Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi

Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi
عبدالکریم حائری یزدی
The founder of an important Islamic seminary (hawza) in Qom, Iran
Personal
Born	1859 (1859) Meybod, Yazd, Iran
Died	30 January 1937(1937-01-30) (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.