Mohammad Hadi Milani
| Grand Ayatollah, Sayyid Mohammad Hadi Milani | |
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.jpg) A 1970s portrait of Mohammad Hadi Milani | |
| Native name | محمدهادی میلانی |
| Born |
Mohammad Hadi ibn Ja'afar Hosseini Milani September 6, 1895. Najaf, Baghdad Vilayet |
| Died |
August 7, 1975 (aged 79) Mashhad, Khorasan province |
| Resting place | Towhid Khaneh portico, Imam Reza shrine |
| Residence | Najaf, Mashhad |
| Nationality | Iraqi-Iranian |
| Alma mater | Hawza of Najaf |
| Occupation | Faqih, Writer, Hawza Teacher and Philanthropist |
| Known for | Renewing and establishing of Hawza schools in Mashhad in the 1950s. |
| Notable work | Muhadarat fi-l-fiqh al-Imamiyya |
| Spouse(s) | daughter of Abdullah Mamaqani (m. 1920; death 1970), daughter of M. Ali Mousavi al-Jazayeri (m. 1971; death 1975)[1] |
| Children | 4 |
| Parents |
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| Family | Hijazi Husseini Hashemites in Iranian Azerbaijan |
Seyyed Mohammad Hadi Milani was a Shiite grand ayatollah. He lived from 1892 until 1975. He was born and educated in Najaf, Iraq, and died in Mashhad, Iran. His grandfather was the Shiite scholar Sheykh Mohammad Hasan Mamaqani (d.1898).
After the death of grand ayatollah Borujerdi in 1961, Milani together with ayatollahs Shariatmadari and Khomeini was one of Iran's leading Shiite ayatollahs.
Further reading
- Keddie, Nikki R., Modern Iran: Roots and Results of Revolution, Yale University Press, 2003.
- Cohen, Ronen A., The Hojjatiyeh Society in Iran: Ideology and Practice from the 1950s to the Present, Palgrave, 2013.
See also
- Bibi Khanum
- Ayatollah Sheykh Mohammad Hasan Mamaqani
- Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari
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