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Agha Bozorg Tehrani

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Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammed Mohsen Manzavi Tehrani, popularly known as Agha Bozorg Tehrani (Persian: آقا بزرگ تهرانی) (7 April 1876 – 20 February 1970),[1] was a Shia scholar born and based in Tehran.[2] He was a Shia scholar from Hawza Elmiye Najaf. He taught Grand Ayatollah Ali Hussaini Sistani, Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi, and many others.

He wrote, among others, the following notable books:

  • Al-Dharīʿa ilā Taṣānīf al-Shīʿa (List of Shia Books) (26 volumes),[3] the list was compiled in 1908[4]
  • Ṭabaqāt aʿlām al-Shīʿa (List of Shia Ulema) (9 volumes)[3]
  • Mosannafet-e Shi`e (6 volumes)[5]
  • Mustadrak kashf al-ẓunūn or Dhayl kashf al-zunūn, Tehran, Maktabat al-Islāmiyya and also Ja'fari Tabrizi, 1387/1967.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Google Translate".
  2. ^ "Google Translate".
  3. ^ a b WWW.SADEQIN.COM : پایگاه اطلاع‌رسانی صادقین Archived July 15, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ IRAN DAILY, Aug. 4, 2008; News: World Manuscript Databank To Go Unveiled[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "ketabname.com".
  6. ^ See biography with more publications.
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