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href="/wiki/File:Tomb_of_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani,_Baghdad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Tomb_of_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani%2C_Baghdad.jpg/200px-Tomb_of_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani%2C_Baghdad.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Tomb_of_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani%2C_Baghdad.jpg/300px-Tomb_of_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani%2C_Baghdad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Tomb_of_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani%2C_Baghdad.jpg/400px-Tomb_of_Abdul_Qadir_Jilani%2C_Baghdad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="540" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure><div class="sidebar-caption">Tomb of <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Qadir_Gilani" title="Abdul Qadir Gilani">Abdul Qadir Gilani</a>, Baghdad, Iraq</div></td></tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)">Ideas</div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abdal" title="Abdal">Abdal</a></li> <li><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar-Latn" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Al-Ins%C4%81n_al-K%C4%81mil" title="Al-Insān al-Kāmil">Al-Insān al-Kāmil</a></span></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baqaa" title="Baqaa">Baqaa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dervish" title="Dervish">Dervish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dhawq" title="Dhawq">Dhawq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fakir" title="Fakir">Fakir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fana_(Sufism)" title="Fana (Sufism)">Fana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_(Sufism)" title="Hal (Sufism)">Hal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haqiqa" title="Haqiqa">Haqiqa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ihsan" title="Ihsan">Ihsan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Irfan" title="Irfan">Irfan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ishq" title="Ishq">Ishq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karamat" title="Karamat">Karamat</a></li> <li><a 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title="Qawwali">Qawwali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sama_(Sufism)" title="Sama (Sufism)">Sama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sufi_whirling" title="Sufi whirling">Whirling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ziyarat" title="Ziyarat">Ziyarat</a></li></ul></div></div></td> </tr><tr><td class="sidebar-content hlist"> <div class="sidebar-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><div class="sidebar-list-title" style="color: var(--color-base)"><a href="/wiki/Tariqa" title="Tariqa">Sufi orders</a></div><div class="sidebar-list-content mw-collapsible-content"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alians" title="Alians">Alians</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ba_%27Alawiyya" title="Ba 'Alawiyya">Ba 'Alawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bektashi_Order" class="mw-redirect" title="Bektashi Order">Bektashi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qadiriyya" title="Qadiriyya">Qadiri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chishti_Order" title="Chishti Order">Chishti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Naqshbandi" title="Naqshbandi">Naqshbandi</a></li> <li><a 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title="Malamatiyya">Malamati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mouride" title="Mouride">Mouridi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S%C3%BCleymanc%C4%B1lar" title="Süleymancılar">Sülaymaniyya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salihiyya" title="Salihiyya">Salihiyya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Azeemiyya" class="mw-redirect" title="Azeemiyya">Azeemia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kubrawiya" title="Kubrawiya">Kubrawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mevlevi_Order" title="Mevlevi Order">Mevlevi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shattari" class="mw-redirect" title="Shattari">Shattari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uwaisi" title="Uwaisi">Uwaisi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hurufism" title="Hurufism">Hurufi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%27matull%C4%81h%C4%AB" title="Ni'matullāhī">Ni'matullāhī</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuqtavi" title="Nuqtavi">Nuqtavi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qalandariyya" title="Qalandariyya">Qalandari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safavid_order" title="Safavid