Abu l-Hasan al-Isfahani

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Abu al-Hasan al-Musawi al-Isfahani (Arabic: أبوالحسن الموسوي الأصفهاني; 1861–November 4, 1946) was an Iranian-Iraqi Shia marja'.

Grand Ayatollah Sayyid
Abu al-Hasan al-Isfahani
أبوالحسن الموسوي الأصفهاني
Personal
Born1861 (1861)
Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia
DiedNovember 4, 1946(1946-11-04) (aged 84–85)
ReligionIslam
JurisprudenceTwelver Shia Islam
Muslim leader
Based inNajaf, Iraq
Period in office1937–1946
PredecessorMuhammad Hossein Naini
SuccessorHossein Borujerdi
PostGrand Ayatollah

al-Isfahani became the leading marja' of the Shia world after the death of Muhammad-Hussein al-Naini.

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