Atlas
About this atlas
The atlas holds the chains of transmission from the Prophet as the standard references and the classical sources record them: the Sufi orders, the chains of Qurʾān recitation, the teachers of the schools of law and ḥadīth, and the lines of the Prophet's family, with the places they spread and the living houses and teachers who carry them today. Every link shows its sources; where they differ, both readings are shown, and we do not rule on any community's claims. Ibn ʿArabī's own life, teachers and readers are on their own page.
مونس علیشاه ذوالریاستین
Munis ʿAlī Shāh Dhū l-Riyāsatayn
Died 1953 · born 1922 · Tehran
Pole until 1953; predecessor of Javad Nurbakhsh (order's own page). Dates 1922-1953 from Universal Compendium excerpt
Sources for this person
The chain up to the Prophet
Dates are given where the sources give them. Years are CE; the Hijri year is in each name's detail.
Route 1 of 3, the best-sourced: Niʿmatullāhiyya. Tap a rule to read its basis, sources and checks.
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Shāh Niʿmat Allāh Walīشاه نعمت الله ولی1431
one sourcein Niʿmatullāhiyyaomits: some four centuries of poles, including the Indian Deccan strand (Bahmanid patronage) and the 18th-c. revival; not enumerated in sources read
initiation · Shāh Niʿmat Allāh Walī to Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāh · One source
Trimingham: the order's poles continued from the founder at Mahan; the split came after Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāh.
Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), local .txt, Ni'matullahiyya, pp. 101-102Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), local .txt, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L5906 · agreesFootnote names the split as coming after Rahmat 'Ali Shah.
Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāhرحمت علیشاه1861one sourcein Niʿmatullāhiyya
successor of · Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāh to Munawwar ʿAlī Shāh · One source
Iranica summary: Munawwar ʿAlī Shāh was the third claimant after Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāh.
Encyclopaedia Iranica, Ne'matollāhiya, as summarised in search results (full text not read; 403)Checked against
- Iranica in summary, Ne'matollāhiya · agreesThird claimant; strongest main-line claim per Iranica summary.
Munawwar ʿAlī Shāhمنور علیشاهone sourcein Niʿmatullāhiyyaomits: Wafāʾ ʿAlī Shāh, Ṣādiq ʿAlī Shāh (names from excerpt only)
successor of · Munawwar ʿAlī Shāh to Munis ʿAlī Shāh Dhū l-Riyāsatayn · One source
Universal Compendium excerpt: the Munawwar line ran through Wafāʾ ʿAlī Shāh and Ṣādiq ʿAlī Shāh to Munis ʿAlī Shāh (1922-1953).
Universal Compendium, Ni'matullahi table (search excerpt; lineage list)Checked against
- Universal Compendium (excerpt), table · agreesLists Wafā, Ṣādiq, Munis in sequence.
Munis ʿAlī Shāh Dhū l-Riyāsataynمونس علیشاه ذوالریاستین1953
Other routes (2)
Route 2 of 3: Niʿmatullāhiyya
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Shāh Niʿmat Allāh Walīشاه نعمت الله ولی1431
one sourcein Niʿmatullāhiyyaomits: some four centuries of poles, including the Indian Deccan strand (Bahmanid patronage) and the 18th-c. revival; not enumerated in sources read
initiation · Shāh Niʿmat Allāh Walī to Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāh · One source
Trimingham: the order's poles continued from the founder at Mahan; the split came after Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāh.
Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), local .txt, Ni'matullahiyya, pp. 101-102Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), local .txt, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L5906 · agreesFootnote names the split as coming after Rahmat 'Ali Shah.
Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāhرحمت علیشاه1861one sourcein Niʿmatullāhiyya
successor of · Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāh to Munawwar ʿAlī Shāh · One source
Iranica summary: Munawwar ʿAlī Shāh was the third claimant after Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāh.
Encyclopaedia Iranica, Ne'matollāhiya, as summarised in search results (full text not read; 403)Checked against
- Iranica in summary, Ne'matollāhiya · agreesThird claimant; strongest main-line claim per Iranica summary.
