The 1st Annual International Symposium on: 

Sey-yed Nourod-din Shah Nematollah Vali 

October 11-12, 2002

Morris Dailey Auditorium

  San Jose State University (SJSU), San Jose, California, USA

SSNV PAPER: THE TEACHINGS OF SHÂH NE`MATULLÂH WALI (1330-1429 CE)

                             A QUOTATION-BASED PRELIMINARY RESEARCH

A Short Autobiography of Professor Ravan Farhadi:

-- Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, 23 August 1929

-- Diploma of Baccalaureate, Esteklal High School, 1948

-- Diploma of Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, 1952

-- Diploma of Indo-Iranian Studies, Sorbonne, Paris, Ph.D. (1955)

-- Diplomatic Carrier: 1956-1973

-- Professor (History of Persian Literature) Paris III, Sorbonne Nouvelle 1981

-- Professor (History of Persian Literature) Berkeley, University of California, 1985

-- Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United Nations (New York) 1993 to present

A Glance At Ambassador Farhadi's Paper (Abstract of Article):

Shah Ni'matullah Wali (1330-1429 CE) whose mausoleum is a popular pilgrimage shrine in Mahan (near the Iranian city of Kerman) was a Sufi master.

To provide the possibility of some scrutiny of his school of Sufism, we translate a selection of his quatrains.  Each quatrain will be introduced by a brief explanation.

This approach to an inquiry into the spiritual teaching of Shah Ni'matullah, constitutes a modest prelude for a comprehensive study of the matter.