Mohammad Taher Shubayr Khaqani

Mohammad Taher Shubayr Khaqani

Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Taher bin Abdul-hameed bin Isa bin Hasan bin Shubayr bin Thiab bin Moahmmed bin Harb al-Khaqani (Arabic:اية الله العظمى الشيخ محمد طاهر بن عبدالحميد بن عيسى بن حسن بن شبير بن ذياب بن محمد بن حرب الخاقاني) was a leading Iranian Arab Shia cleric from Ahwaz.

He comes from a very Religious family his Father was a Shiekh as well as his Grandfather. He was imprisoned after the 1979 Islamic revolution for his opposition to the velayate faqih. The Grand Ayatollah died in suspicious circumstances in 1986 while under house arrest in Qom. During the Iranian revolution, Al-Khaqani had attempted to promote autonomy for the Ahwazi Arabs of Iran’s Khuzestan province. His son, Sheikh Mohammed Baqir al-Khaqani today lives in Kuwait And his younger brother Sheikh Isa Al-Khaqani lives in Bahrain.[1]

References

  1. ^ [1] Iran, The Revolution