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Abolqasem al-Khoei

Iranian cleric
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Abū al-Qāsim al-Khūʾī
Born:
November 19, 1899, Khoy, Iran
Died:
August 8, 1992, Al-Kūfah, Iraq (aged 92)
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Abolqasem al-Khoei (born November 19, 1899, Khoy, Iran—died August 8, 1992, Al-Kūfah, Iraq) was an Iranian-born cleric who, as a grand ayatollah based in the holy city of Al-Najaf, Iraq, was the spiritual leader of millions of Shīʿite Muslims. Khoei studied Persian poetry and religion as a child. At age 13 he was sent to study Islamic law (Sharīʿah) at Al-Najaf, where he remained and became one of the most important Shīʿite clerics of his day, attaining the status of marjaʿ al-taqlīd (Arabic: “source of emulation”) in 1970 and ministering to Shīʿite communities both in Iraq and throughout the world. ...(100 of 274 words)

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