Mirza Shirazi

Muhammad-Hassan al-Shirazi
الميرزا محمد حسن الحسيني الشيرازي
TitleGrand Ayatollah
Mujaddid
Personal
BornApril 25, 1815
DiedFebruary 20, 1895(1895-02-20) (aged 79)
Resting placeImam Ali Shrine
ReligionIslam
Children
  • Muhammad
  • Ali Agha
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia
Other namesal-Mirza al-Kabir, Arabic: الميرزا الكبير
al-Mujadid al-Shirazi, Arabic: المجدد الشيرازي
RelativesMirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (grand nephew & grandson-in-law)
Razi Shirazi (great grandson)
Abd al-Hadi al-Shirazi (first cousin, once removed)
Organization
InstituteNajaf Seminary
Samarra Seminary
Muslim leader
Based inNajaf, Iraq
Samarra, Iraq
Period in office1864–1895
PredecessorMurtadha al-Ansari
SuccessorAkhund Khorasani
PostGrand Ayatollah

Grand Ayatollah Mujaddid Mirza Abu Muhammad Mu'iz al-Din Muhammad-Hassan al-Husayni al-Shirazi (Persian: ابومحمد معزالدین محمدحسن حسينى شيرازی; Arabic: أبو محمد معز الدين محمد حسن الحسيني الشيرازي; 25 April 1815 – 20 February 1895), better simply known as Mirza Shirazi (میرزای شیرازی), was an Iraqi-Iranian Shia marja'.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

After the death of Murtadha al-Ansari, he was known to be the supreme Shia leader of his time, and gained fame for his celebrated 1891 verdict against the usage of tobacco in what became known as the Tobacco Protest in the Qajar era.[7]

He is dubbed as the mujaddid (renewer of the religion) of the 13th century of the Islamic era by Shias.

  1. ^ "al-Mujadid al-Shirazi al-Kabir". An-Nabaa Information Network (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  2. ^ al-Tehrani, Agha Buzurg (2009). Tabaqat A'lam al-Shia; al-Kiram al-Barara Fi al-Qarn al-Thalith Ashar [Levels of the Notables of the Shia (13th Century)]. Vol. 13. Cairo, Egypt: Dar Ihya' al-Turath al-Arabi. p. 436.
  3. ^ "Ayatollah Mirza Shirazi". Islamic Insights. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
  4. ^ al-Wardi, Dr. Ali (2010-01-01). Lamahat Ijtima'iya Min Tarikh al-Iraq [Social Glimpses From The History Of Iraq] (in Arabic). Vol. 3. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Rashid. pp. 86–102.
  5. ^ Hann, Geoff; Dabrowska, Karen; Townsend-Greaves, Tina (7 August 2015). Iraq: The ancient sites and Iraqi Kurdistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-84162-488-4.
  6. ^ "Qa'id Thawrat al-Tunbak" [Leader of the Tobacco Protest]. www.alanwar14.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-04-23.
  7. ^ "al-Mirza al-Shiraz.. Sahib Thawrat al-Tinbak" [al-Mirza al-Shirazi.. Head of the Tobacco revolution]. www.alrsool.info (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-04-23.

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