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Chains of transmission from the Prophet, read as the sources give them.
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The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.

السيد خالد عبد القادر الكيلاني

Sayyid Khālid ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Gaylānī

Living, as of 2025 · Baghdad

Named as chief mutawallī (custodian) of the shrine of ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī and a descendant, in a Dhaka Tribune report of a 2025 event. His relation to the title naqīb al-ashrāf was not established

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The chain up to the Prophet

Dates are given where the sources give them. Years are CE; the Hijri year is in each name's detail.

Route 1 of 3, the best-sourced: Qādiriyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.

Sources differ on 4 links of this route.

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hakkārīأبو الحسن الهكاري
  4. the community's own accountin Qādiriyya

    gave the khirqa · Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hakkārī to Abū Saʿd al-Mubārak al-Muḥarrimī · The community's own account

    Same TDV chain.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2520-2610 · silentTrimingham's biography of ʿAbd al-Qādir (pp. 41-43; l.2520-2610) names no Sufi teacher before al-Mukharrimī and Ḥammād al-Dabbās and says he initiated no one.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L205621 · silentDhahabī's al-Mukharrimī entry (al-Mubārak b. ʿAlī, d. 513/1119) names no al-Hakkārī as his shaykh.
    Abū Saʿd al-Mubārak al-Muḥarrimīأبو سعد المبارك المخرمي1119
  5. two sourcesin Qādiriyyasources differ

    gave the khirqa · Abū Saʿd al-Mubārak al-Muḥarrimī to ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī · Two independent sources

    TDV: after his long seclusion Muḥarrimī dressed him with the shaykh's khirqa.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2548-2553 · agreesʿAbd al-Qādir received the khirqa of first investiture from al-Mukharrimī, 'by order of al-Khadir'.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L214953 · agreesDhahabī: he studied fiqh under al-Mukharrimī (Samʿānī adds service of Ḥammād al-Dabbās); fiqh teacher, khirqa not mentioned.

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    • Trimingham (p. 42): no sign of Sufi training before he attended Ḥammād al-Dabbās's school; al-Wasiṭī (Tiryāq) says he never propagated a khirqa himself.See checks
    ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānīعبد القادر الجيلاني1166
  6. one sourcein Qādiriyyaomits: intermediaries the data does not name

    family descent · ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī to Sayyid Khālid ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Gaylānī · One source

    A Dhaka Tribune report (2025) calls Sayyid Khālid ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Gaylānī the chief mutawallī of the shrine and a descendant of al-Jīlānī; generations between them not given.

    Dhaka Tribune, 'Gift from Bangladesh on the wall of Iraq's Boro Pir shrine'

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    Sayyid Khālid ʿAbd al-Qādir al-GaylānīLiving, as of 2025السيد خالد عبد القادر الكيلاني
Other routes (2)

Route 2 of 3: Qādiriyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hakkārīأبو الحسن الهكاري
  4. the community's own accountin Qādiriyya

    gave the khirqa · Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hakkārī to Abū Saʿd al-Mubārak al-Muḥarrimī · The community's own account

    Same TDV chain.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2520-2610 · silentTrimingham's biography of ʿAbd al-Qādir (pp. 41-43; l.2520-2610) names no Sufi teacher before al-Mukharrimī and Ḥammād al-Dabbās and says he initiated no one.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L205621 · silentDhahabī's al-Mukharrimī entry (al-Mubārak b. ʿAlī, d. 513/1119) names no al-Hakkārī as his shaykh.
    Abū Saʿd al-Mubārak al-Muḥarrimīأبو سعد المبارك المخرمي1119
  5. two sourcesin Qādiriyyasources differ

    gave the khirqa · Abū Saʿd al-Mubārak al-Muḥarrimī to ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī · Two independent sources

    TDV: after his long seclusion Muḥarrimī dressed him with the shaykh's khirqa.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

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    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2548-2553 · agreesʿAbd al-Qādir received the khirqa of first investiture from al-Mukharrimī, 'by order of al-Khadir'.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L214953 · agreesDhahabī: he studied fiqh under al-Mukharrimī (Samʿānī adds service of Ḥammād al-Dabbās); fiqh teacher, khirqa not mentioned.

