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Sultanul Awliya/Evliye Shaykh Mevlana as-Sayyid Khwaja Muhammad Nazim Adil al-Haqqani al-Kibrisi an-Naqshbandi (Arabic: الشيخ ناظم القبرصي; born Mehmet Nâzım Adil on April 23, 1922) is the Grand Mufti of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus and the leader of the Naqshbandi/Naksibendi Sufi Order. He (qas) was born in Larnaca, Cyprus, hence the title "Qubrusi," Cypriot. He traces his lineage to the prominent 11th century Sufi Abdul Qadir Jilani and the famous 13th century Anatolian mystic and poet Jalaluddin Rumi. In both his maternal and paternal grandfathers were sheikhs in the Qadiri and Mevlevi orders respectively. Ultimately he can trace his forefathers back to the Prophet (s) and thus can be called a Sayyid. As a child, the young Nazim showed a propensity towards spirituality. His father sent him to school to study secular knowledge during the day, and in the evening he studied Islam at the local maktab, where he learned the basics of Islamic law, jurisprudence, the sayings of Muhammad, and Qur'anic exegesis.