List of Figures Buried in Shaykhan Cemetery

Zakariyya b. Adam al-Ash'ari al-Qummi

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The list of people buried in Shaykhan Cemetery comprises individuals who were buried in Shaykhan Cemetery, situated in Qom. This cemetery, located near the Shrine of Lady Ma'suma (a), serves as the final resting place for renowned figures such as companions and agents of the Shi'a Imams (a), scholars, and other notable personalities. The book titled Zindigi nami-yi buzurgan-i madfun dar Shaykhan-i kabir (Biographies of figures buried in Shaykhan-i kabir) contains a comprehensive catalog of individuals buried in this cemetery, along with their respective dates of death. Additionally, Shaykhan Cemetery is the burial site for 635 martyrs of the Iraq-Iran war and seven martyrs of the Islamic Republic Party who lost their lives in a terrorist incident on June 28, 1982 in Tehran.

Here is the list of individuals buried in the Shaykhan Cemetery, along with their corresponding dates of death:

• Zakariyya b. Adam al-Ash'ari al-Qummi an Imami muhaddith in the 2nd/8th and 3rd/9th centuries and a companion of Shia Imams (a)
• Zakariyya b. Idris an Imami muhaddith in the 2nd/8th and 3rd/9th centuries and a companion of Shia Imams (a)
• Adam b. Ishaq one of the transmitters of hadith in 3rd/9th century.
• Al-Mirza al-Qummi (d. 1231/1815-6) a Shi'a marja' in the 12th/18th and 13th/19th centuries and author of the book Qawanin al-Usul
• Mirza Jawad Maliki Tabrizi (d. 1343/1924) jurist, mystic, teacher of ethics and author of the book Al-Muraqabat
• Mirza Habib Allah 'Asgari Ishtihardi (d. 1913) a Shi'a scholar in the Seminary of Qom and Najaf
• Muhammad Sharif Razi (d. 2000) historian, biographer and author of the book Ganjineh-ye daneshmandan (the treasures of scholars)
• Muhammad Husayn Tuni (d. 1961) known as Fadil-i Tuni, Mujtahid, man of literature, teacher of theosophy and 'Irfan
• Mulla Muhammad Jawad Akhund Qummi (d. 1894)
• Mujtahid Fatima Irawani (d. 1993)
• Lady Shahr Banu Safari (d. 2013) the founder of 'Ismatiyya Seminaries in Iran
• Dr. Muhammad Qarib (d. 1975) was a pediatrician and the founder of the modern science of pediatric medicine in Iran
• Mirza Ahmad, known as Hujjat al-Islam, the paternal grandfather of Muhammad Rida Shari'atmadar Savaji
• Sayyid Rida Burqa'i (d. 2015) was a professor at Qom Seminary and a member of Imam Khomeini's office in Najaf al-Ashraf
• Mahdi Ha'iri Tihrani (d. 2000), one of the jurists and Mujtahids and Imam of the Ark Mosque in Tehran
• 'Ali Akbar Hikami Yazdi (d. 1344/1925-6) known as Hakim Ilahi, one of the teachers of philosophy and mysticism in Qom
• Mirza 'Ali Aqa Shirazi (d. 1955) one of the Shi'a scholars and jurists in Isfahan and one of the commentators of Nahj al-Balagha
• Mulla Muhammad Sadiq Qummi (d. 1298/1881) one of the Shi'a scholars and mujtahids in the 13th lunar century
• Mirza Muhammad Arbab Qummi (d. 1341/1922) author of the book Al-Arba'in al-Husayniyya
• Mirza abu l-Qasim Tabataba'i (d. 1333/1914)
• Muhammad 'Ali Mudarris Tabrizi (d. 1373/1954) one of the scholars of the 14th lunar century and author of the book Rayhanat al-adab

