot (1928–2004), Albanian-Syrian Islamic scholar
• Abdelkader Alloula (1929–1994), Algerian playwright
• Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born 1930), Scottish Sufi
• Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani (born 1935), Pakistani Sunni scholar and jurist
• A.R.M. Abdul Cader (born 1936), Sri Lankan politician and businessman
• Abdul Qadeer Khan (born 1936), Pakistani nuclear scientist
• Abdulkadir Balarabe Musa (born 1936), Nigerian politician
• Wadel Abdelkader Kamougué (born 1939), Chadian politician
• Faisal Abdel Qader Al-Husseini, otherwise Faisal Husseini (1940–2001), Palestinian politician
• Abdulkadir Ahmed (born 1940), Nigerian banker
• Abdul Qadir Dagarwal (born 1944), Afghan military officer during the Saur Revolution and Minister of Defense during the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA)
• Abdülkadir Aksu (born 1944), Turkish politician
• Abdelkader Zaddem (born 1944), Tunisian runner
• Abdul Kadir (cricketer) (1944–2002), Pakistani cricketer
• Abdul Qadir Bajamal (born 1946), Yemeni politician
• Syed Abdul Kadir (born 1948), Singapore boxer
• Abdul Qadir (Afghan leader) (ca. 1951 -2002), military leader of the Northern Alliance in Afghanistan
• Abdul Qader Al Raes (born 1951), UAE artist
• Mohamed Abdoulkader Mohamed (born 1951), Djiboutian politician
• Abdul Kadir (politician) (born ca. 1952), Guyanese politician and conspirator in a planned attack of JFK Airport
• Abdulkadir Ahmed Said (born 1953), Somali film director, producer, screenwriter, cinematographer and editor
• Abdul Qadir Imami Ghori (born 1954), Afghan politician
• Abd El Gadir Salim (born ca. 1955), Sudanese folk-singer
• Abdul Qadir (cricketer) (born 1955), Pakistani cricketer
• Abdoulkader Cissé (born 1955), Burkinabe politician
• Sulaiman Abdulkader Al-Muhaidib, otherwise Sulaiman Al-Muhaidib (born 1956), Saudi businessman
• Emad Abdulkader Al-Muhaidib, otherwise Emad Al-Muhaidib, Saudi businessman
• Essam Abdulkader Al-Muhaidib, otherwise Essam Al-Muhaidib, Saudi businessman
• Abdelkader Hachani (1956–1999), Algerian Islamist politician
• Abdelkader Belliraj (born 1957), Moroccan-Belgian found guilty of terrorist offences
• Abd Al Nasir Mohammed Abd Al Qadir Khantumani (born 1960), Syrian held in Guantanamo
• Abdulqadir Hassan (born 1962), Emirati footballer
• Zambry Abdul Kadir (born 1962), Malaysian politician
• Abdelkader El Brazi (born 1964), Moroccan footballer
• Abdelkader Ferhaoui (born 1965), Algerian footballer
• Abdul Qadir Patel (born 1968), Pakistani politician
• Abdelkader El Mouaziz (born 1969), Moroccan runner
• Badr Abdelgadir (born 1974), Sudanese football referee
• Abdelkader Benali (born 1975), Moroccan-Dutch writer and journalist
• Abdelkader Zrouri (born 1976), Moroccan Taekwondo athlete
• Hisham Abdulqader Abdulla (born 1976), Bahraini volleyball player
