Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi (Arabic: آيتالله العظمى عباس محفوظى; born 9 August 1928)[1] is an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja.[2][3][4] He has studied in seminars of Qom, Iran under Ruhollah Khomeini, Grand Ayatollah Houssein Borujerdi and Mirza Hashem Amoli.[5][6]
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Born | Rudsar, Iran | August 9, 1928
Religion | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
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Based in | Qom, Iran |
Post | Grand Ayatollah |
Website | http://www.mahfoozi.ir |
Biography
editGrand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi was born in Rudsar, Iran. He started the education of Quran in his childhood. For higher education, he went to Rudsar Seminary. Later he traveled to Qom and studied in Seminars of Qom under Imam Khomeni, Houssein Borujerdi, Mirza Hashem Amoli, Mohammad Reza Golpaygani and Houssein Ali Montezari. He was a firm supporter of Khomeni and he supported Khomeini during 1979 Iranian Revolution.[7][8]
See also
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edit- ^ ۱۲ مرجع تقلید با سن بیش از ۹۰ سال؛ از آیت الله وحید خراسانی تا آیت الله دستغیب (in Persian)
- ^ Official Website
- ^ Biography
- ^ "List of Maraji (2017)". Archived from the original on 2018-08-19. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ زندگىنامه حضرت آيتالله العظمى عباس محفوظى
- ^ "آيتالله عباس محفوظى". Archived from the original on 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
- ^ Another Biography[permanent dead link]
- ^ Biography in English
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