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Hossein Borujerdi
Iranian Grand Ayatollah (1875-1961) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Hossein Ali Tabatabaei Borujerdi (Luri/Persian: آیت الله العظمی سید حسین طباطبایی بروجردی; 23 March 1875 – 30 March 1961) was a leading Iranian Shia Marja' in Iran from approximately 1947 to his death in 1961.[1]
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Title | Grand Ayatollah |
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Born | (1875-03-23)23 March 1875 |
Died | 30 March 1961(1961-03-30) (aged 86) |
Religion | Shia Islam |
Era | Modern history |
Creed | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
Main interest(s) | uṣūl al-fiqh |
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Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
Period in office | 1937–1946 |
Predecessor | Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani |
Successor | Muhsin al-Hakim |
Post | Grand Ayatollah |
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