Ayatollah Haj Mirza Khalil Kamarah'i ( fa-at, خلیل کمرهای, Khalīl Kamarah’ī; 1898, in Ferneq – 1984, in
Tehran
Tehran (; fa, تهران ) is the largest city in Tehran Province and the capital of Iran. With a population of around 9 million in the city and around 16 million in the larger metropolitan area of Greater Tehran, Tehran is the most popul ...
, Iran) He was an author, researcher and philosopher of contemporary theology that sought to unite the Muslim sects supporting his cause. He studied under
Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi
Grand Ayatollah Hajj Sheikh Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi ( fa, عبدالکریم حائری یزدی; ar, عبد الكريم الحائري اليزدي ; 1859 – 30 January 1937) was a Twelver Shia Muslim scholar and marja. He was the founder of a ...
in
Arak and
Qom. He continued his studies of various Islamic subjects and philosophy throughout his life. He worked with the administration in the
Vatican City
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* german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ')
* pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—'
* pt, Cidade do Vati ...
on various philosophical questions, which he later released in a separate book. He travelled to
Cairo
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on behalf of
Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Hossein Ali Tababataei Borujerdi (Luri/ fa, آیت الله العظمی سید حسین طباطبایی بروجردی; 23 March 1875 – 30 March 1961) was a leading Iranian Shia Marja' in Iran from approximately 1947 t ...
and
Mahmud Shaltut
Sheikh Mahmoud Shaltut ( ar, محمود شلتوت; 23 April 1893 – 13 December 1963) was an Egyptian figure best known for his attempts in Islamic reform. A disciple of Mohammad Abduh's school of thought, Shaltut rose to prominence as Grand Im ...
, the Grand Mufti and dean of Al-Azhar University Sheikh, for
fatwa
A fatwā ( ; ar, فتوى; plural ''fatāwā'' ) is a legal ruling on a point of Islamic law (''sharia'') given by a qualified '' Faqih'' (Islamic jurist) in response to a question posed by a private individual, judge or government. A jurist i ...
. He were an imam for the Jamaat of Fakhr Al-dole mosque in Tehran for more than three decades and thought at the University of Theology in Tehran for five years.
Death
He died in his home in Tehran, on Thursday 11 October 1984 after two years of illness. He was buried in
Qom, near the
Fatima Masumeh Shrine
The Shrine of Fatima Masumeh ( fa, حرم فاطمه معصومه translit. ''haram-e fateme-ye masumeh'') is located in Qom, which is considered by Shia Muslims to be the second most sacred city in Iran after Mashhad.
Fatima Masumeh was the ...
.
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Islamic philosophers
Iranian Shia scholars of Islam
20th-century Iranian historians
1898 births
1984 deaths
20th-century Iranian philosophers
Burials at Fatima Masumeh Shrine