Zia'eddin Araghi also known as Agha Zia'eddin Araghi () was an eminent

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jurist, Usuli and

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during the flourishing the

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in Shia after

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Family

Araghi was born in 1861 in Arak,

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. His name was Shaykh Ali but he was known as Zia Addin. His father was Mulla Muhammad Kabir Araghi and was Shia jurist and

Education

First he learned the preliminary stages in Arak and then travelled to

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and resided in Sadr religious school. He participated in

in the courses of Masters like Agha Sayyed Muhammad Hashim Chahar Souqi, Mirza Jahangir Khan Qashqaei, Akhun Muhammad Kashi, and Abul Ma'ali Kalbasi. Then he Immigrated to

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. Before coming to

, he first had the place of judge in Samara but this occupation did not satisfy him. Among his known masters in

there were Mirza Habib Rashrti, Akhund Khorasani, Sayyed Muhammad Kazim Tabatabei Yazdi, Mirza Khalil Hoseini, Shaykh Al Shariah, Sayyed Muhammad Tabatabei Fesharaki, and Mirza Ebrahim Mahallati Shirazi.

Pupils

He also taught many eminent pupils such as following: *Sayyed Muhsin Hakim *Sayyed Muhammad Taqi Khansari *Sayyed Abul Qasem Khansari *Sayyed Mahmud Shahroudi *Sayyed Abul Qasem Khoei *The late Muhammad Taqi Bahjat *Sayyed Abdullah Shirazi *Sayyed Abdul Hadi Shirazi *Sayyed Aul Hasan Shirazi *Ayatollah Qaravi Aliyari *Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Amoli *

Mirza Hashem Amoli Ayatollah Mirza Hashem Amoli Larijani (; 26 February 189925 February 1993) was an Iranian Shia Marja' and scholar of jurisprudence. Amoli was the father of Ali Larijani, Sadegh Larijani, Mohammad Javad Larijani and Fazel Larijani who have held ...

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{{authority control Iranian writers People of the Persian Constitutional Revolution Iranian grand ayatollahs Pupils of Muhammad Kadhim Khorasani People from Arak, Iran 1861 births Year of death missing

Family

Education

Pupils

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