Mahan ( fa, ماهان, also

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d as Māhān or Mâhân; also known as Māhūn) is a city and capital of

Mahan District Mahan District ( fa, بخش ماهان, ''Baxš-e Māhān'') is a district (bakhsh) in Kerman County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 29,923, in 7,607 families. The district has three cities: Mahan, Jupar, and Moh ...

, in

Kerman County Kerman County ( fa, شهرستان کرمان) is located in Kerman province, Iran. The capital of the county is Kerman Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times ...

, Kerman Province,

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. At the 2006 census, its population was 16,787, in 4,138 families. Mahan is well known for the tomb of the great

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

leader

Shah Ne'emat Ollah-e-Vali Shāh Nimatullāh or Shāh Ni'matullāh Wali, ( fa, شاه نعمت‌الله ولی ''Shāh Ne'matullāh-i Valī''), also spelled as ''Ne'matollah'' and ''Ni'matallah'' was the spiritual leader or Qutb of the Ni'matullah Order in Iran from th ...

, as well as

Shazdeh Garden Shazdeh Mahan Garden ( fa, باغ شازده ماهان ''Bāgh-e Shāzdeh Mahan'') meaning ''the Prince`s Garden in Mahan'' is a historical Persian garden located near (6 km away from) Mahan in Kerman province, Iran. The garden is 5.5 hec ...

(Prince Garden). The tomb of Shah Nur-eddin Nematollah Vali, poet, sage, Sufi and founder of an order of darvishes, has twin minarets covered with turquoise tiles from the bottom up to the cupola. The mausoleum was built by Ahmad Shah Kani; the rest of the building was constructed during the reigns of

Shah Abbas I Abbas I ( fa, ; 27 January 157119 January 1629), commonly known as Abbas the Great (), was the 5th Safavid Shah (king) of Iran, and is generally considered one of the greatest rulers of Iranian history and the Safavid dynasty. He was the third so ...

Mohammad Shah Qajar Mohammad Shah (; born Mohammad Mirza; 5 January 1808 – 5 September 1848) was the third Qajar dynasty, Qajar ''shah'' of Qajar Iran, Iran from 1834 to 1848, having succeeded his grandfather Fath-Ali Shah Qajar, Fath-Ali Shah. From a young age, M ...

and

Nasser-al-Din Shah Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدین‌شاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...

. Shah Nematallah Wali spent many years wandering through central Asia perfecting his spiritual gifts before finally settling at Mahan, twenty miles south-east of

Kerman Kerman ( fa, كرمان, Kermân ; also romanization of Persian, romanized as Kermun and Karmana), known in ancient times as the satrapy of Carmania, is the capital city of Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2011 census, its population was 821,394, in ...

, where he passed the last twenty five years of his life. He died in 1431, having founded a Darvish order which continues to be an active spiritual force today. The central domed burial vault at Mahan, completed in 1437 was erected by Ahmad Shah Bahmani, king of the

Bahmani Sultanate The Bahmani Sultanate, or Deccan, was a Persianate Sunni Muslim Indian Kingdom located in the Deccan region. It was the first independent Muslim kingdom of the Deccan,

, and one of Shah Nematallah's most devoted disciples. Shazdeh Garden Mahan Iran.jpg, Shazdeh Garden, Mahan. (by night). Jardín del Príncipe, Mahan, Irán, 2016-09-22, DD 28.jpg, Shazdeh Garden, Mahan. (by day). Santuario Shah Nematollah Vali, Mahan, Irán, 2016-09-22, DD 12.jpg, Shah Nematollah Vali Sanctuary.

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* Photographs of Mahan: :— ''Shāh Ne'matollah Vali''
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:— '' Bāgh-e Shāzdeh''
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Populated places in Kerman County Cities in Kerman Province Sasanian cities {{KermanCounty-geo-stub