Mohammad Aghazadeh Khorasani | |
Native Name: | محمد آقازاده خراسانی |
Birth Date: | 1877 |
Birth Place: | Najaf, Iran |
Death Date: | 1937 |
Death Place: | Rey, Iran |
Resting Place: | Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine |
Mohammad Aghazadeh Khorasani (Persian: محمد آقازاده خراسانی; born 1877 in Najaf, Iran) was a Shia cleric from Iran, known for his scientific work published under pseudonyms such as Ayatollah Aghazadeh, Ayatollah Aghazadeh Najafi, or Ayatollah Aghazadeh Khorasani.[1]
At 30 years old, he attended master classes in the holy city of Najaf, and later, at the order of his father, moved to Mashhad.
He lived in Najaf for several years, where he studied among religious scholars, including Mohammad-Kazem Khorasani. He then moved back to Mashhad to teach jurisprudence. The most notable of his students were Mojtaba Qazvin, his brother Sheikh Hashem Qazvin, and Hadi Kadkani.
During the years he lived in Mashhad, in addition to political activities, teaching, and training students in his field, Khoransi was the head of the Khorasan Seminary.[2] [3]
Some of his activities:[4]
He was sentenced to death by a military court for compulsory residence in Tehran provoking protests among Iraqi Scholars.
Khorasani died in 1937 in Rey, Iran, and his body was buried in the Shah-Abdol-Azim shrine in the garden of Parrot.