Mahan, Iran

Mahan (Persian: ماهان‎, also Romanized as Māhān or Mâhân; also known as Māhūn)[2] is a city and capital of Mahan District, in Kerman County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 16,787, in 4,138 families.[3]

For the administrative subdivisions, see Mahan District and Mahan Rural District. For the village in Hamadan Province, see Mahan, Hamadan.
Mahan

ماهان
City
Mahan
Coordinates: 30°03′40″N 57°17′29″E
Country Iran
ProvinceKerman
CountyKerman
BakhshMahan
Population
 (2016 Census)
 • Total19,423 [1]
Time zoneUTC+3:30 (IRST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+4:30 (IRDT)

Mahan is well known for the tomb of the great Sufi leader Shah Ne'emat Ollah-e-Vali, as well as Shazdeh Garden (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, Mohammad Shah Qajar and Nasser-al-Din Shah. 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, 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, and one of Shah Nematallah's most devoted disciples.

  • Shazdeh Garden, Mahan. (by night).
  • Shazdeh Garden, Mahan. (by day).
  • Shah Nematollah Vali Sanctuary.

References
  1. "Statistical Center of Iran > Home".
  2. Mahan, Iran can be found at GEOnet Names Server, at this link, by opening the Advanced Search box, entering "-3073419" in the "Unique Feature Id" form, and clicking on "Search Database".
  3. "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)". Islamic Republic of Iran. Archived from the original (Excel) on 2011-11-11.
  • Photographs of Mahan:
— Shāh Ne'matollah Vali: (1), (2)
— Bāgh-e Shāzdeh: (1)


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