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    • Trimingham (p. 42): no sign of Sufi training before he attended Ḥammād al-Dabbās's school; al-Wasiṭī (Tiryāq) says he never propagated a khirqa himself.See checks
    ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānīعبد القادر الجيلاني1166
  6. one sourcein Qādiriyyaomits: intermediaries the data does not name

    family descent · ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī to Sayyid Khālid ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Gaylānī · One source

    A Dhaka Tribune report (2025) calls Sayyid Khālid ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Gaylānī the chief mutawallī of the shrine and a descendant of al-Jīlānī; generations between them not given.

    Dhaka Tribune, 'Gift from Bangladesh on the wall of Iraq's Boro Pir shrine'

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    Sayyid Khālid ʿAbd al-Qādir al-GaylānīLiving, as of 2025السيد خالد عبد القادر الكيلاني

Route 3 of 3: Qādiriyya

  1. The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
  3. Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hakkārīأبو الحسن الهكاري
  4. the community's own accountin Qādiriyya

    gave the khirqa · Abū l-Ḥasan al-Hakkārī to Abū Saʿd al-Mubārak al-Muḥarrimī · The community's own account

    Same TDV chain.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

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    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2520-2610 · silentTrimingham's biography of ʿAbd al-Qādir (pp. 41-43; l.2520-2610) names no Sufi teacher before al-Mukharrimī and Ḥammād al-Dabbās and says he initiated no one.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L205621 · silentDhahabī's al-Mukharrimī entry (al-Mubārak b. ʿAlī, d. 513/1119) names no al-Hakkārī as his shaykh.
    Abū Saʿd al-Mubārak al-Muḥarrimīأبو سعد المبارك المخرمي1119
  5. two sourcesin Qādiriyyasources differ

    gave the khirqa · Abū Saʿd al-Mubārak al-Muḥarrimī to ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī · Two independent sources

    TDV: after his long seclusion Muḥarrimī dressed him with the shaykh's khirqa.

    TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi, 'Abdülkādir-i Geylânî'

    Suggest a correction

    Checked against

    • Trimingham, Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L2548-2553 · agreesʿAbd al-Qādir received the khirqa of first investiture from al-Mukharrimī, 'by order of al-Khadir'.
    • al-Dhahabī, Siyar aʿlām al-nubalāʾ (OpenITI), 0748Dhahabi.SiyarAclamNubala.Shamela0010906-ara1.mARkdown#L214953 · agreesDhahabī: he studied fiqh under al-Mukharrimī (Samʿānī adds service of Ḥammād al-Dabbās); fiqh teacher, khirqa not mentioned.

    Where the sources differ, side by side. We do not rule between them.

    • Trimingham (p. 42): no sign of Sufi training before he attended Ḥammād al-Dabbās's school; al-Wasiṭī (Tiryāq) says he never propagated a khirqa himself.See checks
    ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānīعبد القادر الجيلاني1166
  6. one sourcein Qādiriyyaomits: intermediaries the data does not name

    family descent · ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Jīlānī to Sayyid Khālid ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Gaylānī · One source

    A Dhaka Tribune report (2025) calls Sayyid Khālid ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Gaylānī the chief mutawallī of the shrine and a descendant of al-Jīlānī; generations between them not given.

    Dhaka Tribune, 'Gift from Bangladesh on the wall of Iraq's Boro Pir shrine'

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    Sayyid Khālid ʿAbd al-Qādir al-GaylānīLiving, as of 2025السيد خالد عبد القادر الكيلاني
How to read the marks
  • Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
  • One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
  • The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
  • A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
  • The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
  • A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).

Who received from Sayyid Khālid ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Gaylānī

No one is recorded below this person in the sources read.

How to cite

Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Sayyid Khālid ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Gaylānī”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/khalid-gaylani-mutawalli (data of 31 October 2026).