Mahmoud Shehabi Khorassani

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Mahmoud Shehabi Khorassani:محمود شهابی خراسانی (in French Mahmoud Chehabi Khorassani).

lawyer, high-ranking philosopher and one of the eminent jurists of the Pahlavi Dynasty era. He was a distinguished and emeritus professor at the University of Tehran in IRAN. He devoted his entire life to science and education. In fact, his life could be summarized in three missions.:

« Reading » «  Writing » and « Teaching ».

He was well versed in diverse fields such as Logic, Doctrine of Jurisprudence, Philosophy, Poetry, Literature, spirituality. He indulged in Self-improvement , Altruism, and Humility .

Mahmoud Shehabi Khorassani
File:Agha joun.jpg File:Agha joun.jpg 1982 Mulhouse, France
Born	(1903-07-27)27 July 1903 Torbat-e-Heydarieh, Iran
💀Died	27 July 1986(1986-07-27) (aged 83) Mulhouse, France 27 July 1986(1986-07-27) (aged 83)
🏫 Education	Iranian philosophy, Logic, Doctrine of Jurisprudence, Poetry, Literature,
💼 Occupation	professor emeritus at the law School, University of Tehran , Iran
👩 Spouse(s)	Razieh Shehabi 'Sadidi'
👶 Children	Mahvash, Massoud, Mansour
Notes
Main books  : <Leader of Wisdom> and < Periods of Jurisprudence> in several volumes.

Early years and education

Shehabi was born on July 27, 1903, in the town of Torbat-e Heydarieh in Iran into a family of scholars and researchers. His father, Abd al-Salam, also known as Shehab al-Din, was one of the scholars of his time, poet and the author of a few books, including "The Secret of Love" and the "Hidden Treasure". According to some sources, his maternal ancestors are the direct descendants of Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar a Sufi mystic, founder of Torbat-e Heydarieh, prince and son of Salour Khan Uzbek (see History of Uzbekistan ) king of Bukhara .

At the age of 11, he left his hometown to study in Mashhad, Isfahan and finally in Tehran, and remained in this city. In Tehran, he taught rational and movable sciences at the Sepahsalar High School whose name was changed to Shahid Motahari University after the Iranian revolution of 1979. His contemporaries include Reza Hekmat, Badiozzaman Forouzanfar, Mirza Rida Quli Shari'at-Sanglaji and Mohammad Taqi Bahar, who at that time, Fifteen of them were members of the Supreme Council of Culture. Shehabi was one of them .

Teaching at the University of Tehran

In 1933 he was appointed as professor of law and then professor emeritus at the law School of Tehran. He has also taught law at the doctoral level at the Military academy and Police academy of Iran.

Shehabi trained about 40 Senior jurists , judges and lawyers a year during his teaching career . One of the phrases he used to say to new graduate judges was :

“* How easy is to become a judge!"

“* How hard is to become a human"

He was a member of Tehran University’s Higher Council for several terms and was also a member of the Higher Cultural Council of Iran . At the request of Dr Hedayati, the Minister of Justice under the Pahlavi governments he was nominated for a few years to the Supreme Court Judge. He was a prominent member of the Iranian Imperial Academy of Philosophy, who changed the name after the revolution to the Iranian Research Institute of Philosophy. He was also offered education ministry in Pahlavi’s various governments. Mossadegh’s nationalist government also offered him ministerial positions . He categorically refused all the offered positions, replying "The only things I like to do is research, teach, and write." Shehabi did not like politics at all... .

Ms Farshid Afshar, Researcher, judge/lawyer, his law school student writes about him :

“The scientific position of the professor with the influence of spirituality is considerable on his students and the lightning of his luminous path is the burning torch of seekers who seek kindness, science and success to acquire perfection and knowledge. We wish our generation to walk the path that he took, sure and swift steps, our Master of yesterday is and must be the shining torch of our knowledge and science today. We, the builders of the future in this world and who must make our tomorrow shine, must walk in the same path he followed.“

Mehdi Mohaghegh, professor of philosophy wrote :

Shehabi and the book "Leader of Wisdom" ('Rhbar kherad' 'رهبر خرد'):

"In 1946 I met Shehabi, while I was studying the description of the logical system. At this time, I tried to find a book that explained the logic in Persian. Eventually, I came across his book "Leader of Wisdom", which solved many of the logic problems I had."

''Years later, I got to know him better. In 1967 he dedicated a volume of this book to me and gave it to me. At the same time, he also dedicated a volume to the Japanese professor, the late professor Toshihiko Izutsu. Izutsu said ', “This is the best logic book I have ever seen.” Later he wrote and posted comments about it in Japanese.''

Nasser Katouzian, lawyer, jurist, professor emeritus of the Law School of Tehran wrote  : ''The late Shehabi was one of the best teachers, one of the most learned that I have ever seen. I met him at the university. In the amphitheater, his classes were amongst the most attended. Due to the crowds, the students sat on the floor. In a pleasant way, he explained to us the difficult questions relating to the principles of jurisprudence. One of the courses that interested me the most was the one on fundamental rights. His lessons and his words encouraged me to study in this field. His memory will always remain in our minds, I still consider myself indebted to him.''.

