March 22, 2010 HAZRAT SHIEKH SYED ABDUL QADIR JILANI (Rahmathullah Alaih) Biography Gilani was born in 1078 A.D. (471 A.H.) in a small town of Iranian Gilan Province. His ancestors were Syeds who settled in Gilan (arabacized to Jilan ) hence the epiphet of al-Jilani . [ 5 ] [ 6