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Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi

Iranian grand ayatollah (1924-2011)

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Grand Ayatollah Mirza Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi (Persian: محسن کوچه‌باغی تبریزی; 9 January 1924 – 3 August 2011) was an Iranian Twelver Shia Marja.

Early life

Tabrizi was born on 9 January 1924 in Tabriz, Iran. His father, Ayatollah Mirza Abbas Kochebaghi, was also a Grand Ayatollah (Marja'). Tabrizi studied in seminaries in Najaf, Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim al-Khoei and Mirza Fataah Shahidi Tabrizi.

Social works

He was famous for his religious careers in Tabriz. He was Friday Prayers Imam of Jameh Mosque of Tabriz for years.

Books

Ad'iye-ye A'māl-e Haj (1958)

Ad'iye-ye Namāz-e Shab (1961)

Makāseb-e Āyatollāh Shahidi (1969)

Basā'er-ol-Darajāt (1974)

A'māl-e Haj va Madine (1979)

Shafi'-ol-Moznebin (1988)

Ojvebat-ol-Esteftā'āt (1995)

Hāshiye bar 'Orve (2007)

Al-Borhān 'alā Vojud-e Sāheb-ol-zamān (2010)

Death

He died on 3 August 2011 in his house after a heart attack. His funeral was held on 4 August 2011 and he was buried in Vadi-e Rahmat of Tabriz.

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