• Mohammed Abd Al Al Qadir (impossible name) (born 1976), Algerian held in Guantanamo
• Abdelkader Besseghir (born 1978), Algerian footballer
• Abdelkader Hachlaf (born 1979), Moroccan runner
• Mohamed Abdel-Kader Coubadja-Touré, otherwise Mohamed Kader (born 1979), Togolese footballer
• Abdullah Abdulqadirakhun (born 1979), Uyghur held in Guantanamo
• Idris Ahmed Abdu Qader Idris (born 1979), Yemeni held in Guantanamo
• Azizon Abdul Kadir (born 1980), Malaysian footballer
• Abdülkadir Koçak (born 1981), Turkish boxer
• Abdul Kader Keïta (born 1981), Ivorian footballer
• Abdelkader Laïfaoui (born 1981), Algerian footballer
• Abdoul Kader Camara (born 1982), Guinean footballer
• Omer Abdelqader (born 1983), Qatari basketball player
• Abdou Kader Mangane (born 1983), Senegalese footballer
• Zainurin Abdul Kadir (born 1983), Malaysian footballer
• Abdul Kadeer Ali (born 1983), English cricketer
• Abdelkader Ghezzal (born 1984), French-Algerian footballer
• Ahmed Abdul Qader (born 1984), Yemeni held in Guantanamo
• Abdulkader Dakka (born 1985), Syrian footballer
• Abdulkadir Özgen (born 1986), Turkish-German footballer
• Abdelkader Bouhenia (born 1986), French boxer
• Ahmed Abdulqadir (born 1986), Libyan footballer
• Justin Abdelkader (born 1987), American ice-hockey player
• Abdulqader Hikmat (born 1987), Qatari Taekwondo practitioner
• Abdelkader Chadi (born 1988), Algerian boxer
• Abdalla Abdelgadir (born 1988), Sudanese runner
• Abdelkader Kraichi (born 1989), French footballer
• Abdülkadir Kayalı (born 1991), Turkish footballer
• Abdi Wali Abdulqadir Muse, probable correct name of Abduwali Abdukhadir Muse (born ca. 1992), Somali imprisoned for piracy
• Abdulqadir al-Baghdadi (died 2011), Libyan dipomat in Embassy in London when WPC Yvonne Fletcher was shot
• Abdul Qadir Nuristani, Afghan policeman and Minister of Interior during the Republic of Afghanistan
• Abd al-Qadir Qaddura, Syrian politician
• Abdelkader Taleb Oumar, Western Sahara politician
• Abdelkader Mokhtari, Algerian commander active in the Bosnian war
• Abdelkader Lecheheb, Moroccan diplomat
• Abdulkadir Kure, Nigerian politician
• Abdulkadir Shehu, Nigerian military/politician
• Abdulkadir Isse Ahmed Salah, Somali sultan
• Abdolqader Zahedi, Kurdish-Iranian Sunni religious teacher and politician
• Abdul Qadir Alam, Afghan politician
• Abdul Qadir Baloch, Pakistani politician and retired military general
• Abdul Qadir Obeidi, Iraqi politician
• Abdul Aziz Abdul Kadir, Malaysian politician
• Abdul Kader Kamli, Arab IT expert
• Moez Bin Abdul Qadir Fezzani (Bagram detainee), Tunisian
• Mustafa Abdulkader Aabed al-Ansari, otherwise Mustafa al-Ansari, Saudi wanted by the FBI
• Abdul Qadir Ebrahimji
• Anwar Abdalqader, Syrian football manager
• Abdelkader Freha, Algerian footballer

