About Shaikh 'ad al-Qadir al-dschilani .... is known as one of the most important Suufis Shaikhs.in History.....Through the mists of legend surrounding the life of Shaikh 'abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, it is possible to discern the outlines of the following biographical sketch: In A.H. 488, at the age of eighteen, he left his native province to become a student in the great capital city of Baghdaad, ......