Muhsin al-Hakim
Iraqi theologian and religious authority (1889–1970)
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim | |
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السيد محسن الطباطبائي الحكيم | |
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Personal | |
Born | (1889-05-31)31 May 1889 Najaf, Baghdad Vilayet, Ottoman Empire |
Died | 2 June 1970(1970-06-02) (aged 81) Najaf, Ba'athist Iraq |
Resting place | Imam Ali Shrine |
Religion | Islam |
Nationality | Iraqi |
Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia Islam |
Muslim leader | |
Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
Period in office | 1946–1970 |
Predecessor | Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani |
Successor | Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei , Ruhollah Khomeini |
Muhsin al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim (Arabic: محسن الطباطبائي الحكيم, romanized: Muḥsin al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī al-Ḥakīm; 31 May 1889 – 2 June 1970) was an Iraqi Shia religious authority. He became the leading marja' of Najaf in 1946 after the death of Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani, and of the majority of the Shia world in 1961, after the death of Hossein Borujerdi.[1] He died in 1970.[2]
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- Shia Leadership