Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammed Mohsen Manzavi Tehrani, popularly known as Agha Bozorg Tehrani () (7 April 1876 – 20 February 1970), was a

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scholar born and based in

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. He was a

scholar from Hawza Elmiye

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. He taught Grand Ayatollah Ali Hussaini Sistani,

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, and many others. He wrote, among others, the following notable books: * ''Al-Dharīʿa ilā Taṣānīf al-Shīʿa (List of Shia Books)'' (26 volumes),WWW.SADEQIN.COM : پایگاه اطلاع‌رسانی صادقین
the list was compiled in 1908 * ''Ṭabaqāt aʿlām al-Shīʿa (List of Shia Ulema)'' (9 volumes) * ''Mosannafet-e Shi`e'' (6 volumes) * ''Mustadrak kashf al-ẓunūn'' or ''Dhayl kashf al-zunūn'', Tehran, Maktabat al-Islāmiyya and also Ja'fari Tabrizi, 1387/1967.Se
biography
with more publications.

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(this web page has comment by Aqa Bozorg Tehrani on book Tahzeeb al-Ahkam (by Sheikh Toosi).
Translation of Biography of Aqa Bozorg Tehrani from Persian via Google translate
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