seyed mostafa azmayesh was born in tehran (iran) in 1952. on completion of his studies in arabian literature (tehran 1974) and law (tehran 1975), he moved to france in 1976. in paris he studied theology and history of law at the sorbonne university, as well as comparative studies of islam and christianity at the university of lyon for which he received two doctorate degrees. one of his professors was the philosopher and theologian henri corbin. after having completed his academic studies he continued his research in the areas of religion, philosophy and various fields of science. azmayesh was admitted into the lineage of initiates of the nematollahi-gonabadi order in 1969, which is the most popular and oldest sufi order in iran. azmayesh is the official representative of the shah ni'matullah wali gonabadi order outside of iran.