order">Safavi</a></li> <li><a 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language">Persian</a>:تاج الدين ابراهيم كردی سنجانی)‎ (1218 – 1301), titled <a href="/wiki/Sheikh" title="Sheikh">Sheikh</a> <a href="/wiki/Zahed" title="Zahed">Zahed</a> (or Zahid) Gilani (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian</a>: شیخ زاهد گیلانی), was an <a href="/wiki/Iranian_peoples" title="Iranian peoples">Iranian</a> Grandmaster (murshid-i kamil) of the famed <a href="/wiki/Zahediyeh" title="Zahediyeh">Zahediyeh</a> <a href="/wiki/Sufi_order" class="mw-redirect" title="Sufi order">Sufi order</a> at <a href="/wiki/Lahijan" title="Lahijan">Lahijan</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is also known as <i><a href="/wiki/Sultan" title="Sultan">Sultân</a>-ûl <a href="/wiki/Khalwatiyya" class="mw-redirect" title="Khalwatiyya">Khalwatiyya</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Tadj’ad-Dīn Ebraheem Zāheed al-Geylānī</i> as well. </p><p>According to <a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Minorsky" title="Vladimir Minorsky">Minorsky</a> and <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Paul_Elwell-Sutton" title="Laurence Paul Elwell-Sutton">Elwell-Sutton</a> at the <i><a href="/wiki/Encyclopaedia_of_Islam" title="Encyclopaedia of Islam">Encyclopaedia of Islam</a></i>, <a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%9Eeyx_Zahid_t%C3%BCrb%C9%99si" class="extiw" title="az:Şeyx Zahid türbəsi">the tomb of Sheikh Zahed</a> is situated <a href="/wiki/%C5%9E%C4%B1xak%C9%99ran" title="Şıxakəran">a few miles</a> to the south of the town of <a href="/wiki/Lankaran" title="Lankaran">Lankaran</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMinorskyElwell-Sutton1986657_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMinorskyElwell-Sutton1986657-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, <a href="/wiki/Tomb_of_Shaykh_Zahed_Gilani" title="Tomb of Shaykh Zahed Gilani">another tomb</a> dedicated to him can be found in Lahijan. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life">Life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahed_Gilani&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%C5%9Eeyx_Zahid_Gilani_t%C3%BCrb%C9%99si.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/%C5%9Eeyx_Zahid_Gilani_t%C3%BCrb%C9%99si.jpg/262px-%C5%9Eeyx_Zahid_Gilani_t%C3%BCrb%C9%99si.jpg" decoding="async" width="262" height="197" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/%C5%9Eeyx_Zahid_Gilani_t%C3%BCrb%C9%99si.jpg/393px-%C5%9Eeyx_Zahid_Gilani_t%C3%BCrb%C9%99si.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/%C5%9Eeyx_Zahid_Gilani_t%C3%BCrb%C9%99si.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="375" /></a><figcaption>Zahed Gilani's tomb</figcaption></figure> <p>Zahed Gilani was probably a <a href="/wiki/Talysh_people" title="Talysh people">Talysh</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since the mid-13th century, Sheikh Zahed has been revered as a spiritual authority and his tomb near <a href="/wiki/Lahijan" title="Lahijan">Lahijan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Gilan" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilan">Gilan</a> Province, on the shores of the <a href="/wiki/Caspian_Sea" title="Caspian Sea">Caspian Sea</a>, draws numerous pilgrims to the village of <i>Sheikhanvar</i>. His ancestors came from the ancient Iranian city of <a href="/wiki/Sanjan_(Khorasan)" title="Sanjan (Khorasan)">Sanjan</a> in <a href="/wiki/Greater_Khorasan" title="Greater Khorasan">Khorasan</a> (located in present-day Turkmenistan). Fleeing the <a href="/wiki/Great_Seljuq_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Great Seljuq Empire">Seljuq</a> <a href="/wiki/Invasion" title="Invasion">invasion</a> that would eventually conquer large parts of <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Persia</a>, his ancestors settled in Gilan in the late 11th century. Taj Al-Din Zahed Gilani was able to attain cultural and religious influence on the <a href="/wiki/Ilkhanid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ilkhanid">Ilkhanid</a> rulers (1256–1353), descendants of <a href="/wiki/Genghis_Khan" title="Genghis Khan">Genghis Khan</a>, who followed Seljuq rule. </p><p>His most notable disciple was <a href="/wiki/Safi-ad-din_Ardabili" class="mw-redirect" title="Safi-ad-din Ardabili">Safi-ad-din Ardabili</a> (1252–1334), the <a href="/wiki/Eponym" title="Eponym">Eponym</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Safavid_dynasty" title="Safavid dynasty">Safavid dynasty</a> (1501–1736). He wed Zahed's daughter Bibi Fatima and, overgoing the interest of Zahed's firstborn son, Gamal Al-Din Ali, was entrusted with the Grand Master's <a href="/wiki/Zahediyeh" title="Zahediyeh">Zahediyeh</a> <a href="/wiki/Sufism" title="Sufism">Sufi</a> Order, which he transformed into his own, the <a href="/wiki/Safaviyya" class="mw-redirect" title="Safaviyya">Safaviyya</a> (Sufi order) Order. Zahed Gilani's second-born son, Sadr al-Dīn, wed <a href="/wiki/Safi-ad-din_Ardabili" class="mw-redirect" title="Safi-ad-din Ardabili">Safi Al-Din</a>'s daughter from a previous marriage. 