The Great Arif buried in Mashhad

Syed Shahsawaar Ali Shah Mansoori was the great grandson of Syed Shah Khaleelullah, the only son of Syed Shah Nimatullah Wali buried in Mahan near Kerman in Iran. Syed Shah Khaleelullah, the great scholar of Iran after the heavenly departure of his father, Syed Shah Nimatullah Wali on the invitation of Ahmad Shah Wali Bahmani, the famous and powerful ruler of the Bahmani Kingdom in Deccan (South India) migrated from Mahan, Kerman and came to Bidar, the capital of Bahmani Kingdom. In Bidar, Syed Shah Khaleelullah was given a royal welcome by the Bahmani King and he was greatly respected by the King and the people of Deccan.He died and buried in Bidar and his beautiful grand mausoleum on a hill top outside the Bidar fort is respected and visited by the people of Deccan.
Syed Shahsawaar Ali Shah Mansoori, the great grandson of Syed Shah Khaleelullah,who on the orders of the Holy Prophet (S.A.W.) which he got in dream left Deccan for the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) in Mashhad, Iran in the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
He used to pray regularly daily for long hours in the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) while keeping fast continously for a period of more than forty years and only did not fast on Eid-ul-Fitr, Eid-ul-Adha and Ashura days.By his incessant worship for a period of more than forty years in the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) he obtained great spiritual favours and position. Whenever he used to enter the holy shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) he used to convey Salam to Imam Reza alaihis salam and he listened the reply of Salaam from Imam Reza (A.S.).
When Syed Shahsawaar Ali Shah Mansoori entitled himself with the title of Abdur Reza "the Slave of Imam Reza", Imam Reza (A.S.) in the dream changed his title to Ibnur Reza "Son of Imam Reza" and from then onwards he started writing Ibnur Reza after his name.
He once wore chains like Imam Zainulabedin alaihis salam, who was chained by the Yazidi forces after the Ashura day and taken as captive from Karbala to Kufa and then to Damascus (Syria).He was given the title of Mansoor-al-Tawliyat by Astan Quds Razavi(the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) and thus his family became famous as Mansoori. His grave is situated in his house which is situated in the Mansoori alley in Khosravi street in Mashhad.
When his son Agha Syed Shah Abbas Mansoori was young he requested his father to give him an advice so that he would follow it all his life. Syed Shahsawaar Ali Shah Mansoori replied: Perform midnight prayers 'Namaz-e-Tahajjud'. But again Agha Syed Shah Abbas Mansoori asked his father the same question but three times he replied him: Pray 'Namaz-e-Tahajjud' and from that age when Agha Syed Shah Abbas Mansoori was 25 years old he started performing 'Namaz-e-Tahajjud' and continued until his death.
Syed Shahsawaar Ali Shah Mansoori used to send her eldest daughter Shah Bibi to Maktab (Islamic School) for Islamic learning but Imam Reza alaihis salam ordered him in his dream to teach his daughter himself in the home. Syed Shahsawaar Ali Shah Mansoori trained his daughter in Islamic Studies perfectly in such a way that whenever Agha Syed Shah Abbas Mansoori, who himself was a learned Alim from Hawzah Ilmiyyah of Mashhad and Najaf Ashraf, used to face any problem regarding Islamic rules, laws and history, he used to confer with her elder sister who was educated by his father in Islamic Studies.
After the heavenly departure of Syed Shahsawaar Ali Shah Mansoori, Agha Syed Shah Abbas Mansoori used to take care of his elder sister Shah Bibi. Shah Bibi taught Islam, the stories of the Prophets and Holy Imams to all the children and grand children of Agha Syed Shah Abbas Mansoori. Shah Bibi used to gather the children to recite Nawha and Marsiya for the Shuhada of Karbala and Shah Bibi used to recite Majlis of Imam Husain alaihis salam, and the Alams 'flags' of the Shuhada of Karbala were erected in the house of Agha Syed Shah Abbas Mansoori in Hyderabad Deccan.
Agha Syed Shah Abbas Mansoori opposed the anti-Islamic acts of Reza Shah, the despot of Iran and for this reason Agha Syed Shah Abbas Mansoori along with all his family members were deported from Mashhad into British India after the massacre of the people of Mashhad by Reza Shah in Masjid Gawharshad in the holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.). On 13th July, 1935 people of Mashhad gathered in Masjid Gawharshad in the holy Shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.) to protest against the ban on women wearing Islamic Hijab. The army of Reza Shah entered Masjid Gawharshad and massacred the innocent people in the Masjid and the holy shrine of Imam Reza (A.S.).After deportation from Mashhad, Agha Syed Shah Abbas Mansoori went to Hyderabad Deccan and became the Imam Juma and Imam Jamaat of Darbar Husaini Iranian in Hyderabad Deccan.
The younger son of Syed Shahsawaar Ali Shah Mansoori by name Syed Ali Reza went to Najaf Ashraf from Hyderabad Deccan and after the deportation of Reza Shah from Iran during the Second World War, he came to Tehran and became the Imam Jamaat of Masjid Hujjat in Sar Asiyab Dulab locality in Tehran and became famous as Ayatullah Syed Ali Reza Quddusi. He died in Tehran in 2007 at an age of 102 years.
Another younger son of Syed Shahsawaar Ali Shah Mansoori by name Syed Husain Mansoori who migrated to Hyderabad Deccan was a very pious person who died during a religious ceremony on the night of 21 Ramazan (Shab-e-Qadr).