al-Mirza al-Kabir, Arabic: الميرزا الكبير al-Mujadid al-Shirazi, Arabic: المجدد الشيرازي
Relatives
Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (grand nephew & grandson-in-law) Razi Shirazi (great grandson) Abd al-Hadi al-Shirazi (first cousin, once removed)
Organization
Institute
Najaf Seminary Samarra Seminary
Muslim leader
Based in
Najaf, Iraq Samarra, Iraq
Period in office
1864–1895
Predecessor
Murtadha al-Ansari
Successor
Akhund Khorasani
Post
Grand Ayatollah
Grand Ayatollah Mujaddid Mirza Abu Muhammad Mu'iz al-DinMuhammad-Hassan al-Husayni al-Shirazi (Persian: ابومحمد معزالدین محمدحسن حسينى شيرازی; Arabic: أبو محمد معز الدين محمد حسن الحسيني الشيرازي; 25 April 1815 – 20 February 1895), better simply known as Mirza Shirazi (میرزای شیرازی), was an Iraqi-Iranian Shia marja'.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
After the death of Murtadha al-Ansari, he was known to be the supreme Shia leader of his time, and gained fame for his celebrated 1891 verdict against the usage of tobacco in what became known as the Tobacco Protest in the Qajar era.[7]
He is dubbed as the mujaddid (renewer of the religion) of the 13th century of the Islamic era by Shias.
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^al-Tehrani, Agha Buzurg (2009). Tabaqat A'lam al-Shia; al-Kiram al-Barara Fi al-Qarn al-Thalith Ashar [Levels of the Notables of the Shia (13th Century)]. Vol. 13. Cairo, Egypt: Dar Ihya' al-Turath al-Arabi. p. 436.
^"Ayatollah Mirza Shirazi". Islamic Insights. 7 July 2008. Retrieved 2020-03-25.
^al-Wardi, Dr. Ali (2010-01-01). Lamahat Ijtima'iya Min Tarikh al-Iraq [Social Glimpses From The History Of Iraq] (in Arabic). Vol. 3. Beirut, Lebanon: Dar al-Rashid. pp. 86–102.
^Hann, Geoff; Dabrowska, Karen; Townsend-Greaves, Tina (7 August 2015). Iraq: The ancient sites and Iraqi Kurdistan. Bradt Travel Guides. p. 189. ISBN 978-1-84162-488-4.
^"Qa'id Thawrat al-Tunbak" [Leader of the Tobacco Protest]. www.alanwar14.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-04-23.
^"al-Mirza al-Shiraz.. Sahib Thawrat al-Tinbak" [al-Mirza al-Shirazi.. Head of the Tobacco revolution]. www.alrsool.info (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-04-23.
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