19th of Bahman 1391 corresponding to 26th of Rabi-ul-awal 1434 is the 104th death anniversary of His Holiness Hajj Sultan Muhammad Gonabadi “Sultan Ali Shah”. One of the most famous saints in the history of Sufism was Sayyid Shah Ni’matullah Wali (A.H. 731-831/1338-1428 C.E.), and all Shi’ia orders of Sufism trace their ancestry […]
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In Memory Of The 34th Qutb Hazrat Sultan Ali Shah Gonabadi
The Master of all Gnostics, pride of all the Sages, head of all jurisprudents, the perfect ascetic and great moralist, His Holiness Sultan Ali Shah Gonabadi. His noble name was Hajj Sultan Mohammad son of Mulla Hydar Mohammad an inhabitant of Baydukht Gonabad. His esteemed father Mulla Hydar Mohammad was taken captive in one […]
The 37th Qutb Hazrate Hajj Sultan Husain Tabandah Reza Ali Shah II
The true learned authority of faith, and mystic of divine knowledge, ornament of the Gnostics and eyesight of the faithful, Hazrat Hajj Sultan Hussein Tabandeh “Reza Ali Shah”, the son and successor of Hazrat Hajj Sheikh Mohammad Hasan Salih Ali Shah (may his esteemed grave be sanctified) and the great grand son of the […]
34th Qutb Hazrat Sultan Ali Shah Gonabadi
The Master of all Gnostics, pride of all the Sages, head of all jurisprudents, the perfect ascetic and great moralist, His Holiness Sultan Ali Shah Gonabadi.
The Sufi Path
The Sufi Path An Introduction to the Ni‘matullahi Sultan ‘Alishahi Order The Sufi Path: An Introduction to the Ni‘matullahi Sultan ‘Alishahi Order Edited and translated by: Shahram Pazouki
His Eminence Hajj Sultan Husain Tabandah, Reza Ali Shah
During his childhood, he began reading and writing; later on he learned the rudiments of Arabic and Persian literature. Then he studied the literary and “transmitted (naqli) sciences” with his honorable father, and other local teachers.