170 years after Safi Al-Din's death (and 200 years after the death of Sheikh Zahed Gilani) <a href="/wiki/Safaviyya" class="mw-redirect" title="Safaviyya">Safaviyya</a> had gained sufficient political and military power to claim the Throne of (Northern) Iran for the <a href="/wiki/Safavid" class="mw-redirect" title="Safavid">Safavid</a> Heir, <a href="/wiki/Shah" title="Shah">Shah</a> <a href="/wiki/Ismail_I" title="Ismail I">Ismail I</a> Safavi. The two families were to be intertwined for many centuries to come, by blood as well as mutual spiritual causes. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Sil-silat-al-nasab-e_Safaviyeh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sil-silat-al-nasab-e Safaviyeh">Sil-silat-al-nasab-e Safaviyeh</a> or <i><a href="/wiki/Genealogy" title="Genealogy">Genealogy</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Safavids" class="mw-redirect" title="Safavids">Safavids</a></i>, was written by <a href="/wiki/Pir_(Sufism)" title="Pir (Sufism)">Pir</a> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hossein_Abdul_Zahedi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hossein Abdul Zahedi (page does not exist)">Hossein Abdul Zahedi</a>, a 17th-century descendant of Zahed Gilani. This <a href="/wiki/Hagiography" title="Hagiography">hagiography</a> in praise of the <a href="/wiki/Safavid_dynasty" title="Safavid dynasty">Safavid</a> forebears, was devoted to the genealogy of the Safavid Sufi masters. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Turkish_peoples" class="mw-redirect" title="Turkish peoples">Turkish</a> <a href="/wiki/Bayrami" class="mw-redirect" title="Bayrami">Bayrami</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jelveti" title="Jelveti">Jelveti</a> orders also had their origin in Zahed Gilani's <a href="/wiki/Zahediyeh" title="Zahediyeh">Zahediyeh</a> <a href="/wiki/Sufism" title="Sufism">Sufi</a> Order. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahed_Gilani&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Persian_poets_and_authors" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Persian poets and authors">List of Persian poets and authors</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Zahed_Gilani&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=lHTbrFutqCoC&q=Sheikh+Zahed+Gilani+Kurdi">The Encyclopaedia of Islām: 4. cilt, 1. sayı, Brill, 1934, s. 57</a>: "...Tadj al-Din Ibrahim b. Rawshan Amir b. Babil b. Shaikh Bundâr <b>al-Kurdi al-Sandjani</b> of Gilan..."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=rU8OAQAAMAAJ&q=Zahed+Gilani+Kurdi">Ensiklopedia sejarah Islam, 3. cilt, Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, 1986, s. 1207</a>: "Sehikh Zahid Taj al-Din Ibrahim b. Rawshan Amir b. Babil b. Sheikh Bundâr <b>al-Kurdi al-Sanjani</b> ..."</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Doç. Dr. Süleyman Gökbulut, "İbrahim Zahid Gilanî Üzerine Bir İnceleme", <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://isamveri.org/pdfdrg/D03784/2016_13/2016_13_GOKBULUTS.pdf"><i>Sûfî Araştırmaları - Sufi Studies</i>, Sayı 13, s. 50</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Serap Şah, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://katalog.marmara.edu.tr/eyayin/tez/T0056305.pdf"><i>Safvetü's-Safâ'da Safiyyüddîn-i Erdebîlî'nin hayatı, tasavvufi görüşleri ve menkibeleri</i>, Doktora tezi</a>, Marmara Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü / Temel İslam Bilimleri Anabilim Dalı Tasavvuf Bilim Dalı, İstanbul 2007, s. 30-31, s.66, s.340</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://lib.az/users/1/upload/files/Sheyx_Sefi_Tezkiresi._Sefvetus-sefanin_XVI_esr_turk_tercumesi._Baki._Nurlan._2006%2C_932_s..PDF">Şeyx Səfi Təzkirəsi. Səfvətüs-səfanın XVI əsr türk tərcüməsi. Bakı: Nurlan, 2006, s. 135</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Abd%C3%BClbaki_G%C3%B6lp%C4%B1narl%C4%B1" title="Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı">Abdülbaki Gölpınarlı</a>, Türkiye'de Mezhepler ve Tarikâtlar <i>(<a href="/wiki/Madh%27hab" class="mw-redirect" title="Madh'hab">Madh'habs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tariqat" class="mw-redirect" title="Tariqat">Tariqat</a> in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>)</i>, İnkılâp Yayınevi, 1997.