His Holiness, Mr. Mahboub Ali Shah ( Hajj Ali Tabandeh ) the 38th head and master (Qutb) of the Alavieh Razavieh Namatullahieh Sultanalishahi Order of Sufis passed away at the age of 50 on the sixth of Ramadan, 1417, the sixteenth of January, 1997, the twenty-seventh of Day mah, 1375.
He was buried beside his father Hazrate Reza Ali Shah (Hajj Soltan Hossein Tabandeh) in Baidokht county in Gonabad city, in accordance with his last will and testament.
Hazrat Hajj ‘Ali Tabandeh was a majdhub-e salik, for which reason his title in the tariqah is Mahbub Alishah. He died on Thursday, January 16, 1997. He was the qutb of the Ni’matullahi Gunabadi sufi order. The chain of authorization of this order goes through his great great great grandfather, the well known ‘arif (gnostic) and ‘alim (Muslim religious scholar) of the nineteenth century (A.H. 14th century), Hajj Mulla Sultan Muhammad Gunabadi, titled Sultan Alishah (A.H. 1251-1327/1835-1909 C.E.), to Shah Ni’matullahi Wali (A.H. 731-831/1338-1428 C.E.), and through him via Junayd Baghdadi, Sari Saqati (d. 867) and Ma’ruf Kharkhi (d. 815) to the Shi’i Imams. Of the Twelve Imam Shi’i sufi orders, this order has the most adherents, the majority of whom are Iranian.
He passed away on the morning of Thursday, 6 Ramadan A.H.L. 1417, 16 January 1997. He died when his corporeal heart stopped, and the dove of his spirit was released from the cage of his body.

Majzooban Noor website management, would like to express their sincere condolences at this grievous loss to the presence of His Holiness, Haj Dr.Noor Ali Tabandeh, “MajzoobAliShah” the great Qutb of the Nematollahi Gonabadi Order and to all Gonabadi dervishes and Shia Muslims in all over the world.

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