Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi

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Abu Hafs Umar al-Suhrawardi (Persian:عمر سهروردى) fixme (1144 - 1234) was an Iranian Sufi.

He expanded the Sufi order of Suhrawardiyya, that had been created by his uncle Abu al-Najib al-Suhrawardi, obtaining the support of the caliph.

Other transliterations: Shaykh Shihab al-Din ‘Umar al-Suhrawardi, Shaykh 'Abu Hafs al-Suhrawardi, Hadrat Shaykh Shihab al-Din `Umar b. `Abd Allah al-Suhrawardi.

He wrote 'Awarif al-Ma'ârif.

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