RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Morteza Motahhari

1919 - 1979

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Morteza Motahhari (Persian: مرتضی مطهری, romanized: Mortezā Motahharī; 31 January 1919 – 1 May 1979) was an Iranian Twelver Shia scholar, philosopher, lecturer. Motahhari is considered to have an important influence on the ideologies of the Islamic Republic, among others. He was a co-founder of Hosseiniye Ershad and the Combatant Clergy Association (Jāme'e-ye Rowhāniyat-e Mobārez). He was a disciple of Ruhollah Khomeini during the Shah's reign and formed the Council of the Islamic Revolution at Khomeini's request. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Morteza Motahhari is the 1,865th most popular religious figure (down from 1,654th in 2019), the 251st most popular biography from Iran (down from 246th in 2019) and the 26th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Morteza Motahhari ranks 1,865 out of 3,187. Before him are Procopius of Sázava, Zdislava Berka, Saleh Al-Fawzan, William Allen, Nahor, son of Terah, and Abu al-Misk Kafur. After him are Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi, Gan Ji, Anandi Gopal Joshi, Ushpia, Abu Sa'id Abu'l-Khayr, and Gregorio Barbarigo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1919, Morteza Motahhari ranks 119. Before him are Silva Kaputikyan, John Ljunggren, Teruo Nakamura, Gérard Oury, Hennes Weisweiler, and Isaac Boleslavsky. After him are Joseph Serchuk, Hermann Bondi, Bernhard Wicki, Rubén González, Arthur Cronquist, and José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez. Among people deceased in 1979, Morteza Motahhari ranks 93. Before him are Yvonne de Gaulle, Antonio Caggiano, Waldemar de Brito, Dolores Costello, Teruo Nakamura, and Katharine Burr Blodgett. After him are Léonide Massine, José Della Torre, Gio Ponti, Vagif Mustafazadeh, Ethel Smith, and Zhang Guotao.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Morteza Motahhari ranks 251 out of 631. Before him are Marjane Satrapi (1969), Al-Mahani (820), Mohammad Beheshti (1928), Daqiqi (1000), Kamāl al-Dīn al-Fārisī (1265), and Lotf Ali Khan (1769). After him are Hayedeh (1942), Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), Badi' al-Zaman al-Hamadani (967), Parvin E'tesami (1907), Farahnaz Pahlavi (1963), and Hossein Nasr (1933).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Morteza Motahhari ranks 26. Before him are Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (864), Aga Khan II (1830), Ibn Babawayh (918), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), and Ibn Khuzayma (838). After him are Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627), Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi (1875), Reza Hosseini Nassab (1960), Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (948), Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (935), and Sadegh Khalkhali (1926).

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