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Shah Nimatullah Wali
1330 CE – 1431 CE · Persia (Kerman/Mahan)sufi
Description
Shāh Ni'matullāh Wali, was a Persian Sufi master and spiritual leader of the Ni'matullahi order in Iran from the 14th and 15th centuries. He is revered by Sunni Islam as a saint and by the Ni'matullāhī tariqa, who consider him their founder.
Facts
| Born | 1330 (1330), Aleppo, Mamluk Sultanate (present-day Syria) |
| Died | 1431 (aged 100–101), Mahan, Timurid Empire (present-day Iran) |
| Resting place | Shah Nematollah Vali Shrine |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Tariqa | Nimatullahi (founder) |
Life & work in brief
Summarised by section — one row per topic, for fast reading.
| Topic | Summary |
|---|---|
| Biography | Born in Aleppo, Syria (or in Kuhbanan, Iran according to some historians), Ni’matullah traced his own descent from the sixth Imam Ja'far al-Sadiq in both a poetic work as well as an epistle reproduced by his biographers ‘Abd al-Razzāq Kirmānī and ‘Abd al-‘Azīz Wā’iẓ. |
| Works | Shah N'imatullah Wali has a collected diwan in Persian that includes qasidas, ghazals, tarjī‘āt, mathnawis, do-baytīs, rubāʿiyāt, and more. |
| Shrine | The shrine of Shah Ni'matullah Wali is a historical complex located in Mahan, Kerman Province, Iran, which contains his mausoleum. |
| Tomb | Shah Khalilullah's tomb is located outside Bidar fort and known as "chokundi". |
Prophecies
Key prophetic utterances and visions attributed to Shah Nimatullah Wali, with sources.
| Prophecy / vision | Source |
|---|---|
| The diwan of the spheres; the mystic reads the stars as letters of the Beloved | Diwan-i Nimatullah |
| I was a drop; in the ocean of unity I became the sea | Diwan-i Nimatullah |