Muhsin al-Hakim explained

Honorific-Prefix:Grand Ayatollah Sayyid
Native Name:السيد محسن الطباطبائي الحكيم
Predecessor:Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani
Location:Najaf, Iraq
Successor:Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei,Ruhollah Khomeini
Period:1946–1970
Religion:Islam
Jurisprudence:Twelver Shia Islam
Background:
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Resting Place:Imam Ali Shrine
Death Place:Najaf, Ba'athist Iraq
Birth Place:Najaf, Baghdad Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Birth Date:31 May 1889
Muhsin al-Hakim
Nationality:Iraqi

Muhsin al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim (Arabic: محسن الطباطبائي الحكيم|translit=Muḥsin al-Ṭabāṭabāʾī al-Ḥakīm; 31 May 1889 – 2 June 1970) was an Iraqi Shia religious authority. He became the leading marja' of Najaf in 1946 after the death of Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani, and of the majority of the Shia world in 1961, after the death of Hossein Borujerdi.[1] He died in 1970.[2]

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  1. http://www.islamicinsights.com/religion/history/ayatollah-mohsin-al-hakim.html Ayatollah Mohsin al-Hakim
  2. Corboz . Elvire . Khomeini in Najaf: The Religious and Political Leadership of an Exiled Ayatollah . Die Welt des Islams . 55 . 2 . 2015. 10.1163/15700607-00552p03 . 222.