Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi
Male, Deceased Person
1097 – 1168
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Who was Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi?
Abu al-Najib Suhrawardi a was a Sunni [Persian] Sufi who was born in Sohrevard near Zanjan and founded the Suhrawardiyya Sufi order.
He studied Islamic law in Baghdad, then set up a retreat by the river Tigris, where he gathered disciples, which eventually came to be the Sufi order of Suhrawardiyya.
His paternal nephew Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi expanded the order.
His name is also sometimes transcribed as Diya al-din Abu 'n-Najib as-Suhrawardi.
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