His thoughts on Iran in the 1980s

Shehabi attached a great importance to the potentials of "man”, he believed that it was through knowledge and wisdom that the human soul could attain divine status . He was deeply annoyed by the executions that was taking place in Iran. He was saddened by the activities of extremism during the time of the Iranian revolution . He wondered how some revolutionaries could see themselves as a believer, how they could execute men and women, thinkers, educated individuals and also others people in the name of religion. To him all the decrees intended to eliminate human beings are contrary to religion and human dignity in the 20th century. Some revolutionaries, for their personal interests, jeopardize the very existence of Iran and thus could lead to total destruction. Based on his scientific, spiritual, philosophical thinking, and his love for the mankind and society, Shehabi was a democratic thinker and longed for a lasting peace in the whole entire world, particularly in his beloved homeland, Iran .

In 1946 (33 years before the Iranian revolution) he wrote the followings in his ‘Emann Magazine’ .

“God bless us:

“All these conflicts and disputes that history has shown us, in the name of God, have all taken place to strengthen the foundations of sovereignty and monarchy of a few people, whom either have deceived many people or ostracized them in some ways.“

“They have taken this path for their personal purposes by destroying the highest capital of the man which is life. Amazingly, all these clashes and noises and screams have been fabricated with incredible skill using phrases like "serve the people" and "jihad" to make it look like they are acting for the good of human freedom!“

“And the poor human beings, ignorant or helpless, deceived and above all bewildered, thank those faked, selfish, hateful leaders who are only in search of their own personal comfort and the domination of others!!“

Shehabi loved his country, Iran. He elaborated, “If we don't have a homeland, it would be difficult for us to have our own identity and our own beliefs.” .During the Iran-Iraq war(1980 -1988), on September 22/1980, the day of the invasion of Iran by the Arabs under the command of Saddam Hussein, He was already very ill and utterly upset, he was urgently hospitalized for the some days. He kept reiterating in a weak voice: “Lord, save Iran and the Iranians“ “ .

Wife and children

His wife was born in 1907, the daughter of Doctor Abul Hassan Khan, a prominent physician known as ‘Motamedol Ateba’ (The Trusted Physician) .

She was part of the first group of women who (in Iran) attended high school at that period and earned a high level of diversified education. She was also fluent in French.

Her family consisted of businessmen and women, educators and well-known dignitaries. On her mother's side, she belonged to the Qajar dynasty. At the time of her marriage, around 1938, she was an accomplished schoolteacher . After marrying to Shehabi, she continued her education and extensive research, she authored a few books, including a self-awareness book titled, "knowing-self to Know God". This marriage resulted three children, one girl and two boys * Mahvash Razzazi, born March 1942. Residing in Northern California* Massoud Shehabi, born September 1945. Residing in Southern California.Master’s degree in Electrical and Electronics Engineering,* Mansour Chehabi, born in November 1947. Residing in Mulhouse, France.Medical Director and Head of Anesthesiology, Surgical ICU and Intensive Care Services at Mulhouse general Hospitals, France.Director of Clinical Education at Louis Pasteur University Faculty of Medicine in Strasbourg.

Books and Memoirs

Shehabi is the author of approximately 53 books in Persian, English and Arabic .

The references and names of the majority of his works are published in the Persian languages in: "Scholars of Shiite civilization" and "Memoirs of Mansour Chehabi" .

The most famous ones are :

• The Leader of Wisdom in the field of the science of logic,

• ‘Periods of Jurisprudence’in several volumes in the field of the history of jurisprudence.

• He wrote a chapter of Professor Kenneth W. Morgan's book, "Islam the Straight Path" a book that is being taught in several universities around the universe.

Professor Morgan has been to Iran twice to meet Shehabi, prior and after the publication of his book (1954 and 1964).

• See also "A Critical View Concerning the ‘Merits of Simplicity in Truth" .

• Then his last work "Living to Love" (Zendehe Eshgh) which was handwritten partly in America and partly in France.

After the death of his father Mansour Shehabi sent the manuscript of this book from France to Iran and donated it to the Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi in Mashhad, this book was therefore published in 1992 in Teheran for the first time with the efforts of Mansour Shehabi and his lawyer in Iran.

Shehabi had high respect and deep admiration for:

Hafez, Ibn Sina, Ferdowsi, Rumi, Omar Khayyam, Shams Tabrizi, Nezami Ganjavi and Razi.

A year after his death in 1986 in France, at the request of Mansour and Massoud Shehabi a collection of books from his personal library (more than 2000 books), including many rare manuscripts, was donated to the Central Library of Astan Quds Razavi.

Since 2017 the National Library and Archives of Iran (NLI) (National Library of Iran ) have several hundred books and manuscripts from his private library.

In 2020, The children donated to the National Library of Iran some of his remaining works (18 manuscripts) and in 2021, 27 other volumes of his works as well as 29 issues of 'Emonn' magazine he published in the 1920s and 30s.

Notable students:

Many eminent judges, lawyers and professors graduating from the Tehran Law School from 1939 until the Iranian Revolution in 1979 are among his students.

