Abbas Mahfouzi
Iranian Grand Ayatollah (1928–2024)
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Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi (Arabic: آيتالله العظمى عباس محفوظى[clarification needed], Persian: آيتالله العظمى عباس محفوظى; 9 August 1928 – 10 September 2024) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja.[1][2][3][4] He studied in seminars of Qom, Iran under Ruhollah Khomeini, Grand Ayatollah Houssein Borujerdi and Mirza Hashem Amoli.[5][6]
Abbas Mahfouzi | |
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آيتالله العظمى عباس محفوظى | |
Mahfouzi in 2016 | |
| Title | Grand Ayatollah |
| Personal life | |
| Born | 9 August 1928 |
| Died | 10 September 2024 (aged 96) Qom, Iran |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Usuli Twelver Shia Islam |
| Senior posting | |
| Based in | Qom, Iran |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
| Website | http://www.mahfoozi.ir |
Biography
Grand Ayatollah Abbas Mahfouzi was born in Rudsar, Iran. He started the education of Quran in his childhood. For higher education, he went to Rudsar Seminary. Later he traveled to Qom and studied in Seminars of Qom under Imam Khomeni, Houssein Borujerdi, Mirza Hashem Amoli, Mohammad Reza Golpaygani and Houssein Ali Montezari. He was a firm supporter of Khomeni and he supported Khomeini during 1979 Iranian Revolution.[7][8]
Mahfouzi died on 10 September 2024, at the age of 96.[9]
