Agha Bozorg Tehrani
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Ayatollah Sheikh Mohammed Mohsen Manzavi Tehrani, popularly known as Agha Bozorg Tehrani (Persian: آقا بزرگ تهرانی) (7 April 1876 – 20 February 1970),[1] was a Shia scholar born and based in Tehran.[2] 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),[3] the list was compiled in 1908.[4] It references 53,510 books written by Shia scholars.[5]
- Ṭabaqāt aʿlām al-Shīʿa (List of Shia Ulema) (9 volumes)[3]
- Mosannafet-e Shi`e (6 volumes)[6]
- Mustadrak kashf al-ẓunūn or Dhayl kashf al-zunūn, Tehran, Maktabat al-Islāmiyya and also Ja'fari Tabrizi, 1387/1967.[7]
