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'''Ayatollah Burujirdi Seminary''' or '''Madrasat al-Sayyid al-Burujirdi''' in [[Najaf]] is a scholarly and cultural center near the [[Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a)]], which was constructed at the command of [[Ayatollah Burujirdi]] and under the supervision of Shaykh Nasr Allah Khalkhali. The school is now administered under the supervision of [[Ayatollah Sistani]]. One important section of the school is a library with many manuscripts.

There is also another smaller seminaries in Najaf in the name of Ayatollah Burujirdi.

The bigger Ayatollah Burujirdi Seminary School was founded in Najaf in 1373/1954 at the command of Ayatollah Burujirdi and under the supervision of Shaykh Nasr Allah Khalkhali, the Ayatollah's general deputy in [[Iraq]]. The area of the school amounts to five thousand square meters. It was beautifully built with sixty two chambers within three floors with perfect facilities.

During his exile in Najaf in 1344/1966, [[Imam Khomeini]] held [[congregational prayer|congregational]] [[Maghrib prayer|Evening]] and [['Isha' prayer]]s in the school at the request of Khalkhali, the deputy of Ayatollah Burujirdi. Many seminary teachers and students said prayers behind him. During [[Ramadan month]]s, instead of Evening and 'Isha' prayers, Ayatollah Khomeini held congregational [[Noon prayer|Noon]] and [[Afternoon prayer]]s at the school.

==Destruction of the School==

Part of the school was demolished during [[Saddam]]'s government under the pretext of constructing a street, and thus, its area diminished to seven hundred square meters and the number of its chambers to twenty five. Then, because of their hostility towards Iranians and Iranian traces, the Ba'athis changed its name from “Burujirdi” to “al-Imam al-Husayn.”

==Smaller Ayatollah Burujirdi School==

There is another school at one extreme of al-'Imara Bazar in Najaf which is also known as Ayatollah Burujirdi. It used to be a residential house and then it was purchased by Sayyid Hashim Bihbahani at the command of Ayatollah Burujirdi. The school was endowed as a seminary school in 1378/1959. Its area is about 350 square meters with twenty chambers.

*The material for this article is mainly taken from {{ia|[[:fa:مدرسه علمیه آیت‌الله بروجردی (نجف)|مدرسه علمیه آیت‌الله بروجردی (نجف)]]}} in Farsi WikiShia.