Mahan, Iran
City in Kerman province, Iran
Mahan
Persian
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ماهان
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Shazdeh Garden, Mahan, by night
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Coordinates: 30°03′28″N 57°16′45″E / 30.05778°N 57.27917°E / 30.05778; 57.27917 [1] | |
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Province | Kerman |
County | Kerman |
District | Mahan |
Population
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• Total | 19,423 |
Time zone | UTC+3:30 ( IRST ) |
Mahan ( Persian : ماهان , also Romanized as Māhān or Mâhân ; also known as Māhūn ) [3] is a city in, and the capital of, Mahan District of Kerman County , Kerman province, Iran .
At the 2006 census, its population was 16,787 in 4,138 households. [4] The following census in 2011 counted 17,178 people in 4,707 households. [5] The latest census in 2016 showed a population of 19,423 people in 5,713 households. [2]
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). [ citation needed ]
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. [ citation needed ]
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Shazdeh Garden, Mahan. (by day).
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Shah Nematollah Vali Sanctuary.
References
- ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (30 June 2023). "Mahan, Kerman County" (Map). OpenStreetMap . Retrieved 30 June 2023 .
- 1 2 "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1395 (2016)" . AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 October 2020 . Retrieved 19 December 2022 .
- ↑ 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".
- ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1385 (2006)" . AMAR (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08. Archived from the original (Excel) on 20 September 2011 . Retrieved 25 September 2022 .
- ↑ "Census of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1390 (2011)" (Excel) . Iran Data Portal (in Persian). The Statistical Center of Iran. p. 08 . Retrieved 19 December 2022 .
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