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Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “iranian twelver shi'a marja”. Today it says “iranian shia marja'”. This article was filed under Iranian Islamists; Shi'a Islamists. Today it is filed under none of them.
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Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi (Persian: السيد تقي طباطبايي قمي) (born 1922) is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja . He currently lives in Qom , Iran . He is the author of some Islamic books . List of Maraji in Arabic Answering to a question کتاب «امام زمان (عج) خود را بیشتر بشناسیم»1
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iranian twelver shi'a marja
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iranian shia marja'
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