Aboutaleb Pishvai

Ayatollah Seyyed Aboutaleb Pishvai was a prominent Iranian Ayatollah.

Biography

He first studied for five years in Rasht and Kazemein He continued his study for 14 years at Najaf, but returned to Bandar-e Anzali, a harbour town on the Caspian Sea, and became its Imam Jome. He would play a key role in the reconstruction of the Friday Mosque there.
In 1961 Ayatollah Khomeini visited a scholar's home in Qom in order to meet Ayatollah Pishvai. His son, Seyyed Mohammad Javad Pishvai, was dressed in clerical garbs by Ayatollah Khomeini.
As his death coincided with the start of the Iranian Revolution and also due to his popularity his funeral drew huge crowds. He was buried in his own mosque.