Mirza Shirazi
Muhammad Hassan Shirazi | |
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میرزا محمدحسن حسينى شيرازی | |
| Title | Grand Ayatollah Mujaddid |
| Personal life | |
| Born | April 25, 1815 |
| Died | February 20, 1895 (aged 79) |
| Resting place | Imam Ali Shrine |
| Nationality | Iranian |
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| Other names | Mirzaye Shirazi, Persian: میرزای شیرازی al-Mujadid al-Shirazi, Arabic: المجدد الشيرازي |
| Relatives | Mirza Mahdi Shirazi (grand nephew & grandson-in-law) Razi Shirazi (great grandson) Abd al-Hadi Shirazi (first cousin, once removed) |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Islam |
| Institute | Najaf Seminary Samarra Seminary |
| Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Najaf, Iraq Samarra, Iraq |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
| Period in office | 1864–1895 |
| Predecessor | Murtadha Ansari |
| Successor | Akhund Khorasani |
Grand Ayatollah Mujaddid Mirza Abu Muhammad Mu'iz al-Din Muhammad Hassan Husayni Shirazi (Persian: ابومحمد معزالدین محمدحسن حسينى شيرازی; Arabic: أبو محمد معز الدين محمد حسن الحسيني الشيرازي; 25 April 1815 – 20 February 1895), better simply known as Mirza Shirazi (میرزای شیرازی), was an Iranian Shia marja'.
After the death of Murtadha Ansari, he was known to be the supreme Shia leader of his time, and gained fame for his celebrated 1891 verdict against the usage of tobacco in what became known as the Tobacco Protest in the Qajar era.
He is dubbed as the mujaddid (renewer of the religion) of the 13th century of the Islamic era by Shias.