List of Figures Buried in The Holy Shrine of Imam 'Ali (a)

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Prophets

According to sources, two of Ulu l-'Azm prophets are buried in the Darih of Holy Shrine of Imam Ali (a).

• Prophet Adam (a).
• Prophet Nuh (a).

In a narration from Imam al-Sadiq, it is said: Whenever you visit Imam Ali b. Abi Talib (a), know that you have visited Prophet Adam (a), Prophet Nuh (a), and Imam Ali b. Abi Talib (a).

Scholars and Marja's (Shiite authorities)

Famous scholars and Marja's (Shiite authorities) buried in the shrine of Imam Ali (a) and their place of burial in the order of the year of death are:

• Musa b. Ja'far b. Tawus, the father of Ahmad b. Tawus and Al-Sayyid b. Tawus (d. 601/1204-5): Buried in the rawaq of the shrine.
• Warram b. Abi Firas al-Hilli (d. 605/1208-9]], the maternal ancestor of Sayyid b. Tawus.
• Al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Karim b. Ahmad al-Hilli (b. 648/1250-1, d. 693/1294), Sayyid b. Tawus' nephew: Buried in the rawaq.
• Al-'Allama al-Hilli, al-Hasan b. Yusuf b. Mutahhar al-Hilli (b. 648/1250, d. 726/1325), buried inside the shrine on the left side of Bab al-Saghir under the northern minaret.
• Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Hilli (b. 682/1283, d. 771/1369-70) known as Fakhr al-Muhaqqiqin, the son of Al-'Allama al-Hilli: According to some sources, he was buried in golden iwan near his father.
• Al-Muqaddas al-Ardabili (d. 993/1585-6): golden iwan, South Minaret.
• 'Ali Naqi kamara'i Farahani (b. 1060/1650): buried in Iwan al-'Ulama'(scholars iwan).
• Muhammad Mahdi Naraqi (b. 1128/1716, d. 1209/1795), the author of Jami' al-Sa'adat, known as Muhaqqiq Naraqi, and the father of Mulla Ahmad Naraqi.
• Abu 'Ali al-Ha'iri (b. 1159/1746-7, d. 1215/1800-1 1216/1801-2), Imami jurist of the 13th century, the author of Muntaha l-maqal fi ahwal al-rijal.
• Al-Sayyid Muhammad Jawad al-'Amili (b. 1160/1747, d. 1226/1811), the author of Miftah al-Karama fi Sharh Qawa'id al-'Allama: buried in room(Hujra) number 7.
• Mulla Ahmad al-Naraqi (b. 1185/1771-2, d. 1245/1829): buried in Iwan al-'Ulama'.
• Sulayman b. Muhammad Rafi' al-Tunikabuni (d. around 1250/1834), Iranian Shiite sage and physician of the 13th century.
• Muhammad Ja'far al-Astarabadi known as Shari'atmadar (b. 1195/1781 1198/1784, d. 1263/1847): buried in the golden iwan under the northern minaret.
• Sayyid Sadr al-Din Musawi al-'Amili (b. 1193/1779-80, d. 1264/1847-8), the son of Sayyid Salih (b. 1122/1710-1, d. 1217/1802-3) and the father of Aqa Mujtahid (Muhammad 'Ali Musawi al-'Amili) and Al-Sayyid Isma'il al-Sadr: buried in room number 3 of Imam Ali (a) shrine.
• Muhammad 'Ali Musawi al-'Amili (b. 1239/1823-4, d. 1264/1858) known as Aqa Mujtahid.
• Al-Shaykh Murtada al-Ansari (b. 1214/1800 - d. 1281/1864), the author of al-Makasib: buried in room number 11.
• Al-Sayyid 'Ali b. Rida Bahr al-'Ulum (b. 1224/1809-10, d. 1298/1880-1), the author of al-burhan al-Qati' fi Sharh al-Mukhtasar al-Nafi: buried in room number 41.
• Al-Shaykh Ja'far al-Shushtari (b. 1230/1814-15, d. 1303/1885): the author of Al-Khasa'is al-Husayniyya: buried in room number 59.
• Al-Sayyid Haydar al-Hilli (b.1246/1830-1, d.1304/1886-7), A Shiite poet and elegist from Hillah, buried in Ra's Sabat

From the north side, between the tombs of Sayyid Mirza Ja'far Qazwini and Sheikh Shaykh Ja'far al-Shushtari.

