Mohammad Baqer Shirazi

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir Shirazi
Born 26 November 1931
Iran
Died 13 May 2014 (aged 82)
Tehran, Iran
Other names Hajj Sayyed Mohammad Bagher Shirazi; Mohammad Baqir al-Shirazi
Religion Twelver Shi'a Islam

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir Shirazi (Persian: السيد محمد باقر شيرازي‎; 26 November 1931 – 13 May 2014)[1] was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He was the highest-ranking Shia marja in Iran and Iraq.[2][3][4]

Personal life

Shirazi was born on 26 November 1931 in Iran. He died in Imam Reza (AS) Hospital in Tehran on 15 May 2014, aged 82.[5]

Education

Shirazi studied in the seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei and Mohammad Hussaini Shirazi.[6]

References

  1. ↑ نعاه الإمام الخامنئي: رحيل المرجع الديني السيد محمد باقر الشيرازي عن عمر تجاوز الثمانين عامًا (Arabic)
  2. ↑ http://www.abna.ir/english/service/iran/archive/2014/05/17/609300/story.html
  3. ↑ List of Maraji in Arabic
  4. ↑ Biography in Arabic
  5. ↑ "Ayatollah Sayed Mohammad Baqer Shirazi has passed away". Shabestan News Agency. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
  6. ↑ آية الله العظمى السيد محمدباقر الشيرازي (دام ظله)

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