Mohammad Baqer Shirazi


Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Baqir Shirazi was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He was the highest-ranking Shia marja in Iran and Iraq.

Personal life

Shirazi was born on 26 November 1931 in Iran. He died in Imam Reza Hospital in Tehran on 15 May 2014, aged 82.

Education

Shirazi studied in the seminaries of Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei and Mohammad Hussaini Shirazi.