• Mirza Muhammad Hasan al-Shirazi (b.1230/1815, d.1312/1895), known as Mirza-yi Shirazi and Mujaddid Shirazi, the issuer of the Tobacco ban fatwa (1309/1891): buried in al-Madrasa al-Gharawiyya in the holy courtyard.
• Mirza Habib Allah Rashti (b. 1234/1819, d. 1312/1894), the author of Badayi' al-Afkar: buried in room number 26.
• Mirza Muhammad Hasan Ashtiyani (b. 1248/1832-33, d. 1319/1901-02): buried in Balasar mosque (Western rawaq).
• Mirza Husayn Nuri (b. 1254/1839, d. 1320/1902), known as Muhaddith Nuri and Haji Nuri: buried in the iwan, room number 15.
• al-Shaykh Muhammad Hadi al-Tihrani (b. 1253/1837-8, d. 1321/1903), One of the Shia jurists and usulis: buried in room number 9.
• Fadil Sharabiyani, Muhammad b. Fadl 'Ali al-Sharabiyani (d. 1322/1904-5): buried in the room next to the Iwan al-'Ulama'.
• al-Sayyid 'Abd Allah al-Bihbahani (b. about 1256/1840, d. 1328/1910), One of the leaders of Persian Constitutional Revolution: buried in room number 29.
• Muhammad Kazim al-Khurasani (b. 1255/1839, d. 1329/1911), known as Akhund Khurasani, the author of Kifaya al-'usul: buried in room number 26.
• Al-Sayyid Muhammad Sa'id al-Habbubi (b. 1266/1850, d. 1333/1915), known as Habbubi the Great, One of the leaders of the popular movement of 1920 against British colonialism: buried in room number 10.
• Mirza Muhammad 'Ali Chahardahi (b. 1252/1836, d. 1334/1915), known as Mudarris-i Chahardahi: buried in room number 18.
• Al-Sayyid 'Ali al-Tabrizi (b. 1275/1858, d. 1336/1917), known as Al-Sayyid 'Ali Damad: buried in Iwan al-'Ulama'.
• Al-Sayyid Muhammad Kazim al-Yazdi (b. 1247/1831, d.1337/1919), the author of the al-'Urwat al-wuthqa: buried in room number 47.
• Fath Allah Gharawi Isfahani (b. 1266/1850, d. 1339/1920), known as Shaykh al-Shari'a Isfahani, the leader of the revolution for independence in Iraq: buried in room number 22.
• Abu l-Qasim al-Mamaqani (b. 1285/1868-9, d. 1351/1932-3), the son of Muhammad Hasan and the brother of 'Abd Allah al-Mamaqani (the author of Tanqih al-maqal), who has works such as: Commentary on Supplication of Kumayl, Miqbas al-Karama fi Sharh Tabsira al-'allama, Ghayat al-Ma'mul fi 'Ilm al-Usul: buried in front of room number 21.
• Muhammad Jawad al-Balaghi (b. 1282/1865-6, d. 1352/1933): buried in room number 7.
• 'Ali b. 'Abd al-Husayn Irwani (b. 1301/1883-4, d. 1354/1935-6), One of the famous commentators of Shaykh Ansari's Kitab al-Makasib: buried in room number 23.
• Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Na'ini (b. 1278/1862, d. 1355/1936), the author of Tanbih al-Umma wa Tanzih al-Milla: buried in room number 21.
• Al-Sayyid Husayn al-Badkuba-i (b. 1293/1876-7, d. 1358/1937).
• Shaykh 'Abbas Qummi (b. 1294/1877-8, d. 1359/1941), known as Muhaddith Qummi, the author of Mafatih al-jinan: buried in room number 15.
• Aqa Diya' 'Araqi (b. 1278/1861-2, d. 1361/1942): buried in room number 1.
• Muhammad Husayn Gharawi Isfahani (b. 1296/1878, d. 1361/1942), known as Kumpani: : buried in Golden iwan, northern minaret.
• Sayyid Abu l-Hasan Isfahani (b. 1284/1867, d. 1365/1946): buried in room number 26.
• Sayyid Husayn Tabataba'i Qumi (b. 1282/1865, d. 1366/1947), known as Haj Aqa Ḥusayn Qumi.
• Muhammad b. Tahir al-Samawi al-Najafi (b. 1292/1876, d. 1370/1950), the author of Ibsar al-'ayn fi ansar al-Husayn: buried in room number 7.
• Al-Sayyid Husayn Al-i 'Ali Shahrudi (b. 1315/1897-8, d. 1373/1954), One of the students of Sayyid Abu l-Hasan Isfahani, who was commissioned by him to revive the Samarra Seminary, which was declining after the death of Mirza Shirazi. buried in room number 52.
• Al-Sayyid 'Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din (b. 1290/1873-4, d. 1377/1957), Author of works such as: al-Muraja'at and al-Nass wa l-ijtihad: buried in room number 48.
• Al-Sayyid 'Ali b. al-Sayyid Hadi Bahr al-'Ulum (b. 1314/1896-7, d. 1380/1960-1): buried in room number 41.
• Al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Bihbahani (b. 1874, d. 1963), the son of Sayyid 'Abd Allah al-Bihbahani: buried in room number 29.
• Al-Sayyid Muhammad Jawad al-Tabrizi (d. 1387/1967-8), the son of Muhammad Taqi: buried in room number 6.
• Al-Sayyid Mahmud Husayni al-Shahrudi (b. 1301/1883-4, d. 1394/1974): buried in Balasar Mosque (West iwan).
• Al-Shaykh Husayn al-Hilli (b. 1309/1891-2 - d. 1394/1974), one of the students of Mirza Muhammad Husayn Na'ini and Diya' al-Din 'Iraqi: buried in room number 21.
• Al-Sayyid Hasan al-Musawi al-Bujnurdi (b. 1310/1892-3, d. 1395/1975), One of the professors of Husayn Wahid Khurasani and Muhammad Taqi Ja'fari: buried in room number 26.
• Al-Sayyid Mustafa al-Khomeini (b. 1349/1930, d. 1397/1977), the son of Imam Khomeini.
• Muhammad Jawad Mughniyya(b.1322/1904, d. 1400/1979), the author of Tafsir al-Kashif: buried in room number 17.
• Al-Sayyid Abu l-Qasim al-Khoei (b. 1317/1899, d. 1413/1992), The great Shiite authority (Marja') in Iraq after Al-Sayyid Muhsin al-Hakim, and the author of works such as Al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Qur'an and Mu'jam Rijal al-Hadith: buried in room number 31.

Some sources have mentioned other scholars as those buried in the shrine of Imam Ali (a) who have other famous tombs other than this place. These include:

• Sayyid b. Tawus, Al-Sayyid Radi al-Din, 'Ali b. Musa b. Ja'far b. Tawus (b. 589/1193 - d. 664/1266): Buried in the rawaq of the shrine.
• Al-Sayyid Ahmad b. Tawus al-Hilli (d. 673/1274-5): Buried in the rawaq of the shrine.

Other scholars and scientists

• Ibrahim