Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh
| Hazrat Javad Nūrbakhsh | |
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| Title | Nūr 'Ali Shāh |
| Born | 10 December 1926 A.D |
| Died | 10 October 2008 A.D |
| Religion | Islam |
| Creed | Sufism |
| Main interest(s) | Dhikr |
| Notable idea(s) | Mysticism, Sufi poetry |
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10 December 1926 Kerman, Iran |
| Died | 10 October 2008 (aged 81) Banbury, Oxfordshire, England |
| Occupation | Sufi Master, psychiatrist, hospital director, writer |
| Predecessor | Mo'nes 'Ali Shah Zo'r-Riyasateyn |
| Successor | Dr. Alireza Nurbakhsh (Reza 'Ali Shah) |
| Spouse(s) | Parvaneh Daneshvar Nurbakhsh |
| Children | 3 sons, 2 daughters |
| Website | www.nimatullahi.org |
Dr. Javad Nurbakhsh (10 December 1926 – 10 October 2008) was the Master (pir) 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.
Dr. 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.
As well as his revival of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order and his many written works, Dr. Nurbakhsh became one of Iran's foremost psychiatrists. Dr. Nurbakhsh believed that all are equal in love. According to his obituary in Payvan's Iran news, he "promoted the creed of fraternity and equality of all human beings, regardless of gender, race, nationality and religion."
Dr. Nurbakhsh left Iran following the Iranian revolution in 1979, first for the United States, where he established several Sufi centers known as khanaqahs, then moved to Britain in 1983 and settled there. Dr. Nurbakhsh's work in reviving and organizing Sufism through the Nimatullahi order continued until his death in Britain in 2008.
After obtaining his Psychiatric degree from the Sorbonne, Dr. Nurbakhsh was appointed professor of psychiatry at the Tehran University school of medicine, a position which he held until he retired, along with that of director of the Iranian Medical Council, president of the Iranian Association of Psychiatrists, and head of the Ruzbeh Psychiatric Hospital. He was also an honorary member of the American Psychiatrists' Association. Nurbakhsh also supervised the World Congress of Psychiatry for the World Psychiatric Association when it was for first hosted in Iran.
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