Mohammad Alavi Gorgani
Appearance
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Alavi Gorgani | |
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Born | March 1940 (age 84) Najaf, Iraq [1] |
Website | www.gorgani.ir |
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Ali Hosseini Alavi Gorgani (Persian: سيد محمد على حسينى علوى گرگانى) (born 1940) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a marja.[2][3][4] He was born in a religious family in Golestan, Iran. He rose to a leading scholar in Najaf, and moved to Qom in 1979. Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani has studied under the late Ayatollah Bourujerdi, Ayatollah Khomeni, Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Araki and Ayatollah Golpaygani.[5][6]
See also
References
- ^ (in Persian) Biography of G. Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani 25 April 2005
- ^ List of Maraji in Arabic Archived 2 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ List of Maraji in Persian (1)
- ^ List of Maraji in Persian (2)
- ^ Biography in Persian
- ^ (in Persian) Works of G. Ayatollah Alavi Gorgani 25 April 2005