Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi | |
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عبدالکریم حائری یزدی | |
Personal | |
Born | 1859 Meybod, Yazd, Iran |
Died | 30 January 1937 | (aged 77–78)
Religion | Shia Islam (Usuli Twelver) |
Children | 3, including Morteza Haeri Yazdi and Mehdi Haeri Yazdi |
Senior posting | |
Period in office | 1900-1937 |
Post | Founder and patron of Qom Seminary Grand Ayatollah |
Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sheikh Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi[1] (Persian: عبدالکریم حائری یزدی; Arabic: عبد الكريم الحائري اليزدي ALA-LC: ʻAbd al-Karīm al-Ḥāʼirī al-Yazdī; 1859 – 30 January 1937) was a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and marja. He was the founder of an important Islamic seminary (hawza) in Qom, Iran. Among his students was Ruhollah Khomeini. His Granddaughter Masoumeh Haeri Yazdi married the eldest son of Ruhollah Khomeini Mostafa Khomeini.