Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi

Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi
Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi
	Portrait of Mohammad-Baqer Maljesi
Personal
Born	1627; Isfahan, Safavid Iran
Died	29 March 1699 (aged 71–72); Isfahan, Safavid Iran
Religion	Shi'ism
Denomination	Shia
Jurisprudence	Ja'fari
Creed	Twelver
Main interest(s)	Hadith, Fiqh
Notable work(s)	Bihar al-Anwar
Profession	Clergyman, jurist
Senior posting
Period in office	1687 - 1699
Successor	Muhammad Salih Khatunabadi
Profession	Clergyman, jurist
Post	Shaykh al-Islām of Isfahan

Mohammad Baqer Majlesi (c. 1627 – 29 March 1699) (Persian: علامه مجلسی Allameh Majlesi; also Romanized as: Majlessi, Majlisi, Madjlessi), known as Allamah Majlesi or Majlesi Al-Thani (Majlesi the Second), was an influential Iranian Twelver Shia scholar and thinker during the Safavid era. He has been described as "one of the most powerful and influential Shi'a ulema of all time", whose "policies and actions reoriented Twelver Shia'ism in the direction that it was to develop from his day on."^[1]

He was buried next to his father in a family mausoleum located next to the Jamé Mosque of Isfahan.

^ Moojan Momen, Introduction to Shi'i Islam (Yale University Press, 1985) (p.114) quoted in Soul of Iran, p.174

[1] Moojan Momen, Introduction to Shi'i Islam (Yale University Press, 1985) (p.114) quoted in Soul of Iran, p.174

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