Javad Nurbakhsh (Nūr 'Ali Shāh) | |
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Born | Kerman, Iran | 10 December 1926
Died | 10 October 2008 Banbury, Oxfordshire, England | (aged 81)
Occupation(s) | Sufi Master, psychiatrist, hospital director, writer |
Spouse | Parvaneh Daneshvar Nurbakhsh |
Children | 3 sons, 2 daughters |
Website | www.nimatullahi.org |
Javad Nurbakhsh (Persian: جواد نوربخش; 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.