Martyrs buried in Shaykhan cemetery

• Muhammad Baqir Maliki Miyanaji (d. 1998) was a scholar from Azerbaijan and a member of the Tafkik School
• Mulla Muhammad Tahir Qummi (d. 1686) Shaykh al-Islam and Imam of Friday prayer of Qom during the reign of King Sulayman the Safavid
• Mirza Abu Talib Husayni Qummi (d. 1249/1833) al-Mirza al-Qummi's son in law
• Mirza Ali Rida Tahiri Qummi, al-Mirza al-Qummi's son in law
• Sayyid Ahmad Tabataba'i (d. 1334/1915) Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi]]'s father in law
• Sayyid muhammad Taqi Jawad Qummi (d. 1303/1885)
• Sayyid Yunus Yunusi Ardabili (d. 1974) one of the scholars of Ardabil
• Mulla Muhammad Tahiri Qummi (d. 1098/1686)
• Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi Bigdili Dizfuli (d. 1370/1950) one of the sholars of Khuzestan
• Shaykh 'Ali Latifi Gunbadi (d. 1369/1949) jurist, mystic and one of the students of Husayn Quli Hamadani
• Shaykh Isma'il Rahmat Khah Tabrizi (d. 2016) was a scholars in the Seminary of Qom
• Shaykh Muhammad Fakur Yazdi (d. 1394/1974) was a teacher in the Seminary of Qom
• Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Siddiqin Isfahani (d. 2005) was the head of al-Hawza al-'Ilmiyya of Kamaliyya-Khurram Abad
• Sayyid Murtada 'Alawi Faridani (d. 1995) Ayatullah Gulpayigani's son in law
• ُ Sayyid Jawad Qummi (d. 1330/1911) a descendant of Mirza Qummi and Shaykh al-Islam of Qom during the Qajar period
• Sayyid Hasan Sayyidi (d. 2001) a descendant of Mirza Qummi
• Mirza Muhammad Kabir Qummi (d. 1369/1949) was a teacher in the Seminary of Qom with his two children
• Shaykh Husayn Kabir Qummi (d. 1387/1967)
• Mirza 'Abd al-Hadi Haj Akhund (d. 1366/1946) one of the scholars of Qom
• Fadil Muwahhidi Lankarani (d. 1392/1972)
• Mulla Muhammad Ibrahim Mazandarani (d. 1281/1864)
• Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Musawi Gulpayigani (d. 1396/1976) one of the scholars of 14th century
• Shaykh 'Abbas 'Ali Shahrudi (d. 1383/1963) one of the scholars and teachers of the Seminary of Qom
• Shaykh 'Abbas Sabayi Gulpayigani (d. 2007) the founder of the Seminary of Savojbolagh

Grave of Mirza Jawad Maliki Tabrizi in Shaykhan Cemetery

• Shaykh Murtada Ansari Qummi (d. 1971) a Shi'a orator and one of the students of Shaykh 'Abd al-Karim Ha'iri
• Shaykh Muhammad 'Ali Ansari Qummi (d. 1984) translator of Nahj al-Balagha
• Shaykh Mahmud Ansari Qummi (d. 1998) representative of Ayatullah Khoei in Iran
• Shaykh Ahmad 'Ali Tahiri Ash'ari (d. 2017) one of the students of Ayatullah Burujirdi and Imam Khomeini
• Shaykh Muhammad Mahdi Imami Amir Kala'i (d. 1958) one of the scholars and jurists of Shi'a and one of the students of Shaykh Fadl Allah Nuri
• Mirza Muhammad Mujahidi Tabrizi (d. 1960) one of the scholars and teachers of the Seminary of Qom
• Sayyid 'Ali Farsh Furush Husayni Ardahali (d. 1928)
• Sayyid Muhammad Fatimi Qummi (d. 1944) the first compiler of Iran's Civil Code
• 'Abd al-Husayn Ha'iri (d. 2015) one of the copyists of Iran
• The chef judge Mir Sayyid Muhammad Fatimi Qummi (d. 1985)
• Sayyid Muhammad 'Ali Ha'iri Tabasi (d. 2003) the founder of Karbala'i-ha Husayniyya in Qom and the former Imam of Friday prayer in Tabas
• Sayyid Nur al-Din Milani, the son of Sayyid Muhammad Hadi Milani
• Sayyid Yahya Burqa'i (d. 1962) a mystic poet
• Sayyid Yahya Mudarrisi Zada Yazdi (d. 1963) one of the scholars and jurists of Shi'a in Qom
• Shaykh 'Abd al-'Ali Qarahi (d. 2015) one of the scholars and jurists of Shi'a in Qom
• Yusuf Sani'i (d. 2020) was a Marja' in Iran
• Faris Hassun (d. 2005) a Shi'a author and researcher in the seminary of Qom
• Muhammad Mahdi Ishtihardi (d. 2006) a clergy translator and Shi'a scholar in the Seminary of Qom
• Shaykh Ahmad Muntaziri Qummi (d. 2013) a member of Imam Khomeini's office in Najaf and Qom
• Shaykh Hasan Aqa Sa'id Tihrani (d. 1995) a Shi'a scholar
• Shaykh Qasim Islami (d. 1980) a Shi'a scholar in Tehran
• [[Shaykh Muhammad Hasan Niwisi (d. 1992) a shi'a scholar and jurist in Qom
• Mustafa Nurani Ardabili (d. 2003) was a representative of Ardabil in Assembly of experts of the leadership
• Ghulam Husayn Haqqani (d. 1981) a Shi'a cleric who was martyred in the explosion of the headquarters of the Islamic Republic Party on 28 June 1981.