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Sheikh Abdul Qader al-Jilani Mosque

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Sheikh Abdul Qader al-Jilani Mosque

The Hadhrat al-Qadiriyya (Arabic: ٱلْحَضْرَة ٱلْقَادِرِيَّة, romanized: Al-Ḥaḍrat Al-Qādiriyyah; Persian: مزار غوث, romanized: Mazār Ghous), is a Sufi mausoleum, mosque, shrine and library complex, located in Baghdad, in the Baghdad Governorate of Iraq. The complex dedicated to Abdul-Qadir al-Gilani

, the founder of the Qadiriyya Sufi order and its surrounding square is named al-Khilani Square. The library, known as Qadiriyya Library, houses rare old works related to Islamic Studies. The son of the entombed scholar, Abdul Razzaq al-Gilani, is also buried there.

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