According to Wikipedia, Javad Nurbakhsh was the Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order from 1953 until his death. He was also a psychiatrist and a successful writer in the fields of both psychiatry and Sufi mysticism. Life Iran Nurbakhsh was born in the city of Kerman, Iran on 10 December 1926. He was initiated into the Nimatullahi Sufi order at the age of sixteen and appointed its sheikh at twenty. Nurbakhsh studied at University of Tehran's medical school, receiving his doctorate in psychiatry in 1952, from the Sorbonne. He began his professional career as a medical doctor at the age of 26 when he became head of a local hospital in the southeastern town of Bam, Iran. In the following year he succeeded his master, Mo'nes 'Ali Shah Zo'r-Riyasateyn, as master of the Nimatullahi, taking the Sufi sobriquet of Nur 'Ali Shah.
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Published Works
The legacy of mediæval Persian Sufism (1992) (6)
Jesus in the eyes of the Sufis (1983) (5)
In the paradise of the Sufis (1979) (3)
The Great Satan "Eblis" (1986) (2)
Traditions of the Prophet (1981) (2)
Masters of the Path: A History of the Masters of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order (1980) (2)
Veils and clothing, government, economics and commerce, medicine and healing (1991) (1)
In the Tavern of Ruin: Seven Essays on Sufism (1992) (1)
Sufism--meaning, knowledge, and unity (1981) (1)
Dogs from the Sufi point of view (1989) (1)
Spiritual poverty in sufism (Faqr and faqir) : Including some definitions of spiritual stations, mystical states, time, and breath (1984) (1)
Traditions of the Prophet : Volume 2 (1983) (1)
Inspirations, relations, lights, charismatic powers, states and stations, praise and condemnation (1994) (0)
