Mahan
A city that is located in Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 16,787, in 4,138 families. It is capital of Mahan District. This is well known for the tomb of the great Sufi leader Shah Ne'emat Ollah-e-Vali, as well as Shazdeh Garden (Prince Garden).
Description
Due to location's of the city on the slopes of Jupar and Pulvar mountains, this city has one of the best weather of all regions of Kerman province and it is considered as one of the tourism city of Iran.
This city is located in the southeast of Kerman. At a distance of 6 km. from the south of Mahan, is a beautiful and large garden with a spectacular structure in the premises. The same is called 'Shazdeh Garden' (Shazdeh Bagh). It is known as the city of gardens and caravanserais and is famed for its UNESCO registered Bagh-e Shazdeh or Shazdeh Garden, which means Prince’s Garden in the Persian language. The garden was built in the late Qajar (1785-1925) era by the then governor of Kerman just outside of the city.
About celebrities
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 this city, twenty miles south-east of Kerman, where he passed the last twentyfive 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 this city, completed in 1437 was erected by Ahmad Shah Bahmani, king of the Bahmani Sultanate, and one of Shah Nematallah's most devoted disciples.
