Mujtaba al-Shirazi

Mujtaba al-Shirazi
السيد مجتبى الحسيني الشيرازي
Personal
Born (1943-08-06) 6 August 1943 (age 81)
ReligionIslam
ChildrenMustafa
ParentMirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (father)
DenominationShi'a
SectTwelver
JurisprudenceJa'fari (Usuli)
MovementShirazi[1]
RelativesMirza Shirazi (great-great grandfather)
Muhammad al-Shirazi (brother)
Sadiq al-Shirazi (brother)
Hassan al-Shirazi (brother)
Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi (brother-in-law)
Mohammed Kadhim al-Qazwini (brother-in-law)
Muslim leader
Based inLondon, UK[2]

Sayyid Mujtaba al-Husayni al-Shirazi. (Arabic: مجتبى الحسيني الشيرازي; Persian: مجتبى حسينى شيرازى; b. ِ6 August 1943) is an Iraq-Iranian Shia jurist.[3][4][5]

  1. ^ Wainscott, A.M., 2019. Engaging the Post-ISIS Iraqi Religious Landscape for Peace and Reconciliation. United States Institute of Peace.
  2. ^ Louër, Laurence (2011). Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the Gulf. Hurst. p. 93. ISBN 978-1-84904-214-7.
  3. ^ al-Jibouri, Kaamil Salman. Mu'jam al-'Udaba' Min 'Asr al-Jahili Hata Sanat 2002 [Glossary of Scholars: From the Jahiliyyah to 2002 AD] (in Arabic). Vol. 5. Beirut, Lebanon: Daar al-Kitab al-'Ilmiya. pp. 76–7.
  4. ^ "Al Shirazi Wa Tarikh al-Marji'iya al-Udhma" [The Shirazi family and its great intellectual history]. Annaba News Outlet (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. ^ "al-Sirah al-Thatiyyah Li Samahat Ayatollah al-Udhma al-Mujahid al-Sayyid Mujtaba al-Shirazi (Dam Dhiluh)" [Biography of Ayatollah Sayed Mujtaba al-Shirazi]. yahossein.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 21 April 2020.