Mahan
Persian: ماهان
City
Shazdeh Garden, Mahan, by night
Shazdeh Garden, Mahan, by night
Mahan is located in Iran
Mahan
Mahan
Coordinates: 30°03′28″N 57°16′45″E / 30.05778°N 57.27917°E / 30.05778; 57.27917[1]
CountryIran
ProvinceKerman
CountyKerman
DistrictMahan
Population
 (2016)[2]
 • Total19,423
Time zoneUTC+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).

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.

References

  1. ↑ OpenStreetMap contributors (30 June 2023). "Mahan, Kerman County" (Map). OpenStreetMap. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  2. 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.
  3. ↑ 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".
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "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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