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Tahir Allauddin Al-Qadri Al-Gillani

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Tahir Alauddin al-Gilani (السيد طاهر علاؤ الدين الجيلاني البغدادي) (11 July 1932 – 7 June 1991) formally referred to as His Holiness, Qudwatul Awliya Naqeeb ul Ashraaf Hazoor Pir Syedna Tahir Alauddin al-Gilani al-Qadri al-Baghdadi , was a Sufi Saint who lived in the twentieth century and was the head of the Qadiriyya Baghdadia Spiritual Tariqa . He was the custodian of the Shrine of Ghaus e Azam Abdul Qadir al-Gilani and has been accepted by many as a reformer of Sufism .1 Born in Baghdad on 18 June 1932, he traced his lineage by seventeen steps to Abdul-Qadir Gilani and 28 steps to the Islamic prophet Muhammad . In 1956, Al-Gilani left Baghdad and migrated to Pakistan, where he settled permanently in Quetta . He stayed in Pakistan until the end of his life. He went to Germany for medical treatment in May 1991, and died the following month. He was buried in Lahore , Pakistan. He had three sons, Syed Mahmood Mohyuddin al-Gilani al-Qadri, Syed Abdul Qadir Jamaluddin al-Gilani A al-Qadri and Syed Muhammad Ziauddin al-Gillani al-Qadri, who propagate the teachings of Silsilah e Qadiriyya Tahiria.

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sufi saint who lived in the 20th century

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a 20th-century iraqi sufi saint who was the head of the qadiriyya baghdadia spiritual tariqa

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