Mahmoud Shehabi Khorassani

Mahmoud Shehabi Khorassani (, ) was a lawyer, philosopher, jurist, and a professor emeritus at the University of Tehran in the Pahlavi dynasty era. He was well versed in diverse fields such as logic, doctrine of jurisprudence, philosophy, poetry, literature, and spirituality.

Early years and education Mahmoud Shehabi was born on 26 July 1903, in the town of Torbat-e Heydarieh in Iran. His father, Abd al-Salam, poet and the author of a few books, including The Secret of Love and Hidden Treasure. His maternal ancestors are the descendants of Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar a Sufi mystic, founder of Torbat-e Heydarieh, son of Salour Khan Uzbek, 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 1933, he was appointed as professor of law, and later professor emeritus in the Faculty of Law of Tehran, where he taught law at the doctoral level, He also taught law at the Military academy and Police academy. He was a member of Tehran University's High Council, a member of the supreme council of culture, and member of the Iranian Imperial Academy of Philosophy for several times. At the request of Dr. Mohammad Hedayati, then Minister of Justice, he was appointed Supreme Judge of the Courts for a time.

Works

Shehabi is the author of more than 50 books in Persian, English and Arabic. his last work "Living to Love" (Zendehe Eshgh) which was written partly in America and partly in France.

Some students Shirin Ebadi. Simin Behbahani.

Shehabi's views on Iran in the 1980s (post islamic revolution in 1979) 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. During these years, he traveled across European and the United States, 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, University of Oxford and University of Cambridge in England, Stanford University in United States.