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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Hasan al-Musawi al-Isfahani (Arabic: أبوالحسن الموسوي الأصفهاني; 1861–November 4, 1946) was an Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja'.[1]
Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani | |
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أبوالحسن الموسوي الأصفهاني | |
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| Personal | |
| Born | 1861 |
| Died | November 4, 1946 (aged 84–85) |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
| Period in office | 1937–1946 |
| Predecessor | Muhammad Hossein Naini |
| Successor | Hossein Borujerdi |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
al-Isfahani became the leading marja' of the Shia world after the death of Muhammad-Hussein al-Naini.
- ^ Rainer Brunner; Werner Ende (1 January 2001). The Twelver Shia in Modern Times: Religious Culture and Political History. BRILL. p. 178. ISBN 90-04-11803-9.