Mahan is well known for the tomb of the great
Sufi leader
Shah Nimatullah Wali, 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
Abbas the Great,
Mohammad Shah Qajar and
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar. Shah Nematallah Wali spent many years wandering through central Asia perfecting his spiritual gifts before finally settling at Mahan, 30 km 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 Kingdom, and one of Shah Nematallah's most devoted disciples. ==Demographics==