Hazrat Saiyed Ahmed Kabeer Refai (RA) was born in the first half of Rajab in the Muslim year of 512 A.H. (1119 A.D.) on a Thursday. His birthplace was in the town of Ummu Abeyde in the township of Beta in the province of Basra, Iraq.His father was Saiyed Ali Abu'l Hasan. His mother was Fatima ul-Anseri bint Yahya Nijjeri. His Shaykh was Aleyyul Wasiti. Hazrat was related to our Prophet (SAW) from both his father's and mother's sides by blood.