This page or section lists people that share the same given name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.

Females[link]

• Zainab Abdulkadir Kure (born 1959), Nigerian politician

References[link]

1. ^ Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company. 
2. ^ S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books. 

Dr. Mohammad Yaseen^[1] is the Chairman of the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). He has produced 30 international and national publications on telecom technologies, ICT growth, strategies and design of telecom networks. Yaseen has represented the PTA at various international and national forums, including the Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT), where he was named Vice Chairman of APT Study Group 2 (Networks). Prior to joining the PTA, Yaseen served as: Director of Strategy at PTCL Pakistan; as Senior Consultant for Advanced Networks and Systems, Australia; as a System and Project Engineer, at Alcatel Submarine Networks Australia; and, as a Senior Research Officer at Essex University, England.

Mohammad Yaseen graduated from DCET, NED University of Engineering and Technology, Karachi, Pakistan. He was awarded a Government of Pakistan, Ministry of Science and Technology, Scholarship to complete his PhD with specialization in Telecommunication Systems at the University of Essex, England.

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Abdul Qadir Jeelani (born Gary Cole on February 10, 1954 in Bells, Tennessee) is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'8" and 210 lb small forward and played collegiately at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside. He had a brief career in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Jeelani is University of Wisconsin–Parkside's career leader in points scored (2,262) and rebounds (1,237) and he holds records in the top four of seven other single-game, single-season and career statistical categories.^[1] He twice scored 47 points in a game, one of the top records for a single game scoring performance.^[2] He was a member of two NAIA National Tournament teams in 1974 and 1975 and was named an NAIA All-American in 1975 and 1976.^[1]

Jeelani was signed by the NBA's Detroit Pistons on September 2, 1977 but was waived a month later,^[3] prior to the start of the 1977-78 season. He played one season with the Portland Trail Blazers in 1979–80 and was made available in the expansion draft on May 28, 1980, where he was taken by the Dallas Mavericks prior to their inaugural season in 1980–81. He was part of the starting lineup for the Mavericks' first NBA game in 1980 and scored the first points in franchise history.^[4] In his first season with the Mavs, he seemed to have a knack for scoring in the final quarter of games. As of January 20, 1981, when he had played 43 games, 142 of his 350 points had come in the last period.^[5]

Jeelani also had a career overseas playing in Italy^[6] and Spain.^[7]

He attended Washington Park High School in Racine, Wisconsin.

Notes[link]

1. ^ ^{a b} University of Wisconsin Parkside Athletics - Hall of Fame Members
2. ^ 27-point deficit erased in Ranger win
3. ^ 1977 NBA Transactions, n-c-systems.com
4. ^ MAVERICKS: Mavs History
5. ^ Suns Not Benefiting In Westphal Trade
6. ^ "It's Portland Cement", Sports Illustrated, published October 29, 1979.
7. ^ Abdul Jeelani profile at basketpedya.com

External links[link]

• NBA stats at basketballreference.com
• Photo of Abdul Jeelani playing for the Dallas Mavericks at mavswiki.com

Salmaan Taseer
Salmaan Taseer in 2009
26th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan
In office 15 May 2008 – 4 January 2011
Preceded by	Lt Gen Khalid Maqbool
Succeeded by	Sardar Latif Khosa
Personal details
Born	(1944-05-31)31 May 1944[1][2] Simla, Punjab, British India
Died	4 January 2011(2011-01-04) (aged 66) Islamabad, Pakistan
Political party	Pakistan Peoples Party
Spouse(s)	Aamna Taseer
Children	Shaan Shehryar[3] Shahbaz[3] Sara Sanam Shehrbano[3] Aatish Taseer
Residence	Governor's House (Lahore) (official)
Alma mater	Chartered Accountant, from London[4]
Website	Personal Website

Salmaan Taseer (Urdu, Punjabi: سلمان تاثیر; M31 May 1944^[1][2][5] – 4 January 2011) was a Pakistani businessman and politician who served as the 26th governor of the province of Punjab from 2008 until his assassination in early 2011.

A member of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), he had served also as a minister in the caretaker cabinet of Prime Minister Muhammad Mian Soomro under Pervez Musharraf. Taseer was also the chairman and CEO of the First Capital and Worldcall Group.^[6]

He was appointed to the post of governor on 15 May 2008, in place of outgoing governor Lt Gen (R) Khalid Maqbool,^[7] by then-President Musharraf at the request of the PPP establishment.

On 4 January 2011, Taseer was assassinated in Islamabad by his own security guard Mumtaz Qadri, who disagreed with Taseer's opposition to Pakistan's blasphemy law.^[8]

Early life[link]

Salmaan Taseer was born on 31 May 1944, in Simla Kashmir , British India His Forefathers were from Amritsar and His father was Muhammad Din Taseer popularly known as M D Taseer who was born at Ajnala, Amritsar from His Grandfather Peasant named Mian Atta ud Din..^[9] His father, Muhammad Din Taseer, or M D Taseer a Professor at MAO College Amritsar obtained his PhD in the United Kingdom and was a close friend of Allama Iqbal who had Tied the Knot of His Friend M D Taseer and His Wife Christobel Taseers Islamic Nikah Marriage Ceremony .^[9] His late mother Bilqis Christobel Taseer ,an Englishwoman,^[10] was the sister of late Alys Faiz, a writer and poet who herself was the wife of renowned Urdu poet late Faiz Ahmad Faiz.^[9] His father Professor M D Taseer at MAO College Amritsar died when he was six years old and he and his two sisters , one is Salmaa Mahmud Taseer were brought up in relative poverty by their mother Christobel Taseer.^[11]

Personal life[link]

Salmaan Taseer married Aamna Taseer; the couple resided in Lahore. They have three children: Shahbaz, Shehryar and Shehrbano. Shehrbano is a journalist for Newsweek.^[12] Salmaan Taseer also has 3 children from a previous marriage: Sara, Shaan and Sanam.^{[citation needed]}

