| Religion: | Islam |
| Honorific Prefix: | Ayatollah |
| Mohammad Hossein Gharavi Esfahani | |
| Birth Date: | 1879 |
| Birth Place: | Kadhimiya, Iraq |
| Death Date: | 1942 |
| Death Place: | Najaf, Iraq |
| Resting Place: | Imam Ali Shrine, Najaf |
| Nationality: | Iranian Iraqi |
| Jurisprudence: | Twelver Shia Islam |
| Main Interests: | Islamic philosophy, jurisprudence, Usul al-Fiqh |
Mohammad Hossein Gharavi Esfahani also known as Kumpani (1879-1942) was an Iraqi-Iranian Shia Scholar, philosopher, jurist and poet.[1]
He was born on 2 Muharram 1296 AH (1879) in Kadhimiya, Iraq. He was the son of Mohammad Hassan who was originally from Nakhjavan, Iran. His father was powerful and wealthy so he used that power to educate himself very well. After the Treaty of Turkmenchay, his father moved to Tabriz. then Isfahan and Kadhimiya.
He gained his basic education from Hassan Tuyserkani and, aged twenty, migrated to Najaf to acquire knowledge.
His teachers included Akhound Khorasani, Mohqiq, Muhammad esfahani, Mohammad Bagher Estahbanati, Ahmad Shirazi, Muhammad Tabatabaei Fasharaki, and Aqa Reza Hamadani.
His students included: Mohammad Ali Araki (his son-in-law), Mohammad Ali Ordubadi, Nasrollah Eshkavari, Abdul Hosein Amini, anvari Hamadani, Mohammad Taqhi Bahjat, Yousef Biyari, Sadr Al din JAzaeri, Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar, Hadi Milani, Hossein hamadani Najafi, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaei, Mortaza Modrresi Chahardehi, sayyed hadi Khosrow Shahi, Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari.[2] [3]
His books include:[4]
He died in 1942 and was buried in a room nex to Imam Ali's Shrine in Najaf City. al-Allama al-Hilli and Mostafa Khomeini are both buried in that place too.