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and Allamah Bahr al-'Ulum, he had a comprehensive knowledge of different Islamic studies. He also studied jurisprudential verdicts of Shi'a and Sunni faqihs of the past. He had a unique method in ‘Ilm al-rijal by studying the chain of narrators of hadiths in the Four Books independently from
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to continue his education. In the ten years that he studied in Isfahan, he completed his sutuh studies and was also granted the level of Ijtihad from his teachers, and began teaching Usul. Around the age of 30, Burujerdi moved from Isfahan to the theological seminary of
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regime's agrarian reforms, which he called "agrarian destruction." In his view, the confiscations of large concentrations of landholdings of aristocrats and clergy by the Pahlavi shahs disrupted the fabric of rural life and eroded religious institutions.
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alliance with the US and UK. It is thought that as a reward for this support the Shah ensured more religious instruction in state schools, tightened control of cinemas and other offensive secular entertainment during
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Borujerdi had two sons and three daughters from his first wife, all but one of whom died in childhood. The one who survived, died due to a difficult giving birth two years after marriage.
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One of his sons, Sayyid Muhammad Hasan Tabataba'i Burujirdi, who was born in 1925 in Burujird, was in charge of writing the official verdicts of his father. He died in 1977 in
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for attempting to bridge the gap between Sunnis and Shiites. Borujerdi sent representatives to Lebanon, Kuwait, Sudan and Pakistan. He also helped establish the
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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
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A Clarification Of Questions: An Unabridged Translation Of Resaleh Towzih Al-masael: Unabridged Translation of "Resaleh Towzih Al-Massael"
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legitimizing Ja'fari school of jurisprudence on par with the four major Sunni legal schools, and promoted its teaching at Al-Azhar.
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Borujerdi used a simple language in his lessons and avoided unnecessary extra discussions. Like early Shi'a 'ulama such as
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Borujerdi's belief in quietism, or silence of state matters, extended to keeping silent in public on such issues as
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to support many of his deductions, Borujerdi is known for elucidating many aspects himself and is an influential
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He had two sons and two daughters from his second wife (the daughter of Hajj Muhammad Ja'far Roughani Isfahani).
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and the end of his campaign to nationalize and control the British-owned oil industry in Iran, and the
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and his mother, Sayyidah Agha Beygum, was the daughter of Sayyid Mohammad Ali Tabataba'i.
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Theology of Discontent: The Ideological Foundation of the Islamic Revolution in Iran
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of all the Islamic schools of thought, not just his own, along with the science of
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jurist in his own right. He has had a strong influence on Islamic scholars like
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His third wife was his cousin, the daughter of Sayyid ‘Abd al-Wahid Tabataba'i.
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proclaimed three days of mourning and attended a memorial service in his honor.
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narrations. Through this method, he made great contributions to later research.
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The importance of conspiracy theory in extremist ideology and propaganda
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Biography of Ayatollah Khamenei the Leader of the Islamic Revolution
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In his youth, Borujerdi studied under a number of Shia masters of
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in 1945 (1364 AH), which had waned after the death of its founder
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Unlike many clergy and temporal rulers, Borujerdi and Shah
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in Iran from approximately 1947 to his death in 1961.
