Mahmoud Taleghani

Mahmoud Taleghani
Mahmoud Taleghani
Member of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution
	In office; 15 August 1979 – 9 September 1979
Constituency	Tehran Province
Majority	2,016,801 (79.3%)
Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam
	In office; 27 July 1979 – 9 September 1979
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Hassan Emami
Succeeded by	Hussein-Ali Montazeri
Head of Council of the Islamic Revolution
	In office; 1 May 1979 – 9 September 1979
Preceded by	Morteza Motahari
Succeeded by	Mohammad Beheshti
Personal details
Born	Seyyed Mahmoud Alaei Taleghani; 5 March 1911; Galird, Sublime State of Persia
Died	9 September 1979 (aged 68); Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Behesht-e-Zahra
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Freedom Movement of Iran (1961–1979); National Front (1951–1961);
	Theological work
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Twelver Shīʿā
School	Jaʿfari
Main interests	Tafsir
Years active	1921–1979
Alma mater	Najaf Seminary; Feyziyeh Seminary
Taught at	Sepahsalar School
	Influenced Ali Shariati, Azam Taleghani ;
	Influenced by Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i, Muhammad Abduh ;

Sayyid Mahmoud Alaei Taleghani (Persian: محمود طالقانی, pronunciation^ⓘ, also Romanized as Mahmūd Tāleqānī; 5 March 1911 – 9 September 1979) was an Iranian theologian, Muslim reformer, democracy advocate and a senior Shi'a Islamic Scholar and thinker of Iran, and a leader in his own right of the movement against Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. A founding member of the Freedom Movement of Iran, he has been described as a representative of the tendency of many "Shia clerics to blend Shia with Marxist ideals in order to compete with leftist movements for youthful supporters" during the 1960s and 1970s.^[5] His "greatest influence" has been said to have been in "his teaching of Quranic exegesis," as many later revolutionaries were his students.^[6]

He was Tehran's first Friday Prayer Imam after the Iranian Revolution.^[7]

^ Gerhard Böwering, Patricia Crone, Mahan Mirza (2013), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, Princeton University Press, p. 505, ISBN 9780691134840{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Vakil, Sanam (2011), Women and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Action and Reaction, A&C Black, p. 85, ISBN 9781441197344
^ R. Michael Feener (2004), Islam in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, ABC-CLIO, p. 89, ISBN 9781576075166
^ Hussein Abdul-Raof (2012), Theological Approaches to Qur'anic Exegesis: A Practical Comparative-contrastive Analysis, Routledge, p. 3, ISBN 9780415449588
^ Nasr, Vali, The Shia Revival, Norton, (2006), pp. 126–7
^ Bakhash, Shaul, Reign of the Ayatollahs (1984), p. 168
^ "گزارش: اولین نماز جمعه تهران چگونه و توسط چه کسی اقامه شد؟ + عکس". tasnimnews.

[1] Gerhard Böwering, Patricia Crone, Mahan Mirza (2013), The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, Princeton University Press, p. 505, ISBN 9780691134840{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[2] Vakil, Sanam (2011), Women and Politics in the Islamic Republic of Iran: Action and Reaction, A&C Black, p. 85, ISBN 9781441197344

[3] R. Michael Feener (2004), Islam in World Cultures: Comparative Perspectives, ABC-CLIO, p. 89, ISBN 9781576075166

[4] Hussein Abdul-Raof (2012), Theological Approaches to Qur'anic Exegesis: A Practical Comparative-contrastive Analysis, Routledge, p. 3, ISBN 9780415449588

[5] Nasr, Vali, The Shia Revival, Norton, (2006), pp. 126–7

[Bakhash,_Shaul_1984_p.168-6] Bakhash, Shaul, Reign of the Ayatollahs (1984), p. 168

[tasnimnews-7] "گزارش: اولین نماز جمعه تهران چگونه و توسط چه کسی اقامه شد؟ + عکس". tasnimnews.

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Mahmoud Taleghani


Member of the Assembly of Experts for Constitution
In office 15 August 1979 – 9 September 1979
Constituency	Tehran Province
Majority	2,016,801 (79.3%)
Tehran's Friday Prayer Imam
In office 27 July 1979 – 9 September 1979
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	Hassan Emami
Succeeded by	Hussein-Ali Montazeri
Head of Council of the Islamic Revolution
In office 1 May 1979 – 9 September 1979
Preceded by	Morteza Motahari
Succeeded by	Mohammad Beheshti

Personal details
Born	Seyyed Mahmoud Alaei Taleghani (1911-03-05)5 March 1911 Galird, Sublime State of Persia
Died	9 September 1979(1979-09-09) (aged 68) Tehran, Iran
Resting place	Behesht-e-Zahra
Nationality	Iranian
Political party	Freedom Movement of Iran (1961–1979) National Front (1951–1961)
Theological work
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Twelver Shīʿā
School	Jaʿfari
Main interests	Tafsir
Years active	1921–1979
Alma mater	Najaf Seminary Feyziyeh Seminary
Taught at	Sepahsalar School
Influenced Ali Shariati,^[1] Azam Taleghani^[2]
Influenced by Muhammad Husayn Tabataba'i,^[3] Muhammad Abduh^[4]