Husayn Burujardi

Hossein Borujerdi
Hossein Borujerdi
	Borujerdi, late 1950s
Title	Grand Ayatollah
Personal
Born	23 March 1875; Borujerd, Sublime State of Persia
Died	30 March 1961 (aged 86); Qom, Pahlavi Iran
Religion	Shia Islam
Era	Modern history
Creed	Usuli Twelver Shia Islam
Main interest(s)	uṣūl al-fiqh
Senior posting
Based in	Najaf, Iraq
Period in office	1937–1946
Predecessor	Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani
Successor	Muhsin al-Hakim
	Influenced Morteza Motahhari; Mohammad Alavi Gorgani; Ruhollah Khomeini;
Post	Grand Ayatollah

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Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Hossein Ali Tabatabaei Borujerdi (Luri/Persian: آیت الله العظمی سید حسین طباطبایی بروجردی; 23 March 1875 – 30 March 1961) was a leading Iranian Shia Marja' in Iran from approximately 1947 to his death in 1961.^[1] He was a major proponent for the elimination of Baha'is in Iran.^[2]

^ Mottahedeh, Roy, The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran, One World, Oxford, 1985, 2000, p.231
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[1] Mottahedeh, Roy, The Mantle of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran, One World, Oxford, 1985, 2000, p.231

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