Baghdad during the time of ?Abd al-Q?dir al-J?l?n?

A study of the life and background of ?Abd al-Q?dir al-J?l?n?, putative founder of the Q?diriyya order, investigating the sources for his life and attributed works. The book seeks to elucidate the ideas of al-J?l?n?, and to formulate a picture of the most prominent trends of pious and mystical thought in Baghdad during the twelfth century, providing a cultural and geographical angle to the study of Islamic mysticism and piety.