Muhammad-Hassan al-Shirazi | |
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الميرزا محمد حسن الحسيني الشيرازي | |
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Title | Grand Ayatollah Mujaddid |
Personal | |
Born | April 25, 1815 |
Died | February 20, 1895 | (aged 79)
Resting place | Imam Ali Shrine |
Religion | Islam |
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Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia |
Other names | al-Mirza al-Kabir, Arabic: الميرزا الكبير al-Mujadid al-Shirazi, Arabic: المجدد الشيرازي |
Relatives | Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (grand nephew & grandson-in-law) Razi Shirazi (great grandson) Abd al-Hadi al-Shirazi (first cousin, once removed) |
Organization | |
Institute | Najaf Seminary Samarra Seminary |
Muslim leader | |
Based in | Najaf, Iraq Samarra, Iraq |
Period in office | 1864–1895 |
Predecessor | Murtadha al-Ansari |
Successor | Akhund Khorasani |
Post | Grand 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.