Taseer also had a son, Aatish, in 1980 with Indian journalist Tavleen Singh. Though married at the time, Taseer met Singh during a book promotion trip to India in March 1980. According to Aatish, their "affair lasted little more than a week."^[13] Aatish is a freelance journalist in the UK and has recently written a book – Stranger to History: A Son’s Journey through Islamic Lands – about his estranged relationship with his biological father.^[14][15]

In the early 1980s, Taseer had a year long affair with Bollywood actress Simi Garewal.^[16]

Taseer was known to be one of the trusted aides of Benazir Bhutto.^[4] He was a classmate of Nawaz Sharif at St. Anthony's School in Lahore,^[4] and had obtained a degree in Chartered Accountancy from London.^[4]

On 26 August 2011, his son, Shahbaz Taseer, was kidnapped in Lahore by unidentified gunmen.^[17]

Political career[link]

Taseer started his political career in his student era, as a member of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) in the late 1960s.^[18] He was a part of the movement for Mr. Bhutto's freedom and opposed his arrest and death sentence.^[18] He also wrote a political biography on Bhutto titled Bhutto: A political biography (1980).^[18]

In the 1988 general elections, Taseer became a member of the Punjab Assembly from Lahore.^[18] In the 1990, 1993 and 1997 general elections, he stood for election to be an MNA but lost.^[18]

In 2007, he was appointed the interim Federal Minister for Industries, Production and Special Initiatives.^[18]

On 15 May 2008, Taseer was designated for the office of Governor of Punjab by the PPP-led coalition government.

Business career[link]

Taseer set up several chartered accountancy and management consultancy firms early in his career.^[19] In 1995, he established the First Capital Securities Corporation (FCSC), a full service brokerage house with equity participation by Smith Barney, Inc., USA, and HG Asia Hong Kong.^[19]

Taseer founded the Worldcall group with a payphone network in 1996. The group has grown over the years to become a major private-sector telecom operator with a national and regional footprint.^[19] A majority stake in Worldcall was acquired in 2008 by Omantel, the Sultanate of Oman's incumbent operator.^[20]

Taseer also owned an English news channel in Pakistan, Business Plus; and the first children's channel, Wikkid Plus;^[19] and was the publisher of the English language Daily Times.^[19]

Incarceration[link]

Taseer was kept in solitary confinement for six months and three weeks at the Lahore Fort, where he was shackled to the ground. He did not meet a single person, or read a book or newspaper during his incarceration and emerged 40 pounds lighter than when he had gone in.^{[clarification needed]}

Taseer was arrested 16 times and placed under house arrest several times in jails around Faisalabad, Jhang and Lahore.^[21]

Controversy[link]

In an interview with Meher Bukhari on Samaa TV, Taseer commented on his view about the country's blasphemy law and on filing a mercy petition for Asia Bibi who has been sentenced to death by a court under the Blasphemy Law.^[22]

In December 2010 Taseer was alleged to have left the country for several days without handing over charge to the Punjab Assembly Speaker. This meant that the province was without a constitutional head, and it also rendered the assembly speaker ineligible to preside over sessions. Leaving the province without informing his successor was in violation of the constitution and this led to Punjab Assembly Speaker Rana Muhammad Iqbal sending a letter to Prime Minister Gilani calling for the removal of Salmaan Taseer by the President.^[23] Evidence provided by ICAO on the governor's travel abroad, led to a case being filed in court for breach of the constitution.^[24]

Death[link]

On 4 January 2011, one of Taseer's bodyguards, Malik Mumtaz Qadri, shot him 27 times with an MP5 sub-machine gun at Kohsar Market,^[25] near his home^[26] in Sector F6, Islamabad, as he was returning to his car after meeting a friend for lunch. Kohsar Market is a popular shopping and cafe spot for the city's elite and expatriates.^[8][27] Eight hours before his assassination, he tweeted an Urdu couplet by Shakeel Badayuni: "My resolve is so strong that I do not fear the flames from without, I fear only the radiance of the flowers, that it might burn my garden down."^{[28][clarification needed]}

