Ghaus-e Azam

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Ghaus-e Azam is a revered title for Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, a prominent 12th-century Islamic scholar and Sufi saint regarded as the spiritual founder of the Qadiriyya order.

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Ghaus-e-Azam 2
Ghaus 1
Ghaus al-Azam 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf honorific title
associatedFigure Baghdad-based Sufi saint
associatedFigureRole spiritual founder of the Qadiriyya order
associatedWith Qadiriyya order
Sufism
associatedWithCity Baghdad
associatedWithOrder Qadiriyya Sufi order
category Islamic religious title
centuryOfProminence 12th century
commemoration annual urs of Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
devotionalPractice recitation of manqabat (praise hymns)
seeking intercession
epithetCategory saintly title
genderAssociation male saint
honorificFor Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
honorificForm Ghaus-e Aazam
linked to: Ghaus-e Azam

Ghawth al-Azam
honorificRank high-ranking Sufi saint
invokedAs protector
spiritual helper
languageOfTitle Arabic
Persian
Urdu
linked to: Urdu language
linkedConcept karamat (saintly miracles)
wilayah (sainthood)
meaning The Greatest Succor
The Supreme Helper
refersTo Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
regionOfProminence Indian subcontinent
linked to: South Asia

Iraq
wider Muslim world
religiousFunction designation of supreme spiritual pole (ghawth)
religiousTradition Islam
scriptForm غوث الأعظم
غوثِ اعظم
linked to: Sadaat
titleHolder Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani
titleScope universal among Qadiriyya followers
titleStatus revered
widely used
titleType Sufi honorific
usedBy Sufi devotees
followers of Qadiriyya order
usedIn Sufi litanies
devotional poetry
supplications
veneratedIn Middle Eastern Islam
South Asian Islam
Sunni Islam

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Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani alsoKnownAs Ghaus-e Azam
subject linked to: Abd al‑Qadir al‑Jilani
Ghaus-e Azam honorificForm Ghaus-e Aazam
linked to: Ghaus-e Azam
Ghawth al-Azam transliterationVariant Ghaus-e-Azam
linked to: Ghaus-e Azam
Ghawth al-Azam transliterationVariant Ghaus al-Azam
linked to: Ghaus-e Azam
Ghawth hasAlternativeSpelling Ghaus
subject linked to: ghawth
linked to: Ghaus-e Azam
Ghawth hasAlternativeSpelling Ghaus-e-Azam
subject linked to: ghawth
linked to: Ghaus-e Azam