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEMinorskyElwell-Sutton1986657-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMinorskyElwell-Sutton1986657_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFMinorskyElwell-Sutton1986">Minorsky & Elwell-Sutton 1986</a>, p. 657.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBorjianAsatrian2005" class="citation journal cs1"><a href="/wiki/Habib_Borjian" title="Habib Borjian">Borjian, Habib</a>; 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"Shaykh Ibrāhīm Zāhid Gīlānī (1218?-1301)". <i>Turcica:Revue d'études turques</i>. <b>23</b>. Leuven: Peeters: 39–53. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2143%2FTURC.23.0.2014187">10.2143/TURC.23.0.2014187</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Turcica%3ARevue+d%27%C3%A9tudes+turques&rft.atitle=Shaykh+Ibr%C4%81h%C4%ABm+Z%C4%81hid+G%C4%ABl%C4%81n%C4%AB+%281218%3F-1301%29&rft.volume=23&rft.pages=39-53&rft.date=1991&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2143%2FTURC.23.0.2014187&rft.aulast=Aubin&rft.aufirst=Jean&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZahed+Gilani" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBahadıroğlu2000" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Bahadıroğlu, Mustafa (2000). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://islamansiklopedisi.org.tr/ibrahim-zahid-i-geylani">"İBRÂHİM ZÂHİD-i GEYLÂNÎ"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/%C4%B0sl%C3%A2m_Ansiklopedisi" title="İslâm Ansiklopedisi">TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi</a></i> (in Turkish). Vol. 21. Istanbul: TDV İslâm Araştırmaları Merkezi. pp. 359–360. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/975-3894-48-1" title="Special:BookSources/975-3894-48-1"><bdi>975-3894-48-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=%C4%B0BR%C3%82H%C4%B0M+Z%C3%82H%C4%B0D-i+GEYL%C3%82N%C3%8E&rft.btitle=TDV+%C4%B0sl%C3%A2m+Ansiklopedisi&rft.place=Istanbul&rft.pages=359-360&rft.pub=TDV+%C4%B0sl%C3%A2m+Ara%C5%9Ft%C4%B1rmalar%C4%B1+Merkezi&rft.date=2000&rft.isbn=975-3894-48-1&rft.aulast=Bahad%C4%B1ro%C4%9Flu&rft.aufirst=Mustafa&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fislamansiklopedisi.org.tr%2Fibrahim-zahid-i-geylani&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZahed+Gilani" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMinorskyElwell-Sutton1986" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1"><a href="/wiki/Vladimir_Minorsky" title="Vladimir Minorsky">Minorsky, V.</a> & <a href="/wiki/Laurence_Paul_Elwell-Sutton" title="Laurence Paul Elwell-Sutton">Elwell-Sutton, L. P.</a> (1986). <span class="id-lock-subscription" title="Paid subscription required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/lankoran-SIM_4643">"Lankoran"</a></span>. In <a href="/wiki/C._E._Bosworth" class="mw-redirect" title="C. E. Bosworth">Bosworth, C. E.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Emeri_Johannes_van_Donzel" class="mw-redirect" title="Emeri Johannes van Donzel">van Donzel, E.</a>; <a href="/wiki/Bernard_Lewis" title="Bernard Lewis">Lewis, B.</a> & <a href="/wiki/Charles_Pellat" title="Charles Pellat">Pellat, Ch.</a> (eds.). <i><a href="/wiki/The_Encyclopaedia_of_Islam#2nd_edition,_EI2" class="mw-redirect" title="The Encyclopaedia of Islam">The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition</a>. </i>Volume V:<i> Khe–Mahi</i>. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 656–657. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-90-04-07819-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-90-04-07819-2"><bdi>978-90-04-07819-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Lankoran&rft.btitle=The+Encyclopaedia+of+Islam%2C+Second+Edition.+Volume+V%3A+Khe%E2%80%93Mahi&rft.place=Leiden&rft.pages=656-657&rft.pub=E.+J.+Brill&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=978-90-04-07819-2&rft.aulast=Minorsky&rft.aufirst=V.&rft.au=Elwell-Sutton%2C+L.+P.&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Freferenceworks.brillonline.com%2Fentries%2Fencyclopaedia-of-islam-2%2Flankoran-SIM_4643&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AZahed+Gilani" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFEsfandiar2016" class="citation encyclopaedia cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Esfandiar, Mahmoud-Reza (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rch.ac.ir/article/Details/14482"><bdi lang="fa">زاهد گیلانی</bdi></a> [Zahed Gilani]. 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