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Seir e mobarezat e imam khomeini be revayat e savak
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Hashiyah 'ala 'umdat al-talib fi ansab al abi talib
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Though he is known for citing 383:by his teachers, which included 322:accepted Ayatullah Borujerdi as 242:Hossein Ali Tabatabaei Borujerdi 1313: 1274: 1250: 1228: 1209: 1190: 1177: 1164: 1137: 1110: 1067: 1054: 740:Hashiyah 'ala rijal al-najjashi 731:Tartib asanid rijal al-najjashi 707:Tartib asanid 'ilal al-sharayi' 689:Jami' ahadith al-shi'a (31 vol) 683: 565:Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Durchih'i 375:Permission for narrating Hadith 999: 986: 947: 928: 897:"BORŪJERDĪ, ḤOSAYN ṬABĀṬABĀʾĪ" 843: 824: 811: 758:Hashiyah 'ala majma' al-masa'l 749:Hashiyah 'ala wasa'il al-shi'a 713:Tartib rijal asanid al-tahdhib 710:Tartib asanid tahdhib al-ahkam 470:illegal in Iran. 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Shaltut issued a famous 316:Sayyid Abul Hasan Isfahani 1237:Māḍī al-Naǧaf wa-ḥāḍiruhā 1185:The Mantle of the Prophet 1062:The Mantle of the Prophet 994:The Mantle of the Prophet 851:The Mantle of the Prophet 719:Tartib asanid 'idah kutub 643:Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani 517: 340:Islamic Center of Hamburg 334:Borujerdi was praised by 223: 197: 187: 177: 169: 155: 150: 140: 124: 114: 104: 82: 57: 52: 42: 30: 23: 1393:Iranian grand ayatollahs 1258: 1244:Najaf's past and present 1239: 1217: 1198: 936: 832: 673:Muhammad Taha al-Huwayzi 653:Mohammad Fazel Lankarani 618:Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani 569:Mohammad-Kazem Khorasani 485: 312:Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi 1174:, 31 March 1961, p. 27. 1074:Sayyid Husain Borujirdi 1064:, (1985, 2000), p.237-8 704:Tartib asanid al-Khisal 623:Hossein Vahid Khorasani 269: 182:Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani 76:Sublime State of Persia 1363:Biography of Borujerdi 916:Cite journal requires 663:Mousa Shubairi Zanjani 498: 353:, the grand Shaykh of 302:Borujerdi revived the 211:Mohammad Alavi Gorgani 1187:, (1985, 2000), p.240 1144:Abbas Milani (2011). 996:, (1985, 2000), p.230 895:Algar, Hamid (1989). 853:, (1985, 2000), p.231 638:Sayyid Ali al-Sistani 628:Hussein-Ali Montazeri 601:Hussein-Ali Montazeri 496:Fatima Masumeh Shrine 493: 422:Mohammad Reza Pahlavi 170:Period in office 37:Borujerdi, late 1950s 1378:People from Borujerd 755:Al-athar al-manzumah 722:Tartib rijal al-Tusi 403:and Sayyid Murtada, 875:. pp. 166–167. 648:Ali Safi Golpaygani 389:Agha Buzurg Tihrani 355:Al-Azhar University 1240:ماضى النجف وحاضرها 1172:The New York Times 1088:A.H. Fink (2020). 767:Anis al-muqalladin 633:Sayed Ali Khamenei 507:Mohammad Reza Shah 505:on 30 March 1961. 501:Borujerdi died in 499: 433:Mohammad Mosaddegh 416:Political leanings 1340:Missing or empty 1301:Missing or empty 1096:Leiden University 1021:978-0-520-91466-7 974:Missing or empty 817:Mottahedeh, Roy, 613:Ruhollah Khomeini 597:Morteza Motahhari 575:. He studied the 472:Ruhollah Khomeini 456:Ruhollah Khomeini 336:Morteza Motahhari 280:Lorestan Province 233: 232: 215:Ruhollah Khomeini 207:Morteza Motahhari 25:Hossein Borujerdi 1415: 1350: 1349: 1343: 1338: 1336: 1328: 1317: 1311: 1310: 1304: 1299: 1297: 1289: 1278: 1272: 1267: 1254: 1248: 1247: 1232: 1226: 1225: 1213: 1207: 1206: 1194: 1188: 1181: 1175: 1168: 1162: 1161: 1141: 1135: 1134: 1114: 1108: 1107: 1085: 1076: 1071: 1065: 1058: 1052: 1051: 1041: 1033: 1013: 1003: 997: 990: 984: 983: 977: 972: 970: 962: 951: 945: 944: 932: 926: 925: 919: 914: 912: 904: 899:. 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Grand Ayatollah
Borujerd
Sublime State of Persia
Qom
Pahlavi Iran
Shia Islam
Modern history
Usuli
Twelver
Shia Islam
uṣūl al-fiqh
Najaf
Iraq
Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani
Muhsin al-Hakim
Morteza Motahhari
Mohammad Alavi Gorgani
Ruhollah Khomeini
Grand Ayatollah
Grand Ayatollah
Sayyid
Luri
Persian
Iranian
Shia
Marja'
Borujerd
Lorestan Province
Iran

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