Munawwar ʿAlī Shāhمنور علیشاهone sourcein Niʿmatullāhiyyaomits: Wafāʾ ʿAlī Shāh, Ṣādiq ʿAlī Shāh (names from excerpt only)
successor of · Munawwar ʿAlī Shāh to Munis ʿAlī Shāh Dhū l-Riyāsatayn · One source
Universal Compendium excerpt: the Munawwar line ran through Wafāʾ ʿAlī Shāh and Ṣādiq ʿAlī Shāh to Munis ʿAlī Shāh (1922-1953).
Universal Compendium, Ni'matullahi table (search excerpt; lineage list)Checked against
- Universal Compendium (excerpt), table · agreesLists Wafā, Ṣādiq, Munis in sequence.
Munis ʿAlī Shāh Dhū l-Riyāsataynمونس علیشاه ذوالریاستین1953
Route 3 of 3: Niʿmatullāhiyya
- The Prophet Muhammadمحمد632
- Shāh Niʿmat Allāh Walīشاه نعمت الله ولی1431
one sourcein Niʿmatullāhiyyaomits: some four centuries of poles, including the Indian Deccan strand (Bahmanid patronage) and the 18th-c. revival; not enumerated in sources read
initiation · Shāh Niʿmat Allāh Walī to Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāh · One source
Trimingham: the order's poles continued from the founder at Mahan; the split came after Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāh.
Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), local .txt, Ni'matullahiyya, pp. 101-102Checked against
- Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (1971), local .txt, trimingham_sufi-orders-in-islam_1971.txt#L5906 · agreesFootnote names the split as coming after Rahmat 'Ali Shah.
Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāhرحمت علیشاه1861one sourcein Niʿmatullāhiyya
successor of · Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāh to Munawwar ʿAlī Shāh · One source
Iranica summary: Munawwar ʿAlī Shāh was the third claimant after Raḥmat ʿAlī Shāh.
Encyclopaedia Iranica, Ne'matollāhiya, as summarised in search results (full text not read; 403)Checked against
- Iranica in summary, Ne'matollāhiya · agreesThird claimant; strongest main-line claim per Iranica summary.
Munawwar ʿAlī Shāhمنور علیشاهone sourcein Niʿmatullāhiyyaomits: Wafāʾ ʿAlī Shāh, Ṣādiq ʿAlī Shāh (names from excerpt only)
successor of · Munawwar ʿAlī Shāh to Munis ʿAlī Shāh Dhū l-Riyāsatayn · One source
Universal Compendium excerpt: the Munawwar line ran through Wafāʾ ʿAlī Shāh and Ṣādiq ʿAlī Shāh to Munis ʿAlī Shāh (1922-1953).
Universal Compendium, Ni'matullahi table (search excerpt; lineage list)Checked against
- Universal Compendium (excerpt), table · agreesLists Wafā, Ṣādiq, Munis in sequence.
Munis ʿAlī Shāh Dhū l-Riyāsataynمونس علیشاه ذوالریاستین1953
How to read the marks
- Two sources: a solid rule. Two independent references give the same link.
- One source: a lighter rule, so labelled.
- The community's own account: a dotted rule. The order tells it; we have not yet read it against a reference source.
- A gap in the rule: the sources omit names between the two. The label says which.
- The sources differ: tap the ≠ to read each reading with its source.
- A ring: a spiritual link, without a meeting (uwaysī).
Who received from Munis ʿAlī Shāh Dhū l-Riyāsatayn
1 recorded, each with the chain set it belongs to.
- Javad Nurbakhsh (Nūr ʿAlī Shāh II)جواد نوربخش2008
two sourcesin Niʿmatullāhiyya
successor of · Munis ʿAlī Shāh Dhū l-Riyāsatayn to Javad Nurbakhsh (Nūr ʿAlī Shāh II) · Two independent sources
In 1953 Javad Nurbakhsh succeeded his master Munis ʿAlī Shāh Dhū l-Riyāsatayn.
the community's own account: nimatullahi.org, Masters of the Path (order's own account)Wikipedia, Ni'matullahi (tertiary)Checked against
- nimatullahi.org Masters, page · agreesSucceeded his master Munes ʿAli Shah in 1953.
- Wikipedia, Ni'matullahi, Javad Nurbakhsh · agreesPir in 1953 after the death of Munis Ali Shah.
How to cite
Mashraba Reader, Atlas of transmission, “Munis ʿAlī Shāh Dhū l-Riyāsatayn”, https://www.mashraba.org/atlas/figure/munis-ali-shah (data of 31 October 2026).