RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi

1875 - 1961

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Hossein Ali Tabatabaei Borujerdi (Luri/Persian: آیت الله العظمی سید حسین طباطبایی بروجردی; 23 March 1875 – 30 March 1961) was an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric and marja' of Iran from 1947 to his death in 1961. He was a major proponent for the elimination of Baha'is in Iran. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi is the 1,978th most popular religious figure (down from 1,601st in 2019), the 265th most popular biography from Iran (down from 239th in 2019) and the 28th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi ranks 1,978 out of 3,187. Before him are John Leonardi, Karl Lehmann, Álvaro Leonel Ramazzini Imeri, Abercius of Hieropolis, Karekin I, and Georges Cottier. After him are Senhime, Maximus I of Constantinople, Maxim of Bulgaria, Joseph Clemens of Bavaria, Bashar ibn Burd, and Juliana Falconieri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi ranks 87. Before him are Paul Löbe, Gaston Billotte, Thomas Xenakis, Ferdinand Sauerbruch, Paul Freiherr von Eltz-Rübenach, and Eugen Schauman. After him are Max Abraham, Svetozar Pribićević, Theodor Innitzer, Henri Callot, Issai Schur, and Alexandros Nikolopoulos. Among people deceased in 1961, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi ranks 78. Before him are Lucian Blaga, Pieter Sjoerds Gerbrandy, Valentin Bondarenko, Anselmo Alliegro y Milá, Anton Flettner, and Philibert Jacques Melotte. After him are Mihail Sadoveanu, Ty Cobb, Václav Talich, Ernest Payne, Elia Dalla Costa, and York Bowen.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi ranks 265 out of 631. Before him are Mohammad-Javad Bahonar (1933), Shaun Toub (1963), Táhirih (1817), Ali Daei (1969), Abdallah ibn Tahir al-Khurasani (798), and Leila Pahlavi (1970). After him are Farrokhroo Parsa (1922), Mastoureh Ardalan (1805), Arash (1977), Kader Abdolah (1954), Ahmad Jannati (1927), and Ubayd Zakani (1301).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi ranks 28. Before him are Ibn Babawayh (918), Al-Hakim al-Nishapuri (933), Abu Bakr bin Yahya al-Suli (854), Ibn Khuzayma (838), Morteza Motahhari (1919), and Mohammad-Baqer Majlesi (1627). After him are Reza Hosseini Nassab (1960), Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani (948), Al-Qadi Abd al-Jabbar (935), Sadegh Khalkhali (1926), Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari (1906), and Suleiman II of Persia (1714).

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