Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei | |
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سید محمدعلی قاضی طباطبایی | |
Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan and Imam Jumu'ah of Tabriz | |
In office July 1979 – 2 November 1979 | |
Appointed by | Ruhollah Khomeini |
Preceded by | None (office created) |
Succeeded by | Mir Asadollah Madani |
Personal details | |
Born | 1914 Tabriz, Iran |
Died | 2 November 1979 Tabriz, Iran |
Alma mater | Qom Hawza & Najaf Hawza |
Seyid Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei (Persian: سید محمدعلی قاضی طباطبایی; 1914 – 1979) was an Iranian politician, Shiite cleric, first imam Jumu'ah for Tabriz and Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan. He was born in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan. He was a member of the Muslim People's Republic Party in Tabriz.[1] He was assassinated by People's Mujahedin of Iran, when praying in Tabriz.[2] Qazi Tabatabaei in the Iranian political literature named him the first martyr of mihrab.[3]