Alireza Nurbakhsh


Alireza Nurbakhsh is the present Master of the Nimatullahi Sufi Order. He assumed this position after the death of his father, Javad Nurbakhsh on October 10, 2008.
Under his leadership, the Nimatullahi Sufi Order expanded its charitable initiatives by establishing programs in each center through the Sufi Service Committee to support the social and economic needs of local communities.

Life

Nurbakhsh was born in a small town near Bam, the capital city of Kerman province in Iran. His family moved to Tehran when he was two years old. He lived in the Nimatullahi Khanqah in Tehran until he left Iran for United States in 1977, to pursue a PhD in philosophy. After receiving his degree, Nurbakhsh moved to London where he studied and practiced law. Following more than twenty years of legal practice in London, he retired in 2023 to devote his full time, energy, and efforts to writing on Sufism and mysticism, as well as to the expansion of charitable activities around the world.

Education

After graduating from Alborz High School in 1973, Nurbakhsh attended Tehran's Melli University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy. He continued his post graduate studies at University of Wisconsin, Madison and received a PhD in philosophy in 1988. In London he returned to school and received a Postgraduate Diploma in Law and completed the Legal Practice Course at the University of Law in London.

Selected articles/lecture

Poems

Alireza Nurbakhsh’s poetry collection, titled Love in the Ruins, was published in Persian in 2025. Selected poems translated into English are listed below:
  • Love in the Ruins - Composed May 2023 - Banbury, UK
  • The Cupbearer - Composed June 2017 - Banbury, UK
  • Idol Breaker - Composed December 2016 - Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
  • Love for the Friend - Composed June 2016 - London, UK