Hassan Modarres

Hassan Modarres

Seyyed Hassan Modarres (PerB| سید حسن مدرس ) (c. 1870 - December 1, 1937), was an Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric and a notable supporter of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution. He was among the founding members, along with Abdolhossein Teymourtash, of the reformist party "Hezb-e Eslaah-talab" of the time, which was formed during the fourth national Majlis of Iran. He has been called "brave and incorruptible" and "perhaps the most fervent mullah supporter of true constitutional government." [Mottahedeh, Roy, "The Mantle of the Prophet : Religion and Politics in Iran", One World, Oxford, 1985, 2000, p.224]

Biography

The sources disagree on his birthplace. Some mention that he was born in Shahreza, while others mention that he was born in a village named "Sarābe-Kachou" (سرابه‌کچو) near Ardestan, and that he moved to Shahreza when he was six. Having studied Islamic sciences in Isfahan and Najaf, Modarres turned to become a religious teacher in an Esfahan's madrasa. The name Modarres, that means "teacher", is because of his job there. In 1910, he was chosen by Najaf's cleric community and sent to Tehran to supervise the laws passed by the Majlis of Iran, to make sure they are not against the rules of "sharia". Later, in 1914, he was elected as a Majlis representative of Tehran.

In 1916, during the World War I, he migrated to Iraq, Syria, and Turkey together with a handful of other politicians, and served as the Minister of Justice in a cabinet formed in exile by Nezam os-Saltaneh. After returning to Iran, he was elected in the Majlis elections a few more times. Modarres fought against the presence of British forces in Persia, vigorously opposing the proposed 1919 agreement that would have transformed Iran into a British protectorate.

In the early 1920s he also played a role in preventing Reza Khan (the prime minister at the time) from abolishing the monarchy (the Qajar Dynasty) and declaring a republic, and less successfully opposed Reza Khan's deposing of the Qajar dynasty in 1925. Sayyed Modaress was openly critical of Reza Shah's rule and was placed under imprisonment in retaliation for his criticisms. A few years after a November 1926 assassination attempt against him Modarres was expelled to Khaf and later to Kashmar. He was finally killed in a prison in 1937. His death is regarded as martyrdom and the martyrdom day (10th of Azar) is known in Iran as Majlis day (day of the parliament).

Ruhollah Khomeini, who later became the Supreme Leader of Iran after the Iranian Revolution, was among Modarres's students. A picture of Modarres appears on the Iranian 100 rial banknote.

Notes

ources

* The Persian Encyclopedia's entry on Modarres.
* Mohammad Taghi Bahar, "Taarikh-e Mokhtasar-e Ahzaab-e Siaasi-e Iraan" (A Short History of Political Parties of Iran), Amirkabir, 1978.
* Yadegari, Amir Hossein (November 2005). "Siāsatmadār-e Dindār", "Hamshahri-e Māh", Ābān 1384 A.P., page 4.
* Abrahamian, Ervand, Iran Between Two Revolutions, Princeton University Press, 1982
* Mottahedeh, Roy, "The Mantle of the Prophet : Religion and Politics in Iran", One World, Oxford, 1985, 2000

External links

* [http://www.qajarpages.org/modaress.html Seyyed Hassan Modaress ] at www.qajarpages.org
*http://www.irib.ir/Special/Azar/Modaress/html/en/modares.htm
*http://www.irib.ir/Ouriran/mashahir/siasi/modarres/html/en/page.htm
* "Modarres Dar Ā'in-e Che'hel Sāl Mobārezeh" (Modarres in the Tradition of Forty Years Struggle), [http://mellat.majlis.ir/archive/1384/09/02/test.htm "Khāne-ye Mellat" (Nation's Home)]



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