Mahan is also well-known for the tomb of the great Sufi leader Shah Nematollah-e-Vali.

The tomb of Shah Nur-eddin Nematollah Vali, poet, sage, Sufi and founder of an order of dervishes, has twin minarets covered with turquoise tiles from the bottom up to the cupola.

Ahmad Shah Dakani (Indian king) had the mausoleum built; the rest of the building was constructed during the reigns of Shah Abbas I, Mohammad Shah Qajar and Nasser-al-Din Shah. Shah Nematallah Vali spent many years wandering through central Asia perfecting his spiritual gifts before finally settling at Mahan, twenty miles south-east of Kerman, where he passed the last twenty five years of his life. He died in 1431, having founded a Darvish order. The central domed burial vault at Mahan, completed in 1437 was erected under the order of Ahmad Shah Bahmani, king of the Deccan (India), and one of Shah Nematallah’s most devoted disciples.

He paid the expenses of construction of a beautiful dome and sent 5 amazing wooden doors finely decorated with marquetry and enameling. These doors are still in use and very beautiful.

The internal beautiful architecture is a blend of Persian and Indian. The place enjoys a special spiritual atmosphere therein no one talks loudly as if automatically any incomer gets silent.