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 …
Read More »Muḥammad ʻAlī Arākī
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 …
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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 …
Read More »Sayyid ʻAli Qāḍī
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 …
Read More »Sayyid ʻAbd al-Karīm Mūsawī ʻArdabīlī
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, …
Read More »Sayyid ʻIz al-Dīn Ḥosaynī Zanjānī
Place of birth: Zanjan – Iran Place of Demise: Mashhad – Iran Born and Upbringing Ayatullah Zanjani was born in Zanjan (the city of learned people) in 1921 in a family known for its knowledge and fiqh. His father the late Ayatullah Uzma Mirza Mahmood Husayni Zanjani was one of the eminent …
Read More »Sayyid Ḥassan Modarres
Place of birth: Ardestan – Iran Place of Martyrdom: Tehran, Kashmar – Iran Born Ayatollah Seyyed Hassan Modarres was born in 1870, in Ardestan, Isfahan, Iran Education He accomplished his studies in Isfahan, Samarra and Najaf at the presence of such grand teachers as Ayatollah Mirzai-e Shirazi, leader of tobacco …
Read More »Muḥammad Ibn Ḥassan Ibn ʻAlī Ibn al-Ḥusayn al-ʿĀmilī (Ḥorr ʻAmilī)
Place of birth: Jabal Amel – Lebanon Place of Demise: Isfahan – Iran Born and Upbringing Muhammad bin al-Ḥassan b. Ali b. al-Ḥusayn al-ʿĀmili was born on Rajab 8th, 1033 A.H. in a village in the “Jabal Amel” region in Lebanon. He is accounted a great narrator of Hadiths and an outstanding …
Read More »Muḥammad Ibn Ḥusayn Bahāʾī (Shaykh Bahāʾī)
Place of birth: Jabal Amel, Lebanon Place of Demise: Isfahan, Iran Born Bahāʾ-al-dīn ʿāmelī, Shaikh Muhammad b. Ḥosayn Bahāʾī, also known as Shaikh Bahāʾī, Imami scholar and author born near Baalbek on 27 Ḏu’l-ḥejja 953/18 February 1547.Emigration to Iran He moved with the rest of his family to Isfahan and from there …
Read More »Muḥammad ʻAlī Shāhābādī
Place of birth: Isfahan – Iran Place of Demise: Tehran – Iran Born and Upbringing The late Ayatollah Shah-Abadi was in 1275 in Hussain Abad district of Isfahan city. His father was the late Ayatullah Muhammad Javad Bidabadi known as Shah-Abadi, the Grand Marja’ of Shia world. Education He was an expert …
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