Murtadha al-Qazwini

Ayatollah Sayyid
Murtadha al-Qazwini
السيد مرتضى الموسوي القزويني
TitleAyatollah
Personal
Born (1930-08-01) 1 August 1930 (age 94)
Karbala, Iraq
ReligionIslam
NationalityIraqi
Children
ParentMuhammad-Sadiq al-Qazwini (father)
DenominationTwelver Shīʿā
RelativesMohammed Kadhim al-Qazwini (first cousin, once removed)
Mohammed Baqer al-Qazwini (grandson)
Fadhil al-Milani (nephew)
Mahdi al-Modarresi (great nephew)
Muhsin al-Qazwini (first cousin, once removed)
WebsiteOfficial website

Ayatollah Sayyid Murtadha al-Musawi al-Qazwini (Arabic: مرتضى الموسوي القزويني; born 1 August 1930) is an Iraqi senior Shia jurist, poet and orator of Iranian descent.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Al-Qazwini is currently the Imam of the eastern wing of the Imam Husayn shrine. He lived in exile for twenty three years between Kuwait, Iran and the United States, until he returned to Iraq after the 2003 invasion.[7]

Al-Qazwini is the founder of the Development and Relief Foundation, a charitable institution that has established schools, a seminary, a state of the art hospital, and clinic in Karbala.[8][9]

Al-Qazwini is currently the chief of the al-Qazwini family.[10]

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  2. ^ al-Sayyid Hassan, Dakhil (1996). Mu'jam al-Khutaba [Glossary of Orators] (in Arabic). Vol. 2. Kuwait: al-Alamiya Foundation. pp. 209–36.
  3. ^ Kirbāsī, Mūsá Ibrāhīm (1968). al-Buyūtāt al-adabīyah fī Karbalā [The Literary Households of Karbala] (in Arabic). Maṭbaʻat Ahl al-Bayt. pp. 442–45.
  4. ^ al-Jibouri, Kaamil Salman (2003). Mu'jam al-'Udaba' Min 'Asr al-Jahili Hata Sanat 2002 [Glossary of Scholars: From the Jahiliyyah to 2002 AD] (in Arabic). Vol. 6. Beirut, Lebanon: Daar al-Kitab al-'Ilmiya. pp. 212–13.
  5. ^ Gorges, Awad (2005). Mu'jam al-Mu'alifeen al-'Irqiyeen [Glossary of Ethnic Authors] (in Arabic). p. 294.
  6. ^ al-Shahroudi, Nur al-Din (1990). Tarikh al-Haraka al-Ilmiya Fi Karbala [The History of the Clerical Movement of Karbala] (in Arabic). Dar al-Uloom Liltahqeeq Wal Tiba'a Wal Nashr Wal Towzee'. p. 229.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference :4 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "A Message from the founder". Imam Al-Hujjah Hospital. 2019-07-12. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  9. ^ "DRF Team | Development and Relief Foundation". 2018-11-27. Retrieved 2020-04-10.
  10. ^ Muhammad, Qazwini (1998). Turus al-Insha Wa Sutur al-Imlaa (in Arabic). Beirut, Lebanon: Maktabat Baysan.