Born 2 weeks before Nowruz of 1922 in Birjand, Khorasan to Hamideh Ghaffari and Amir Masoum Khan Sheibany, he was the 5th of 8 siblings. His father was the last trustee of the Mir Hassan Khan Trust, set up in the mid-eighteenth century. Amir Ali Sheibany was related to the mother of Prime Minister Asadollah Alam, and a direct descendant of Mir Mamad Khan, a storied commander of Nader Shah Afshar and governor of Khorasan. The title "Amir" is Arabic for ruler or governor. Amir Ali Sheibany, was the 7th generation of Amir's based out of Khorasan.
As the Undersecretary of State for the Ministry of Industry and Mines, which later became the Ministry of Economy, Amir Ali Sheibany was instrumental in the rapid expansion of Iran's Industrial base, and was signatory to the building of 12,000 industrial units. He was also responsible for building eight cities for the steel industry workers, one of which, Aryashahr, was designed for up to 300 thousand residents. Built 25 km west of Isfahan, Aryashahr's master plan won in 1975 the award for the Best Designed Master Plan for a City in a competition in Brazil. With the help of Iranian city planners Amir Ali Sheibany presented to HIM the Shahanshah the master plan behind the . Prime Minister Amir-Abbas Hoveyda, once introduced Amir Ali Sheibany to the US Ambassador to Tehran, as his “... roughest, toughest, shrewdest fighter. But I like him". The construction of the steel works was the end of a very long road of objections and obstacles by other industrialized countries, specifically Britain and the United States. Iran had to ultimately rely on Russian help for its completion. One Stanford-based researcher identified that declassified CIA reports had stated in 1966: "The shah often acted against US advice. … Iran’s decision to purchase a steel mill from Soviet Union… is one sign of this newfound independence. Iran’s active role in OPEC, and the Shah’s willingness to stand up to the west is another". Marshall Plan Point 4, Public Health division Azerbaijan 1955–1956 Associate Professor at Technical Faculty of Tehran University. Consultant at Ministry of Industry and Mines. Founder, and Chairman, of the Secretariat of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran. Assistant General Managing Director of National Iranian Steel Corporation. Undersecretary of Ministry of Industry and Mines. Undersecretary of Ministry of Economy. General Managing Director of National Iranian Steel Corporation. Adjoudan-e Keshvari Shahanshah Areyamehr.
