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
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

See also

  • List of Maraji


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