Nahrū Muḥammad ʻAbd al-Karīm alksnzāny

Nehro Mohammed Abdul-Karim al-Kasnazani is the current spiritual leader of the al-Qadiriyya al-Kasnazaniyya Sufi Order and an Iraqi politician. He was born on 12 December 1969, and holds a PhD in history, an academic qualification in English language studies from the United Kingdom, as well as a degree in computer science from Al Mansour University College in Baghdad. Nahro al-Kasnazani comes from a family with a long-standing Sufi religious background based in Iraqi Kurdistan. He descends from the al-Barzanji family, who trace their lineage back to Imam Husayn, hence their Husayni descent. His spiritual affiliation is with the al-Qadiriyya al-Kasnazaniyya Order.