Fethullah Qa'ravi Isfahani (;‎ 1850–1920) was a Persian cleric and rebel.

Early life

He was the child of Mohammad Javad Namazi, the ''Marja'' of

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. He studied at the Isfahan Seminary, the same Mashhad seminary that taught Mirza Hassan Nasrallah Madras, Ibrahim Boroujerdi, and Seyed Morteza Haeri. He returned to Isfahan in 1878.

Career

After the death of Muhammad Taqi Shirazi, he led an uprising against Iraqi and British influence in Iran.

Teaching

In 1896, he went to

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on the

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where he had discussions with

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scholars. His most important lessons were on:Life Grand Ayatollah Boroujerdi (RA), Mohammad Vaez Zadeh, Page 208 213. * Higher education jurisprudence * Commentary and Quranic sciences * Philosophy and theology

Professors

* Mirza Mohammad Hashim khansari
* Mullah Haider Ali Isfahani * Nasrallah Madras * Sheikh Mohammed Sadiq Tonekaboni * Mullah Ahmad Sabzevari * Sheikh Abdol javad Khorasani * Mohammad Taqi heravi * Mohammad Rahimi Boroujerdi * Mirza Habibollah rashti

Students

* Sayed Hadi Hosseini Shirazi * Sayed Mohammad Taghi khansari * Mirza Abu'l-Qasem Zanjani *

Agha Zia Addin Araghi Zia'eddin Araghi also known as Agha Zia'eddin Araghi () was an eminent Shia jurist, Usuli and Mujtahid during the flourishing the Usul Fiqh in Ja'fari school in Shia after Muhammad Baqir Behbahani. Family Araghi was born in 1861 in Arak, Iran ...

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Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sheikh Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi (; ; 1859 – 30 January 1937) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and marja. He was the founder of an important Islamic seminary (hawza) in Qom, Iran. Among his students was Ruhollah ...

Muhammad Hujjat Kuh-Kamari Seyyed Mohammad Hojjat Kooh Kamari (‎; 1893–1953) was a contemporary Iranian Muslim Faqīh and a Twelver Marja' who was in charge of the administration of the Qom Seminary for ten years. He was born on 17 March 1893 and died on 19 January ...

* Shahab al-Din Mar'ashi Najafi *

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* Muhammad-Amin al-Imami al-Khu'i

Death

Fethullah Qa'ravi Isfahani died in 1920 due to coronary artery disease. In the courtyard of the Imam Ali Mosque in Razavi, he was buried in one of the eastern stands.

References

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