Mohammad-Taher Shubayr al-Khaqani

Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Taher bin Abdul-hameed bin Isa bin Hasan bin Shubayr bin Dhiab bin Mohammed bin Harb al-Khaqani (30 November 1911 - 28 January 1986) (Arabic:اية الله العظمى الشيخ محمد طاهر بن عبدالحميد بن عيسى بن حسن بن شبير بن ذياب بن محمد بن حرب الخاقاني). He was a leading Iranian Arab Shia cleric from Ahwaz. Khaqani was imprisoned after the 1979 Revolution in Iran for his opposition to the velayat-e faqih and his promotion of autonomy for the Ahwazi Arabs of Iran's Khuzestan province. The Grand Ayatollah died in suspicious circumstances in 1986 while under house arrest in Qom.

Mohammad-Taher Shubayr al-Khaqani
اية الله العظمى الشيخ محمد طاهر شبير الخاقاني
Portrait of Ayatollah al-Khaqani
Personal
Born
محمد طاهر بن عبدالحميد بن عيسى بن حسن بن شبير بن ذياب بن محمد بن حرب الخاقاني
Muhammad Taher bin Abdulhamid bin Isa bin Hassan bin Shubayr bin Dhiab bin Muhammad bin Harb al-Khaqani

(1911-11-30)30 November 1911
Died28 January 1986(1986-01-28) (aged 74)
ReligionIslam
NationalityIranian
ChildrenMohammad Baqir al-Khaqani Mohammad Taher Khaqani[1]
SchoolJafari
SectShia
RelativesIsa al-Khaqani - Brother

His son, Sheikh Mohammed Baqir al-Khaqani, today lives in Kuwait, and his younger brother Sheikh Isa Al-Khaqani lives in Bahrain.[2]

References

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  1. ^ [1] Muhammad Muhammad Taher al-Khaqani Biography
  2. ^ [2] Iran, The Revolution