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Khâlid-i Baghdâdî

Iraqi Sufi mystic and poet (1779-1827) · Iraq · On the map · Writers

Mawlana Khâlid Shahrazuri also known as Khâlid-i Baghdâdî and Mawlana Khalid was a Kurdish Sufi, and poet by the name of Shaykh Diya al-Dīn Khalid al-Shahrazuri, the founder of a branch of the Naqshbandi Sufi order - called Khalidi after him - that has had a profound impact not only on his native Kurdish lands but also on many other regions of the western Islamic world.

Khâlid-i Baghdâdî is read about 65 times a day, in 14 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 13 November 2026

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His writings are among the earliest examples of prose and poetry in Central Kurdish.

Country
Iraq
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1779 to 1826 · aged 47