Shaykh Tabarsi
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Fadhil bin Hassan bin Fadhil Al-Tabarsi (Arabic: فاضل بن حسن بن فاضل الطبرسي, Persian: فاضل بن حسن بن فاضل طبرسى), known as Shaykh Tabarsi (Arabic: شيخ الطبرسي Shaykh al-Tabrasî, Persian: شیخ طبرسی Shaykh Tabarsi), was a 12-century Persian Shia scholar. He died in 548 AH in Mazandaran. His main work is Majma'-al-bayān, a commentary (tafsir) of Qur'an.
His shrine was the location of a battle between the forces of the Shah of Persia and the Bábís, followers of the Báb, over the period October 10, 1848 to May 10, 1849.