Sayyid Abd al-Aziz Tabataba'i: Difference between revisions

'''Sayyid ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Ṭabāṭabāʾī Yazdī''' (Persian:{{iarabic| سید عبدالعزیز طباطبائی یزدی}}) (b. 1348/1929 -d.1415/1995) known as '''Muḥaqqiq Ṭabāṭabāʾī''' ({{iarabic|محقق طباطبائي}}) and '''Āqā ʿAzīz Kitābshinās''' (Persian:{{iarabic| آقا عزیز کتابشناس}}, Mr. Aziz, the Bibliographer), was a codicologist, and a scholar of history, [['ilm al-rijal]] and biography. He is a grandson of [[Sayyid Muhammad Kazim Tabataba'i Yazdi]], the author of ''[[al-'Urwa al-wuthqa]]'', from both material and paternal sides. He was so skillful in his areas of specialization that was known by acdemic and scholarly communities as "Muhaqqiq" (scholar). Sayyid 'Abd al-'Aziz had some students. He identified many manuscripts in world libraries.  

Muhaqqiq Tabataba'i died on [[Ramadan 7]], [[1415]](Bahman 18, 1373 S.H./February 7, 1995). He was buried in the Chamber 14 of the courtyard of the [[Holy Shrine of Fatima al-Ma'suma (a)]].

In 1349 S.H. (Dhu l-Hajja 1389 A.H./ February 1970), Tabataba'i was invited by Mashhad Univeristy to go to Iran and attend the Conference of the Millenium of al-Shaykh al-Tusi. At the request of the Libeary of [[Astan Quds Razavi]], he wrote manuscripts of [[fiqh]] and [[usul al-fiqh]], and then returned to Najaf. In 1356 S.H. (1978), he was deported by the Iraqi regime; he returned to Iran and stayed in Qom. He was affiliated with centers such as Mu'assisa Al al-Bayt (a), Al-Ghadir Center, the Foundation of Islamic Researches of Astan Quds Razavi, the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia, the Foundation of Bi'that, and the Publications of Jami'a Mudarrisin. Many books were published by his cooperations or under his supervision. He also attended many academic and scscholarly conferences inside and outside Iran. 94 books were written by his supervision and his notes. He made a large catalogue of manuscripts available inside and outside Iran.

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Muhaqqiq Tabataba'i attended many conferences, such as the Conference of Shaykh Tusi in [[Mashhad]] in 1389 A.H. (1969), a conference by the Institute of Muhammadi Trust in 1404 A.H. (1983), the Conference of Imam 'Ali (a) in 1410 A.H. (1989) in London, and the Conference of the Millenium of [[Sharif Radi]] in 1406 A.H. (1985) in the Foundation of Nahj al-Balagha in Tehran, and the Conference of Book and Book Reading in the Islamic Civilization in Mashhad.

* The material for this article is mainly taken from [http://fa.wikishia.net/سید_عبدالعزیز_طباطبایی_یزدی سید عبدالعزیز طباطبایی یزدی] in Farsi WikiShia.