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Shah Nimatullah Wali
Shah Nimatullah Wali was a Persian Sufi master and poet, born in Aleppo, who settled at Mahan near Kerman in Iran, where his shrine stands. He founded the Nimatullahi order, one of the major Sufi orders of Iran. The Bahmani sultan Ahmad Shah I became his disciple, and members of his family moved to the Deccan, where they were honoured at the court of Bidar.
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