Mirza Mohammed Taqi al-Shirazi | |
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الميرزا محمد تقي الشيرازي | |
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| Personal life | |
| Born | 1840 (1840) |
| Died | August 28, 1920(1920-08-28) (aged 79–80) |
| Resting place | Imam Husayn Shrine |
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| Parent | Muhib Ali Shirazi (father) |
| Relatives | Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (nephew) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | TwelverShia Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Samarra, Iraq |
| Period in office | 1895–1916 |
| Predecessor | Mirza Shirazi |
| Successor | Samarra seminary was abandoned |
Grand AyatollahSheikhMuhammad-Taqi Golshan Shirazi Ha'eri (Arabic:الميرزا محمد تقي الشيرازي الحائري), also known asal-Mirza al-Thani (transl. the second Mirza; the first beingMirza Shirazi), was a seniorIraqi jurist and political leader.[2][3] He led theIraqi revolt of 1920.[4]
Shirazi was born in 1840, to Mirza Muhib Ali Golshan Shirazi. His uncle wasMirza Habibullah Shirazi, a famous Iranian poet.
He migrated to Karbala in 1854, and began his religious studies there, under scholars such as Sheikh Zayn al-Abideen al-Mazandarani, Sayyid Ali Taqi al-Tabatabaei, and Sheikh Fadhil al-Ardakani. He was grantedijazas by Mirza Husayn al-Khalili, Sheikh Husayn bin Taqi al-Nuri, Sheikh Abbas al-Tehrani, and Mirza Hasan Khan al-Shirazi.[5] He then moved to Samarra along with his mentor and predecessor,Mirza Shirazi, to establish the city, as the new Shi'ite intellectual loci. In Samarra, Shirazi spent his time teaching and delivering lectures at the seminary. After the demise of his teacher, Shirazi took the reins of the seminary in Samarra.
He remained in Samarra until 1916, when the situation began to deteriorate, and Shirazi feared that Samarra was going to end up likeKut, during itssiege, so he travelled toKadhimiya. He remained there for just under two years, until he finally settled in Karbala.[1]
Shirazi had a number of publications, and often usedGulshan as his pen name:
Shirazi died on August 28, 1920, in Karbala at the age of eighty. SheikhFatthullah al-Isfahani offered his funeral prayers. He was buried in the southern chamber in theImam Husayn shrine courtyard.
