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Ayatollah sayyid Husayn Burujirdi

Sayyid Ḥusayn Burūjirdī Ṭabāṭabāʾī (سید حسین بروجردي طباطبایي) (b. 1292/1875 d. 1380/1961) was one of the great Shi'a scholars of the 20th century. He was the leader of Shi'a seminary of Qom for 17 years and was officially the only Shi'a religious leader (Marja-e-Taqleed) for 15 years.

Life

He was born in Borujerd in Safar 1292 / March 1875. His father was Sayyid Ali Tabataba'i, also a religious scholar, and his mother was Sayyidah Agha Beygum, the daughter of Sayyid Mohammad Ali Tabataba'i. His linage traces back 30 generations to Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba(a).

After entering elementary school at the age of seven, Sayyid Husayn's father realized his talent for learning and sent him to Nurbakhsh seminary in Borujerd.

At 18, he left Borujerd for Isfahan to continue his education. There, he attended the classes of Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Durchih'i, Mirza Abu al-Ma'ali Kalbasi and Sayyid Mohammad Taqi Mudarris. He also benefited from the philosophy lessons of Akhund Kashi and Jahanqirkhan Qashqa'i. After four years of study, he left Isfahan and returned back to his hometown.

He emigrated to Najaf at the age of 27 and continue...