Ahmad Marvi | |
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Hujjat al-Islam Marvi [1] [2] [3] [4] | |
Custodian of the Astan Quds Razavi | |
Assumed office 30 March 2019 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Preceded by | Ebrahim Raisi |
Personal details | |
Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Mashhad, Khorasan Province, Imperial State of Iran |
Political party | Combatant Clergy Association |
Alma mater | |
Ahmad Marvi ( Persian: احمد مروی) (born: 1958, Mashhad) [5] [6] [7] is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric, former general and former police officer who was appointed as the custodian of Astan Quds Razavi (Persian: آستان قدس رضوی) by the supreme leader of Iran, Seyyed Ali Khamenei. [8] [9]
Before that, he was in charge of a department at the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran responsible for contacts and communications with religious seminaries;[ citation needed] and likewise the chief of " Estehlal Headquarters" of the " supreme leader office". [6]
Marvi has studied fiqh/principles, and has a Ph.D. in "theology and Islamic education"; his teachers included Abolghasem Khazali, Hossein Waheed Khorasani and Mojtaba Tehrani. [10] Marvi who is also known as "Hujjatul-Islam Marvi" [7] [11] [12] replaced Ebrahim Raisi [6] [13] as the new chief custodian and trustee of the Astan Quds Razavi, (a charitable organization holding trusteeship of " Imam Reza shrine" in Mashhad) by order of Khamenei, [8] on 30 March 2019. [6] [14]
Ahmad Marvi | |
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Hujjat al-Islam Marvi [1] [2] [3] [4] | |
Custodian of the Astan Quds Razavi | |
Assumed office 30 March 2019 | |
Appointed by | Ali Khamenei |
Preceded by | Ebrahim Raisi |
Personal details | |
Born | 1958 (age 65–66) Mashhad, Khorasan Province, Imperial State of Iran |
Political party | Combatant Clergy Association |
Alma mater | |
Ahmad Marvi ( Persian: احمد مروی) (born: 1958, Mashhad) [5] [6] [7] is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric, former general and former police officer who was appointed as the custodian of Astan Quds Razavi (Persian: آستان قدس رضوی) by the supreme leader of Iran, Seyyed Ali Khamenei. [8] [9]
Before that, he was in charge of a department at the Office of the Supreme Leader of Iran responsible for contacts and communications with religious seminaries;[ citation needed] and likewise the chief of " Estehlal Headquarters" of the " supreme leader office". [6]
Marvi has studied fiqh/principles, and has a Ph.D. in "theology and Islamic education"; his teachers included Abolghasem Khazali, Hossein Waheed Khorasani and Mojtaba Tehrani. [10] Marvi who is also known as "Hujjatul-Islam Marvi" [7] [11] [12] replaced Ebrahim Raisi [6] [13] as the new chief custodian and trustee of the Astan Quds Razavi, (a charitable organization holding trusteeship of " Imam Reza shrine" in Mashhad) by order of Khamenei, [8] on 30 March 2019. [6] [14]