He passed away in 1281 A.

He passed away in 1281 A.H., in Najaf where he is buried. Hajj Mirza Muhammad Hasan Shirazi, known as Mirza Shirazi. His preliminary studies took place in Isfahan and he then went to Najaf and took part in the lessons of Shaykh Ansari and became one of the Shaykh’s leading and outstanding students. After Shaykh Ansari’s demise, he became the leading authority of the Shia world, and he remained thus until his demise about 23 years later.

It was by means of this great man’s prohibition of tobacco that colonialism’s famous monopoly…