Hossein Mazaheri

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri Isfahani (Arabic: حسين المظاهري الأصفهاني‎) (born 1934) is a senior Iranian Twelver Shia Marja.[1][2][3] He was also a member of the Third Assembly of Experts.

Grand Ayatollah
Hossein Mazaheri Isfahani
آية الله العظمى حسين مظاهري اصفهاني
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri
Personal
Born1934 (age 85–86)
Isfahan, Iran
ReligionUsuli Twelver Shi`a Islam
Senior posting
Based inIsfahan, Iran
PostGrand Ayatollah
WebsiteOfficial Website

Biography

Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri was born in Isfahan in 1934. At the age of 14, he moved to Isfahan Seminary to start his religious studies. Five years later, he moved to Qom to complete his studies. In Qom he studied in Seminars of Grand Ayatollah Boroujerdi and Imam Khomeini. Ayatollah Marashi Najafi, Allamah Tabatabei and Mohaqeq Damad were also among his teachers.[4] He currently resides and teaches in the Seminary of Isfahan, Iran.[5][6][7]

See also

References
  1. Asian recorder. 44. K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press. 1998. p. xcix.
  2. "List of Maraji (2017)". Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-12-26.
  3. Official website
  4. Biography in Persian
  5. "Al Mazaheri". Archived from the original on 2007-10-06. Retrieved 2007-02-25.
  6. Grand Ayatollah views about Ayatollah Mazaheri
  7. His eminence Grand Ayatollah Hossein Mazaheri


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