Ayatollah Sayyid Hussein Tabatabaei Broujerdi, the great leader of Islam Shia sect, a great scholar of Islamic world of 20th century, was born in 1875 at the city of Boroujerd 400 kilometer south west of Tehran in Iran.
His father was the late Seyed Ali Tabatabaiee, a Moslem Clergy of a high stature like most of his ancestors whom were celebrated scholars of their own time, some of them supreme religious leaders such as: “Seyed Mahdi Bahr al–Olum Tabatabaei”, “Seyyed Kazem Tabatabaei Yazdi”, “Seyyed Ali Tabatabaei” and “Seyyed Mohsen Tabatabaei Hakim”.
The following is some of the rare photos of Ayatollah Broujerdi may his soul rest in peace: