RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Kazim Rashti

1793 - 1843

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Sayyid Kāẓim bin Qāsim al-Ḥusaynī ar-Rashtī (Arabic: سيد كاظم بن قاسم الحسيني الرﺷتي; 1793–1843), mostly known as Siyyid Kázim Rashtí (Persian: سید کاظم رشتی), was the son of Siyyid Qasim of Rasht, a town in northern Iran. He was appointed as the successor of Shaykh Ahmad al-Ahsa'i, and led the Shaykhí movement until his death. He came from a family of well known merchants. He was a Shaykhi scholar who told his students about the coming of the Mahdi and the "Masih" (the return of Christ) and taught them how to recognize them. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kazim Rashti is the 2,714th most popular religious figure (down from 2,274th in 2019), the 371st most popular biography from Iran (down from 336th in 2019) and the 38th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Kazim Rashti ranks 2,714 out of 3,187. Before him are Pope Eumenes of Alexandria, José Manuel Imbamba, Franziskus von Bettinger, Richard de Bury, Michael Levytsky, and Polycrates of Ephesus. After him are Sebastian Koto Khoarai, Joseph Othmar Rauscher, Tonpa Shenrab Miwoche, Jacques Gaillot, Elizabeth Ann Seton, and Sebastian Francis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1793, Kazim Rashti ranks 45. Before him are Charles Lock Eastlake, Philip Barker-Webb, Felix de Muelenaere, Diego Portales, Robert Edmond Grant, and Stephen F. Austin. After him are William Hopkins, Jan Frans Willems, Antoni Malczewski, Erik Johan Stagnelius, Manuel Menéndez, and José Ignacio de Márquez. Among people deceased in 1843, Kazim Rashti ranks 30. Before him are Julius Vincenz von Krombholz, John Biscoe, Hirata Atsutane, Sylvestre François Lacroix, Friedrich von Adelung, and Johann Natterer. After him are Washington Allston, José María Queipo de Llano, 7th Count of Toreno, Josep Bonaplata i Corriol, John Claudius Loudon, Thomas Graham, 1st Baron Lynedoch, and Smith Thompson.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Kazim Rashti ranks 371 out of 631. Before him are Zahra Rahnavard (1945), Ehsan Yarshater (1920), Ebi (1949), Homayoun Ershadi (1947), Borzuya (500), and Rita (1962). After him are Mirza Ibrahimov (1911), Sayed Morad Khan (1800), Fazlullah Nouri (1843), Hushang Ebtehaj (1928), Nusrat Bhutto (1929), and Mardavij (890).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Kazim Rashti ranks 38. Before him are Sadegh Khalkhali (1926), Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), Suleiman II of Persia (1714), Navvab Safavi (1924), Luarsab II of Kartli (1592), and Hossein Wahid Khorasani (1921). After him are Fakhr-un-Nisa (1092).

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