Mohammad Baqer Shirazi

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]

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir Shirazi
Born(1931-11-26)26 November 1931
Iran
Died13 May 2014(2014-05-13) (aged 82)
Tehran, Iran
Other namesHajj Sayyed Mohammad Bagher Shirazi; Mohammad Baqir al-Shirazi

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 (in Arabic)
  2. http://www.abna.ir/english/service/iran/archive/2014/05/17/609300/story.html
  3. List of Maraji in Arabic Archived 2 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  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)

See also
  • List of Maraji


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