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Mohammad Ali Shirazi
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Mohammad Ali Shirazi (Arabic: السيد محمد علی شيرازي) was an Iraqi Twelver Shi'a cleric . He studied in seminaries of Najaf , Iraq under Grand Ayatollah Abul-Qassim Khoei and Jawad Tabrizi . He lived in Qom , Iran until his death in 2024. List of Maraji in Persian "Official Website" .
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iraqi twelver shi'a marja
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iraqi twelver shi'a cleric
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