Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi

Mirza Mohammed Taqi Shirazi
ميرزا محمدتقي شيرازى
Personal
Born1840 (1840)
DiedAugust 28, 1920(1920-08-28) (aged 79–80)
Resting placeImam Husayn Shrine
ReligionIslam
Children
  • Muhammad Riza
  • Abdul Hussein
  • Muhammad Hasan
[1]
ParentMuhib Ali Shirazi (father)
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
RelativesMirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (nephew)
Muslim leader
Based inSamarra, Iraq
Period in office1895–1916
PredecessorMirza Shirazi
SuccessorSamarra seminary was abandoned

Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad-Taqi Golshan Shirazi Ha'eri (Persian: ميرزا محمدتقى گلشن شيرازى حائرى; Arabic: الميرزا محمد تقي الشيرازي الحائري), also known as al-Mirza al-Thani (transl. the second Mirza; the first being Mirza Shirazi), was a senior Iranian-Iraqi jurist and political leader.[2][3] He led the Iraqi revolt of 1920.[4]

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  2. ^ "al-Mirza Muhammad Taqi al-Shirazi: Qa'id Thowrat al-Ishrin" [Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi: Leader of the 1920 revolt]. An-Nabaa Information Network (in Arabic).
  3. ^ "al-Thalith Ashar Min Thil Hijjah al-Haram Raheel Qa'id Thowrat al-Ishreen Wa Mu'asis al-Dawla al-Iraqiya al-Haditha al-Mirza Muhammad-Taqi al-Shirazi Qudis Siruh" [The thirteenth of Dhul Hijjah markes the anniversary of the leader of the 1920 revolt and founder of the modern Iraqi state Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi]. www.alshirazi.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-04-28.
  4. ^ Louër, Laurence (2011). Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the Gulf. Hurst. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-84904-214-7.