Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi

Grand Ayatollah Sheikh

Mirza Mohammed Taqi Shirazi
Grand Ayatollah Sheikh; Mirza Mohammed Taqi Shirazi
ميرزا محمدتقي شيرازى
Personal
Born	1840; Shiraz, Qajar Iran
Died	August 28, 1920 (aged 79–80); Karbala, Republic of Iraq
Resting place	Imam Husayn Shrine
Religion	Islam
Children	Muhammad-Husayn; Ali; Muhamamd-Ali;
Parents	Muhib Ali Shirazi (father)
Jurisprudence	Twelver Shia Islam
Relatives	Mirza Mahdi al-Shirazi (nephew)
Muslim leader
Based in	Samarra, Iraq
Period in office	1895–1916
Predecessor	Mirza Shirazi
Successor	was abandoned

Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad-Taqi Golshan Shirazi Ha'eri (Persian: ميرزا محمدتقى گلشن شيرازى حائرى; Arabic: الميرزا محمد تقي الشيرازي الحائري; ), also known as al-Mirza al-Thani (transl. the second Mirza; the first being Mirza Shirazi), was a senior Iranian-Iraqi jurist and political leader.^[1]^[2] He led the Iraqi revolt of 1920.^[3]

Early life and education[]

Shirazi was born in 1840, to Mirza Muhib Ali Golshan Shirazi. His uncle was Mirza Habibullah Shirazi, a famous Iranian poet.

He migrated to Karbala in 1854, and began his religious studies there, under scholars such as Sheikh Zayn al-Abideen al-Mazandarani, Sayyid Ali Taqi al-Tabatabaei, and Sheikh Fadhil al-Ardakani. He was granted ijazas by Mirza Husayn al-Khalili, Sheikh Husayn bin Taqi al-Nuri, Sheikh Abbas al-Tehrani, and Mirza Hasan Khan al-Shirazi.^[4] He then moved to Samarra along with his mentor and predecessor, Mirza Shirazi, to establish the city, as the new Shi'ite intellectual loci. In Samarra, Shirazi spent his time teaching and delivering lectures at the seminary. After the demise of his teacher, Shirazi took the reins of the seminary in Samarra.

He remained in Samarra until 1916, where the situation began to deteriorate, and Shirazi feared that Samarra was going to end up like Kut, during its siege, so he travelled to Kadhimiya. He remained there for just under two years, until he finally settled in Karbala.^[5]

Work[]

Shirazi had a number of publications, and often used Gulshan as his pen name:

Hashiya 'Ala al-Makasib. A commentary on Murtadha al-Ansari's al-Makasib.
Sharh Manthumat Al-Amili Fi al-Ridha'. An exposition on Sadr al-Din al-Amili's Urjuza al-Ridha'ia.
Divan in the Persian language.
Risala Fi Salat al-Jum'a
Risala Fi al-Khilal
Al-Qasa'ed al-Fakhira Fi Madh al-'Etra al-Tahira. Poetry in praise of the Ahl al-Bayt.

Death[]

Shirazi died on August 28, 1920 in Karbala at the age of eighty. Sheikh Fatthullah al-Isfahani offered the prayers in his funeral, and then he was buried in the southern chamber in the Imam Husayn shrine courtyard.

References[]

^ "al-Mirza Muhammad Taqi al-Shirazi: Qa'id Thowrat al-Ishrin" [Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi: Leader of the 1920 revolt]. An-Nabaa Information Network (in Arabic).
^ "al-Thalith Ashar Min Thil Hijjah al-Haram Raheel Qa'id Thowrat al-Ishreen Wa Mu'asis al-Dawla al-Iraqiya al-Haditha al-Mirza Muhammad-Taqi al-Shirazi Qudis Siruh" [The thirteenth of Dhul Hijjah markes the anniversary of the leader of the 1920 revolt and founder of the modern Iraqi state Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi]. www.alshirazi.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-04-28.
^ Louër, Laurence (2011). Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the Gulf. Hurst. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-84904-214-7.
^ "al-Marja al-Shi'i Muhammad Taqi al-Shirazi.. Qa'ed Thawrat al-Ishreen Fi al-Iraq" [Shi'ite Jurist Muhammad-Taqi al-Shirazi.. The leader of the 1920 revolt in Iraq]. Islamic Movements Portal. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
^ al-Yasari, Jasim (2014-03-20). "Sheikh Muhammad Taqi al-Shirazi Wa Dawrahu Fi al-Thawra al-Iraqia Aam 1920 Dirasa Tarikhiya" [Historical study of Sheikh Muhammad-Taqi al-Shirazis role in the 1920 Iraqi revolt]. Ahl Al-Bayt Journal (in Arabic). 1 (15): 286–306.

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[1] "al-Mirza Muhammad Taqi al-Shirazi: Qa'id Thowrat al-Ishrin" [Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi: Leader of the 1920 revolt]. An-Nabaa Information Network (in Arabic).

[2] "al-Thalith Ashar Min Thil Hijjah al-Haram Raheel Qa'id Thowrat al-Ishreen Wa Mu'asis al-Dawla al-Iraqiya al-Haditha al-Mirza Muhammad-Taqi al-Shirazi Qudis Siruh" [The thirteenth of Dhul Hijjah markes the anniversary of the leader of the 1920 revolt and founder of the modern Iraqi state Mirza Taqi al-Shirazi]. www.alshirazi.net (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-04-28.

[3] Louër, Laurence (2011). Transnational Shia Politics: Religious and Political Networks in the Gulf. Hurst. p. 81. ISBN 978-1-84904-214-7.

[4] "al-Marja al-Shi'i Muhammad Taqi al-Shirazi.. Qa'ed Thawrat al-Ishreen Fi al-Iraq" [Shi'ite Jurist Muhammad-Taqi al-Shirazi.. The leader of the 1920 revolt in Iraq]. Islamic Movements Portal. Retrieved 2021-01-21.

[5] -Yasari, Jasim (2014-03-20). "Sheikh Muhammad Taqi al-Shirazi Wa Dawrahu Fi al-Thawra al-Iraqia Aam 1920 Dirasa Tarikhiya" [Historical study of Sheikh Muhammad-Taqi al-Shirazis role in the 1920 Iraqi revolt]. Ahl Al-Bayt Journal (in Arabic). 1 (15): 286–306.

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