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Shi'a seminary in Baghdad was established in the time of [[Imam al-Kazim (a)]]. After the emergence of religious scholars such as [[Ibn al-Junayd]], [[Al-Shaykh al-Mufid]], [[Al-Sayyid al-Murtada]] and [[Al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] in the time of [[Buyid dynasty]], Shi'a seminary in Baghdad became the superior seminary among Shi'a Muslims. However after the entrance of Tughril, a Seljuk leader, in Baghdad in 477 A.H, the Shi'a seminary in Baghdad declined as a result most of religious scholars migrated to [[Najaf]].

The presence of [[Al-Shaykh al-Tusi]] in Shi'a seminary of Najaf made it a scientific and intellectual center in Shi'ism. Then in the sixth century A.H after the emergence of [[Muhammad b. Idris al-Hilli]], Shi'a seminary of Najaf declined and the superiority transferred to Shi'a seminary of Hillah. However [[Muhaqqiq Ardabili]] made the Shi'a seminary of Najaf prominent again. Since the fourth decade of the eleventh century, Shi'a seminary of Najaf involved in [[Akhbarism]], just like other Shi'a seminaries. The emergence of [['Allama Bahr al-Ulum]] and the students of [[Wahid al-Bihbahani]] in the thirteenth century in Shi'a seminary of Najaf, made again the most influential and major Shi'a seminary among Shi'a Muslims.