Mohammad-Ali Behbahani

Aqa Mohammad-Ali Behbahani (1731-1801) was an Iranian Shia mojtahed, principally noted for his zealous hatred of Sufis.

Biography

Behbahani was born on 20 June 1731 in the shrine city of Karbala in the Baghdad vilayet of the Ottoman Empire (now Iraq) as the eldest son of the well-known mojtahed Mohammad-Baqer Behbahani, a native of Isfahan. He was brought up in Behbahan in southwest Iran.[1][2]

References

Pourjavady, Reza (2023). "Iran and Afghanistan: Āqā Muḥammad ʿAlī Bihbahānī". In Thomas, David; Chesworth, Thomas A. (eds.). Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History Volume 20. Iran, Afghanistan and the Caucasus (1800-1914). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. pp. 69–71.
Algar, Hamid (1989). "BEHBAHĀNĪ, MOḤAMMAD-ʿALĪ". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume IV/1: Bāyju–Behruz. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-0-71009-124-6.

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[1] Pourjavady, Reza (2023). "Iran and Afghanistan: Āqā Muḥammad ʿAlī Bihbahānī". In Thomas, David; Chesworth, Thomas A. (eds.). Christian-Muslim Relations. A Bibliographical History Volume 20. Iran, Afghanistan and the Caucasus (1800-1914). Leiden, Netherlands: Brill. pp. 69–71.

[2] Algar, Hamid (1989). "BEHBAHĀNĪ, MOḤAMMAD-ʿALĪ". In Yarshater, Ehsan (ed.). Encyclopædia Iranica, Volume IV/1: Bāyju–Behruz. London and New York: Routledge & Kegan Paul. pp. 96–97. ISBN 978-0-71009-124-6.