Mirza Husayn Tehrani
Mirza Husayn Tehrani | |
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میرزا حسین خلیلی تهرانی | |
The trio: (left to right) Akhund Khurasani, Mirza Husayn Tehrani and Abdullah Mazandarani | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 1815 |
| Died | 1908 |
| Nationality | Iranian |
| Region | Najaf, Iraq |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia Islam |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
| Period in office | 1891–1908 |
Ayatollah Mirza Husayn Khalili Tehrani (1815-1908) (Persian: میرزا حسین خلیلی تهرانی) was an Usuli Shi'a jurist and among the four sources of emulation at the time of Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He worked alongside Akhund Khurasani and Shaykh Abdullah Mazandarani to support the first democratic revolution of Asia, Iran's Constitutional Revolution, and co-signed all major statements issued from the seminary of Najaf in support of democracy.