The next day, many people (mainly elite class) turned up for governor Salman Taseer's funeral in Lahore in spite of denunciation by some ( in fact majority of) clerics and religious scholars ( from all sects and groups) from mourning Taseer,^[29][30] Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and many supporters of the ruling PPP were seen attending the funeral prayer. The funeral prayers were finally led by Allama Afzal Chisti of the Ulema wing of the PPP after the chief cleric of the Badshahi Mosque, who had initially agreed to offer prayers, backed off at the last moment, saying he was going out of town.^[31] Taseer was buried at a military cantonment in Lahore.^[32]

Assassin[link]

The assassin Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri is from Punjab, and was part of the security detail provided to Taseer by the Elite Police. After the shooting, Qadri threw his weapon down and put his hands up when one of his colleagues aimed at him. He reportedly pleaded to be arrested.^[33] Qadri reportedly said he killed Taseer due to the latter's vocal opposition to the blasphemy law in Pakistan..^[34][35] Taseer was against the blasphemy law and termed it a black law. Notably, Taseer made headlines when he favoured the Christian Pakistani woman, Asia Bibi,^[22] who had been sentenced to death for blasphemy.^[36] It was suspected that this was the main reason for his assassination.^[37][38] According to a report in Dawn, the assailant was associated with Dawat-e-Islami, a religious organisation associated with the Barelvi movement.^[39] Supporters of Mumtaz Qadri blocked police attempting to bring him to the Anti-Terrorism Court in Rawalpindi, and some supporters even showered him with rose petals.^[40] On 1 October 2011, Qadri was sentenced to death by a Pakistani Anti Terrorist court at Islamabad for murdering Taseer.^[41]

Reactions[link]

Domestic

• Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf expressed grief over the assassination, adding that Taseer was a seasoned politician and his death was a loss for not only the PPP but also the entire country.^[42] Many members of the country's business community also conveyed their shock after the killing.^[43]
• The Chief Minister of Punjab Mian Shahbaz Sharif condemned the killing, saying, "This is really a big loss for the PPP and as we believe friendly politics deeply condemn this murder, praying for Mr. Taseer."
• The Government of Punjab ordered all public institutions and schools to shut on 5 January in honour of Taseer.^[44]
• The Punjab Provincial Assembly unanimously passed a resolution condemning the assassination and praising Taseer's political and social services.^[45]
• The Jamaat Ahle Sunnat, an Islamic religious organisation representing the Barelvi movement, issued an advisory against mourning his death.^[30][32] They also declared Qadri a "hero of the Muslim world."^[46]
• A Taliban commander in South Waziristan said that Taseer would have been assassinated anyway "very soon" even if he had not been killed by Qadri.^[47]
• Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, son of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and current President Zardari, spoke at a memorial service for Taseer in London saying: "To the Christian and other minority communities in Pakistan, we will defend you...those who wish to harm you need to go through me first. Allah has promised them (perpetrators) hell, and we shall send them there." He also said a jihad is needed to combat extremism in Pakistan, while condemning those who praised the assassination.^[48]

International

• United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned the assassination calling it a "loss for Pakistan."^[49]

• Indian External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna condemned the killing a letter to Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. The Ministry of External Affairs also said: "On behalf of the people and the Government of India and his own, Mr. Krishna conveyed heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and the people of Pakistan."^[50]

• France condemned the assassination and hailed Taseer as a man known for his "courage in defending democratic institutions." Deputy Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Christine Fages said, "France firmly condemns the assassination on Tuesday of the governor of Punjab Salman Taseer. Governor Taseer was a political personality of the highest order."^[51]

• Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan his Pakistani counterpart Asif Ali Zardari "[o]ffering his condolences to Zardari and condemning the assassination, the Turkish PM also asked the president to convey his heartfelt condolences to the members of the bereaved family and the people of the country."^[52]

• British Foreign Secretary William Hague stated that he was "shocked to hear of the assassination of Salmaan Taseer" and that "his death will be a loss to the leadership of Pakistan. On behalf of the British government I send my condolences to Mr Taseer’s family, friends and colleagues."^[53]

• United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton strongly condemned the assassination of Taseer saying she "admired his work to promote tolerance and the education of Pakistan’s future generations" and that his death "is a great loss."^[54] Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry also condemned the assassination: "Governor Taseer was a proud champion of democracy and respect for the rights of women and minorities. He fearlessly stood up to the threats of extremists, and lost his life in defense of moderation and tolerance, values shared by most Pakistani citizens. The best way to honor his legacy is to continue resisting violent extremism and supporting the core principles on which Pakistan was founded."^[55]

