Agha Bozorg Tehrani

Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammed Mohsen Manzavi Tehrani, popularly known as Agha Bozorg Tehrani (Persian: آقا بزرگ تهرانی) (7 April 1876 – 20 February 1970), was a Shia scholar born and based in Tehran. He was a Shia scholar from Hawza Elmiye Najaf. He taught Grand Ayatollah Ali Hussaini Sistani, Grand Ayatollah Muhammad Hussain Najafi, and many others.

He wrote, among others, the following notable books:

  • Al-Dharīʿa ilā Taṣānīf al-Shīʿa (List of Shia Books) (26 volumes), the list was compiled in 1908
  • Ṭabaqāt aʿlām al-Shīʿa (List of Shia Ulema) (9 volumes)
  • Mosannafet-e Shi`e (6 volumes)
  • Mustadrak kashf al-ẓunūn or Dhayl kashf al-zunūn, Tehran, Maktabat al-Islāmiyya and also Ja'fari Tabrizi, 1387/1967.
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