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Mohammad Shahroudi
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “born in najaf”. Today it says “senior iraqi twelver shi'a marja' in iran”.
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Iranian Grand Ayatollah (1925-2019) Not to be confused with Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi . Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Shahroudi ( Arabic : آيت الله العظمى سيد محمد حسينى شاهرودى) (December 1925 – 7 July 2019) was a senior Iraqi Twelver Shi'a Marja' in Iran .
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born in najaf
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senior iraqi twelver shi'a marja' in iran
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