• Pope Benedict XVI called for the repeal of the blasphemy law and also called on governments in Muslim-majority countries to protect Christians from violent attacks. He told the Holy See's diplomats that the law was a pretext for violence against minorities. He also added that "The tragic murder of the governor of Punjab shows the urgent need to make progress in this direction." The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam responded in saying: "The pope has given a statement today that has not only offended the 180 million Muslims in Pakistan, it has also hurt the sentiments of the entire Islamic world. This is an interference in Pakistan's internal matters...we respect the pope, being head of Christians and their religion, but he should also refrain from interfering in Muslims' religious affairs."^[56]

Social-media

Two screenshot images from Causes.org on the left show the reactions of the Pakistani people to the assassination of Salman Taseer – In the first image 2865 Pakistanis wholeheartedly support the killer whereas in the second image two Pakistanis sheepishly raise doubts about the ulterior motives the killer might have had in assassinating Salman Taseer.^[57][58] Similarly, a fan page appeared on Facebook soon after the assassination against Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri, showing news photos of him smiling. The fan page soon gathered thousands of supporters.^[59] Many prominent Pakistani bloggers started a campaign to have these fan pages blocked on Facebook as soon as the pages appeared on the social networking website.^[60] Several people also denounced the perpetrator creating a page named "I Hate Malik Mumtaz Qadri".^[61] Outrage against the gunman was prevalent on Twitter, with numerous journalists and media personalities expressing their sadness over the passing of Taseer and the growing Islamisation and moral collapse of the country.^[61] As against the generally accepted Facebook website, a social networking website Millat Facebook hosts a page Jaa-al-Haq (Place of truth) which claims itself to be "Youth voice against any material against Islam especially the Prophet and Quran, may it be on the internet or anywhere on the face of theearth". It supposedly researches on Qadiani, Wahabi, Bahai, Hadith Rejectors and other deviant sects Islam. It calls for only one punishment for blasphemers – beheading. It calls non-conformist Muslims by derogatory names such as calling Shahrukh Khan as Shar Rukh Khan (Evil Khan) and Salman Taseer as Shaitan Taseer.^[62]
Another Social Networking Website Pakteahouse.net carried an article which linked Salman Taseer's assassination with Ilm-ud-din's murder of Mahashay Rajpal. This article has evoked sharp reactions of Pakistanis against the assassination. One such person posted the following message in Urdu:
Why are we so afraid of the less than two percent minorities of our country?
Why do we crave to cut others’ throats in the name of the benevolent prophet (peace be upon him) who termed one murder as the murder of the entire humanity?
By calling Ilmuddin a “martyr” and a “warrior”, what fear are we trying to conceal?
Why do we rush towards Mufti Muneeb-ur-Rahman for our queries pertaining to fasting and the raison d’être of the solar eclipse?
Who assured us that in order to save the skin of the daughter of the nation Dr. Aafia we need to behead another daughter of the nation Asia?
Two weeks before the murder of Salman Taseer, in this very city of Islamabad, who were the people who attended the “Honour of Prophethood Conference”?
Did not the people who attended the conference hail from a political party whose manifesto is supportive of the execution of every Shia, Ahmedi, Hindu and Jew?^[63]

Possible repercussions[link]

In the international media, his death was seen as more destabilising for the tenuous situation in the country, particularly in the light of resignation of members of the ruling coalition. One local analyst said the death was a "major setback for Pakistan, which is trying to get out of this vicious cycle of violence and worsening economy. [The killing] will certainly weaken the party position in Punjab."^[64] It was suggested that the killing was indicative of a "deeper trend" of "religious intolerance" afflicting Pakistan. ^[65] The son of the late governor, Shahbaz Taseer, who was a witness in Mumtaz Qadri's trial, was kidnapped on 26 August 2011 while he was on his way to work in Lahore, Pakistan.^[66] After twelve days of unsuccessful attempts by the Pakistani police to recover him, some news sources reported that Shahbaaz, along with an American aid worker Dr Warren Weinstein, was held captive by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan.^[67][68]

Taseer's assassination may dissuade other Pakistani politicians from speaking out against the blasphemy law, according to a former U.S. State Department intelligence analyst with the Middle East Institute in Washington, DC.^[69]

References[link]

Sardar Muhammad Latif Khosa succeeded the Governor of Punkjab

External links[link]

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