To name a few: • Dr.Farshid Afshar .• Professor Ali Akbar Shehabi .• Dr.Khalil Maleki• Dr.Ali Shariatmadari• Dr.Noor Ali Tabandeh• Professor Nasser Katouzian• Professor Sayed Hassan Amin• Professor Mehdi Mohaghegh• Dr. Morteza Kakhi مرتضی_کاخی • Professor Akbar Sobout اکبر_ثبوت• Professor Abdelah Anvar عبدالله_انوار

Late life and death

Shehabi after the Iranian revolution of 1979 left Iran and until his death in 1986 resided near his son Mansour in Mulhouse in France . During these years, seeking to research on the contemporary thoughts of western cultures, he traveled to several European countries and the United States reside few months in Marin County with his other son Massoud, Touring universities, cultural centers and libraries, exchanging thoughts with professors and researchers. At Sorbonne in France, Heidelberg University in Germany, University of Geneva in Switzerland, Oxford and Cambridge in England, Stanford in USA. These years, produced his last book ‘Zendeh Eshgh' ‘زنده عشق', which was published in Iran after his death . Shehabi died on Saturday, July 26, 1986, at the age of 83 in Mulhouse, France. The day following his death, Mr. Jacques Chirac, the mayor of Paris at the time, then President of France (1995-2007), suggested that his body be transported from Mulhouse to Paris for burial in Père Lachaise cemetery . Mansour informed Mr. Chirac that Shehabi wished to be buried in the Chehabi's family vault in the Cimetière parisien de Thiais. Shehabi’s body was transported to Paris to be buried on Friday, August 1, 1986, in the perpetual Chehabi's family concession. During his burial ceremony, Dr Hedayati, Dr Ayati, Dr Kakhi, and Massoud Shehabi spoke. Two months after his death, his wife Razieh Shehabi 'Sadidi' died on September 27, 1986, and is buried near her husband in the Parisian cemetery of Thiais. WIKIPEDIA, in its article on the Cimetière parisien de Thiais, French, English and Persian languages, mentions , Professor Mahmoud Shehabi Khorassani amongst the dignitaries buried in this large Parisian cemetery.

Gallery

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  Entry Cimetière parisien de Thiais

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  Shrine of Professor Mahmoud Shehabi, in Cimetière parisien de Thiais, at 101st division, row 16.

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  Manuscript of a poem by Shehabi written in 1984 in Mulhouse, France.

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  Thank you letter from the Association of Cultural Works and Honors to the family of Professor Mahmoud Shehabi

References

• 1 - ghazavat on line

• 2-- Scholars of Shiite civilization

• 3- Biography, scientific and cultural services of the late Professor Mahmoud Shehabi Khorasani, Association of Cultural Works and Honors.زندگی نامه و خدمات علمی و فرهنگی مرحوم استاد محمود شهابی خراسانی انجمن آثار ومفاخر فرهنگی, .ISBN 978-964-528-280-4 Search this book on . تهران: انجمن آثار و مفاخر فرهنگی ،۶۶۴

• 4-Memoirs of Mansour Chehabi

• 5- Mahmoud Shehabi by Ali Najafi and Jalal Rafi: Ettelaat newspaper, Wednesday, August 23, 2009, Tehran, Iran

• 6-Appendix to the Quarterly Journal of Jurisprudence and Law, First Year, Issue 2, Summer 2015, in memory of Mahmoud Shehabi “Yad-e-an- kimiagar-e-tanha “.

• 7-Commemoration of the late Professor Mahmoud Shehabi.

• 8-Mrs. Farshid Afshar, researcher and lawyer: “A look at the life of Mahmoud Shehabi, professor at the Faculty of Law, on the occasion of his thirtieth death anniversary”.Ettelaat newspaper, Monday, September 6th, 2016, Tehran, Iran

• 9-Amir Nasser Katouzian, the father of Iran’s science of law

• 10-Emann Magazine, Farvardine 1325, No.5, Teheran, Iran

• 11- Association of cultural Works and Honors.

• 12-A'Critical View Concerning the ‘Merits of Simplicity in Truth’ by Mahmoud Shehabi, Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy, 1976 Hardcover - January 1, 1976 - 192 pages.

• 13- Zende Eshghe (première édition de Islamic Revolution Publications and Education) Teheran Iran,year 1992, pages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

• 14-Interview with Dr. Ali Akbar Shahabi: Kayhan Farhangi, 4th of July 1987, No. 40, page 5, Teheran, Iran.

• 15- the world of economy. Morning newspaper, Teheran, Iran, number 3960, january 17, 2016, news number 3271327.

• 16- Iran Newspaper, 23rd year, No. 6574, Monday, August 21, 2017, Tehran, Iran. * 17- A 'Critical View Concerning the ‘Merits of Simplicity in Truth’ by Mahmoud Shehabi, Imperial Iranian Academy of Philosophy, 1976 Hardcover - January 1, 1976 - 192 pages

• 17- - National Library and Archives of Iran

• 18- Dr.Farshid Afshar

• 19- Professor Ali Akbar Shehabi

• 20- A poem by Mahmoud Shahabi

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