Eid Abu Jarir
Sufi Sheikh
About Eid Abu Jarir
Lived 1910 – 1971 (aged 60–61). Eid Abu Jarir was an Egyptian.
Eid Abu Jarir (; 1910–1971) was a Sufi shaykh who founded the eponymous Jaririya Sufi order in Sinai, Egypt. Alongside his teacher Abu Ahmed al-Ghazawi, who founded the Alawi-Ahmadi tariqah, he is considered one of the founders of Sufism in the Sinai Peninsula. He was a member of the Jarir clan of the al-Sawarka tribe. The main three Sufi lodges he established, starting in the winter of 1953–1954, He was part of the Sinai Mujahideen, which fought against Israel alongside the Egyptian military in the 1967 to 1970 War of Attrition. He was driven out of North Sinai in the 1960s, and lived the rest of his life and has his tomb in Sa'ed, El Husseiniya, near Cairo. Under law number 118 for the year 1976, his Jariri order is officially registered by the Egyptian government.
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Who was Eid Abu Jarir?
Sufi Sheikh
When was Eid Abu Jarir born?
Eid Abu Jarir was born in 1910 in Al-Rawda.
When did Eid Abu Jarir die?
Eid Abu Jarir died in 1971 in Husseiniya.
What nationality was Eid Abu Jarir?
Eid Abu Jarir was Egyptian.
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