Murtadha al-Ansari
Grand Ayatollah Sheikh Murtadha al-Ansari al-Tostari (1781–1864), (Arabic: مرتضی الأنصاري التستري; Persian: مرتضی انصاری شوشتری), also transliterated as Mortaza Ansari Shushtari, was a Shia jurist who "was generally acknowledged as the most eminent jurist of the time."
Sheikh Murtadha al-Ansari al-Tostari | |
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الشيخ مرتضى الأنصاري التستري | |
| Title | Grand Ayatollah |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1781 |
| Died | 1864 (aged 82–83) |
| Resting place | Imam Ali Shrine |
| Religion | Islam |
| Jurisprudence | Twelver Shia |
| Other names | Sahib al-Makasib, Arabic: صاحب المكاسب Sheikh al-Ta'ifa, Arabic: شيخ الطائفة |
| Institute | Najaf Seminary |
| Muslim leader | |
| Based in | Najaf, Iraq |
| Period in office | 1849–1864 |
| Predecessor | Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi |
| Successor | Mirza Shirazi |
| Post | Grand Ayatollah |
Ansari has also been called the "first effective" model or Marja of the Shia or "the first scholar universally recognized as supreme authority in matters of Shii law".
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