Biographies

Place of birth: Isfahan Place of Demise: Isfahan Born and Family Muhammad Taqi Majlesi, the son of Maqṣud-ʿAli Eṣfahāni, commonly referred to as Majlesi-ye Awwal, an important Twelver Shiʿite jurist and Hadith scholar in Safavid Iran was born in 1594. He is generally considered to be the first eminent member of what …

Place of birth: Isfahan Place rolls: Isfahan Born & Family Prominent Oṣuli jurist, influential in the affairs of Isfahan during the reigns of Fatḥ-ʿAli Shah and Muhammad Shah, Ḥāj Muḥammad Ebrāhim Kalbasi, was born in 1766 in Isfahan. His father, Ḥāj Muhammad had migrated there, by way of Kāḵk in eastern Khorasan, …

Place of birth: Samarra Place of Demise: Najaf Born & Upbringing Ayatollah Sayyed Abd al-Hadi Shirazi, a Shiite scholar of Najaf, highly regarded for his learning and piety was born in Samarra, Iraq in 1926. His father, Mīrzā Esmāʿīl Shirazi, also a faqīh, was a cousin of the celebrated Mīrzā Ḥassan Shiraz …

Place of birth: Iran Place of Demise: Najaf Born Ayatollah Mirza Muhammad Hassan Ashtiyani, late nineteenth-century mojtahed who played an important role in the campaign against the tobacco concession of 1891 was born in 1832. Education Like most scholars of the period, he received his higher religious training in Najaf, where his …

Ayatollah Muhammad Mohsen Aqabozorg Tehrani

Place of birth: Tabriz Born Ayatollah Dozdozani son of Haj Abdolhamid was born in 1935. in the city of Tabriz, Iran into a religious family. His father was a religious and beneficent merchant in Tabriz city. His ancestors had immigrated to Tabriz city from Duzduzan village about 70 kilometers East of …

Place of birth: Arak – Iran Place of Demise: Qom – Iran Born Ayatullah Al-Uzma Al-Hajj Ash-Shaykh ‘Al- Arak was born in the early 1890’s, but the exact date is not known due to the lack of appropriate birth records at the time, in the Iranian city of Arak.Education Following his preliminary …

Place of birth: Alipur – Pakistan Place of Demise: Lahore – Pakistan Born and Family Background Sayyed Safdar Hussain Najafi was born in 1933 ad at Alipur in Muzaffergadh district. The area is famous for its fertility and lush green environs. He is from a well known Naqvi Sayyed family. He descended …

Place of birth: Tabriz – Iran Place of Demise: Najaf – Iraq Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Qazi Tabtabaee Born Al-Hajj Mirza Sayyid Ali Agha al-Qadi was born in the city of Tabriz on the 13th of the month of Thil-Hijja of 1282 A.H. Education Having finished his preparatory study, he was tutored by …

Place of birth: Ardebil – Iran Place of Demise: Tehran, Iran Political: Since his early twenties, alongside his studies in theology, the Grand Ayatollah Mousavi Ardebili has been actively involved in social and political activities. The exciting speeches he made in mosques in different cities of the country including Uromiyyeh, Hamedan, …