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The 36th Qutb His Holiness Mr. Salih Ali Shah
The Pole (Qutb) of the Gnostic and
virtuous of the faithful, the trusted master, His Holiness Hajj Sheikh
Mohammad Hassan Salih Ali Shah. His Holiness is the son and vicegerent of
His Holiness Hajj Molla Ali Nour Ali Shah the second, and the grandson of
His Holiness Sultan Ali Shah (may his grave be fragrant). He was born on the
8th Dhu’l-hajjah 1308 A.H.L. corresponding to the 24th
Tir 1270 A.H.S. (1891 A.D.) in the village of Baydukht Gonabad, which was
the birthplace and residence of his honorable father and grandfather, till
the beginning of the year 1328 A.H. L. when his honorable grandfather was
still alive he was under the training of his own father and grandfather in
Baydukht and was engaged in studying sciences and after the martyrdom of his
esteemed grandfather, not so much time had passed that, with the enticement
of foreign and guidance of internal enemies of Sufism
(Faqr and dervishi) a rebellious insurgent
bandit by the name of Salarkhan Baluch came to Gonabad,
unexpectedly, Bayducht which was the center of mysticism was
plundered and looted and the honorable Nour Ali Shah, the father of Salih
Ali Shah was jailed along with all the people.
His Holiness Salih Ali Shah during
this time, was not within the reach of the enemies and bandits and on the
orders of his honorable father was in hiding and during the night in
disguised clothes escaped towards Tehran. As a result of his actions and
endeavor of the rest of the fugara and friends, the honorable Nour Ali Shah
was set free from the clutches of the enemies and came to Teheran. Father
and son on seeing each other were delighted. Then, His Holiness along with
his gracious father traveled to Isfahan, and on the orders of his father
along with the writer of this book (Hajj Mirza Mohammad Bagher Sultani
Gonabadi) was engaged in studying science in the Sadr School of Isfahan, for
sometime, in the presence of great teachers such as Akhund Molla Mohammad
Kashani and Jahangir Khan Qashqaie and other teacher was engaged in studying
traditional and contemplative sciences till his esteemed father summoned him
to Tehran and in the month of Shaban 1328 A.H. L. authorized him to lead the
Congregational ritual prayers and instruct the lingual litanies. After that
in the month of Rabi’ath-thani 1329, he was honored with the title of Salih
Ali Shah to initiate and guide the seekers of the truth. In the month of
Ramadan 1330 A.H.L. he was appointed as the successor and vicegerent of his
gracious father and in the same year His Holiness traveled to
Two years after this journey, the
First World War forced the world towards disorder and confusion. In Gonabad
also where for sometime one could have security and calmness, now was
changed to revolt, restlessness and insecurity hence, His Holiness Nour Ali
Shah the second, came to Tehran and left his worthy son for the sake of
looking after the affairs. And from Tehran for seeing the fuqara set out for
Kashan and in Kashan was poisoned by the hands of the enemies and on the 15th
Rabi-al-awwal 1337 A.H.L. died, and as thus said, passed on the throne of
guidance and the affairs of the Faithful (fuqara) to his son His Holiness
Salih Ali Shah.
His Holiness Salih Ali Shah, in the
year 1337 A.H.L. visited the Holy Shrines and after returned back to his
home in Bayducht, then in the year 1342 A.H.L. again he went to Teheran and
after 40 days returned back to his home in Baydukht.. Till, in the year 1373
A.H.L. owing to a serious illness, he was compelled to travel to Tehran and
from Tehran to Geneva for treatment. In the Geneva Hospital he was confined
to bed and after 3 months of treatment, when he had relatively recovered he
returned back to his homeland. Baydukht was overwhelmed and rejoiced his
return back. Although, the original illness was cured, but traces of the
illness remained, such as leg pain known as Phlebitis and was troublesome to
His Holiness till the rest of his life.
