Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi

Mahdi Shirazi
میرزا مهدی حسینی شیرازی
Personal
Born(1887-05-08)May 8, 1887
DiedFebruary 14, 1961(1961-02-14) (aged 73)
Resting placeImam Husayn Shrine
ReligionIslam
NationalityIranian
Children
ParentHabiballah Shirazi (father)
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
RelativesMirza Shirazi (great uncle)
Mirza Taqi Shirazi (maternal uncle)
Abd al-Hadi Shirazi (second cousin, once removed & brother-in-law)
Razi Shirazi (second cousin, once removed)
Mohammed Ridha Shirazi (grandson)
Hussein Shirazi (grandson)
Mohammad Taqi Modarresi (grandson)
Hadi Modarresi (grandson)
Ali Akbar Modarresi (grandson)
Muslim leader
Based inKarbala, Iraq
Period in office1949–1961
PredecessorHossein Tabatabaei Qomi
SuccessorMuhsin al-Hakim (leadership centralized in Najaf)

Grand Ayatollah Mirza Mahdi Husayni Shirazi (Persian: مهدی حسینی شیرازی); (Arabic: مهدي الحسيني الشيرازي; 9 May 1887 – 14 February 1961), also known as Mirza Mahdi Shirazi, was an Iranian Shia marja.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] After the death of Abu al-Hasan Esfehani and Hossein Tabatabaei Qomi, Mirza Mahdi was considered to be the highest ranking cleric in Karbala,[9] and one of the highest in Iraq, along with Muhsin al-Hakim and his second cousin once removed, Abd al-Hadi Shirazi in Najaf.[10][11]

Mirza Mahdi was the Imam of the Imam Husayn Shrine.[4][8]

  1. ^ "Gusha-e Az Zendegani Ayat Ullah al-Uzma Mirza Mahdi Husayni Shirazi Qudisah Siruh". Official Website of Ayatollah Shirazi (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  2. ^ "Thikra Wafat al-Sayyid Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi Fi 28 Shaban" [Ayatollah Sayyid al-Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi's death anniversary on the 28th of Shaban (lunar calendar)]. An-Nabaa Information Network (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  3. ^ "Hazrat Ayat Ullah Sayyid Mahdi Shirazi". Varesoon (in Persian). Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  4. ^ a b Ṭuʻmah, Salmān Hādī (1998). Asha'er Karbala Wa 'Usariha [Tribes and Families of Karbala] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Mahaja al-Baydha'. pp. 78–9.
  5. ^ al-ʻĀmilī, Muḥsin al-Ḥusaynī (1982). Aʻyān al-Shīʻah [Prominent Figures of the Shia] (in Arabic). Vol. 50. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Ta'arof lil-Matboo'at. p. 115.
  6. ^ al-Zanjani, Ibrahim (1984). Jawla Fi al-Amakin al-Muqadasah [A Stroll In Religious Sites]. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-A'lami Lil Matb'ooat. pp. 103–5.
  7. ^ al-A'lami, Muhammad-Husayn. Manar al-Huda Fi al-Ansab [The Path of Guidance In Lineages] (in Arabic). Maktabat Uloom al-Ansab. pp. 230–31.
  8. ^ a b Ṭuʻmah, Salmān Hādī (2009). Mashahir al-Madfunin Fi Karbala [Famous Figures Buried In Karbala] (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Safwa. p. 88.
  9. ^ al-Fiqari, Dr. Nasir (1993). Usul Mathhab al-Shia al-Imamiya al-Ithna Ashariya (Ardh Wa Naqd) [The Foundations of the Twelver Shia Imami Madhhab (Display and Critique)] (in Arabic). Vol. 1. p. 1038.
  10. ^ al-Azzawi, Dr. Fadhil (2017-01-01). Khafaya al-Mu'amarat al-Duwaliya Li Isqat al-Hukm al-Watani al-Qawmi Fi al-Iraq Munth Ta'sisahu Aam 1921 Wa Lighayat Ihtilalih Aam 2003 [Hidden State Conspiracies To Befall The National Patriotic Governance In Iraq From Its Conception In 1921 Til Its Invasion In 2003] (in Arabic). Al Manhal. p. 34. ISBN 9796500275406.
  11. ^ al-Shahroudi, Nur al-Din (1990). Tarikh al-Haraka al-Ilmiya Fi Karbala [The History of the Clerical Movement of Karbala] (in Arabic). Dar al-Uloom Liltahqeeq Wal Tiba'a Wal Nashr Wal Towzee'. p. 202.