His noble name was Ali and spiritual title (Nour Ali Shah), son of His Holiness Sultan Ali Shah, born in Baydukht; his illustrious birth date was on the 17th Rabi- a-thani 1284 AHL.

His mother was the daughter of the late Hajj Mulla Ali Baydukhti who, father after father were famous for their knowledge and its practice and known for their devotion and piety.

After sometime, His Holiness on the orders of his father was engaged in self discipline and after having accomplished self discipline, got married to the daughter of Hajj Mulla Salih, his uncle and in Dhu’l-hajjih 1308 AHL, his first son, His Holiness Hajj Sheikh Mohammad Hassan Salih Ali Shah set foot in the arena of existence.

Later on, he fulfilled many Forty days of spiritual retreat on the orders of his father and was engaged in the glorification of his soul, till eventually his work on self discipline was accomplished and on behalf of his honorable father in the middle of the month of Ramadan 1314 AHL, was authorized to guide the seekers and was given the spiritual title of Nour Ali Shah.

His Holiness, after the martyrdom of his father was burdened with harshness and events of that time, periodically from the enemies of Sufism the causes of inconvenience and annoyance was brought about for his Holiness. Among them, not more than fifty days had passed from the martyrdom of his noble father that with the instigation and plot of internal enemies in Gonabad and foreign enemies, Salar Khan, a Baluch murderer and bandit came to Gonabad and plundered the house of His Holiness along with his relatives and imprisoned His Holiness along with some people in the government dwelling station. After having seized some amount of money, moved His Holiness through the jungle with the intention of taking His Holiness to Mashad and delivering him to the enemies there.

His Holiness, in Rabbi-ul-thani 1329 had authorized his son His Hoiliness Hajj Sheikh Mohammad Hassan to initiate the seekers and to be his successor and had given him the spiritual title “Salih Ali Shah”, and in that year, when His Holiness vacated the Robe of Guidance, His Holiness Salih Ali Shah sat on the seat of Guidance.

His Holiness, Mr. Noor Ali Shah in Kashan by the hands of murderers was poisoned and in the poisoned condition set out from Kashan in the early morning of 15th Rabbi-ul-thani 1337 in Kahrizak, the criminal oppressors reached their goal and His Holiness submitted his soul to the Beloved.

His holy body received such a glorified escorting from the faithful and taken to Imamzadeh Hamzeh and in the tomb of the late Saadat Ali Shah, that previously His Holiness had it restored, was buried alongside the grave of the late Saadat Ali Shah.

Majzooban Noor, Nematollahi Gonabadi Sufi Order News Site, would like to express its sincere condolences at this grievous loss to the presence of the Holy great Qutb of Nematollahi Gonabadi Order, Haj Dr. Noor Ali Tabandeh, “Majzoob Ali Shah” and all the brothers and sisters in faith.