However, he again made a journey to
the Holy Shrines in the year 1375 A.H.L. and in the month of Rajab 1380
A.H.L. for performing the ordained lesser pilgrimage and for visiting the
radiant tomb of Hazrat Rasul (S) he made a journey to the Holy cities of
His Holiness, during his entire
lifetime was engaged in the affairs of farming and cultivation, and he used
to endeavor and work hard towards the improvement and development of housing
and construction, farming and excavation of subterranean canals and
reservoirs and to establish horticulture. Particularly, towards the
development and expansion of the building and courtyard of the tomb of his
esteemed grandfather Hazrat Sultan Ali Shah, who used to make
serious, sincere and devoted efforts for
establishing water in the aforementioned tomb, which was without water and
engaged in the excavation of subterranean canals and for many years
successively was serious in this endeavor, till at last finally the canals
were filled with wholesome water and the water was made to enter the
courtyard of the tomb and which is now currently flowing and named as the
Canal of Salihabad and by the grace of God with enough plentiful water, the
manifestation of which one can see around the holy tomb, and in the vast
courtyard he built numerous rooms which has beautiful gardens of planted
flowers and edible vegetables for the fuqara to eat during their stay at the
esteemed tomb. He used to spend his esteemed time before noon in
attending to agricultural affairs and meeting the Fuqara (faithful) and
visitors, and in the evenings in teaching “Bayan-o-Sa’adah” (exegeses of the
Koran) compiled by His Holiness Sultan Ali Shah.
His Holiness Salih Ali Shah, in
Dhul-qadah 1379 AHL, appointed his distinguished son, His Holiness, Hajj
Sultan Hussain Tabandeh as his successor and vicegerent (Khalifa) with the
spiritual title (Reza Ali Shah), who after him in the place of his trusted
father was engaged in guiding the devoted seekers.
The children of His
Holiness Salih Ali Shah :
His Holiness during his death had seven sons and one daughter.
1) His Holiness, Hajj
Sultan Hussain Tabandeh (Reza Ali Shah)
2) Dr. Mohebullah Azadeh
3)
His Holiness,
Dr. Nour Ali Tabandeh
4) Dr. Nematullah Tabandeh
5) Engineer Nasrullah
Tabandeh
6) Engineer Shokrullah
Tabandeh
7) Engineer Mahmood
Tabandeh
Authorized Sheikhs and
persons on behalf of His Holiness:
1) Hajj Sheikh Abdullah
Hayeri (Rahmat Ali Shah) who during the time of Sultan Ali Shah and Nour Ali
Shah was also an authorized Sheikh.
2) Hajj Sheikh Abbas Ali
Kayvan Ghazvini (Mansour Ali) who, too was an authorized Sheikh of His
Holiness Nour Ali Shah and in the beginning was in the services of His
Holiness Salih Ali Shah and had renewed his covenant and was an authorized
Sheikh, but towards the end was subject to the devils temptations and was
removed from his position and his way towards arrogance.
3) Mr. Mirza Abu Talib
Semnani (Mahboob Ali)
4) Hajj Sheikh Emad-e-din
Sabzevari (Hedayat Ali) that these two persons were also authorized Sheikhs
of His Holiness Nour Ali Shah
5) Hajj Mirza Yusef Hayeri
(Ershad Ali)
6) Sheikh Assadullah Izad
Goshasb Golpayegani (Darvish Naser Ali)
7) Sheikh Mohammad
Estahbanati (Fayz Ali)
8) Hajj Mohammad Khan
Rastin Araki (Darvish Rounaq Ali)
9) Sheikh Mohammad Fani
Semnani (Darvish Zafar Ali)
10) Sheikh Mehdi Mojtahed
Soleymani Tonekaboni (Vafa Ali)
11) Sheikh Abdullah Sufi
Amleshi (Darvish Ezzat Ali)
12) Mr. Seyed Hebatullah
Jazbee (Sabet Ali)
13) Mr. Seyed Mohammad
Shariat Ghomi (Darvish Hemmat Ali)
Contemporaries of His
Holiness Salih Ali Shah from the learned:
1) The late Mr. Seyed
Mohammad Kazem Yazdi
2) The late Mr. Seyed Abol
Hassan Isfahani
3) The late Hajj Sheikh
Abdul Karim Yazdi
4) The late Mr. Hussain
Burujerdi
5) Mr. Seyed Mohsen Hakim
6) Mr. Seyed Mahmood
Shahroudi
From Gnostics and those
attributed to mysticism
:
1) Mr. Hajj Mirza Abdul
Hussain Zooriyasatain
2) Mr. Mash’hadi Mohammad
Hasan Maraghaie known as Mahboob Ali Shah
3) Mr. Mirza Ahmad
Abdul’hay Mortazavi and Mr. Hobbe Hayder (Zahabiyeh’s leaders)
4) Sheikh Baha-e-din,
leader of the Naqshbandiyeh
5) Sheikh Osman Seraj-e-din,
another leader of the Naqshbandiyeh
6) Shams-ol-Orafa
7) Hajj Bahar Ali Shah and
Hajj Motahar Ali Shah, leaders of the Khaksariyeh
From Kings:
1) Ahmad Shah Qajar
2) Reza Shah 3) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
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