Asadullah Mamaghani
Sheikh Asadullah Mamaghani was an anti-royalist Persian jurist and clergyman, who helped theorize the relationship between the Pahlavi state and religious leaders.
Life
Asadullah Mamaghani was born in 1881 in Mamqan, and first learned Arab and Persian literature in Tabriz. Following the 1908 bombardment of the Majlis, Mamaghani left for Najaf, where he became one of the foremost disciples of Mohammad-Kazem Khorasani, eventually representing the Najafi exiles in Anjuman Sa'adat.At the close of World War I, Mamaghani returned to Iran and was immediately offered a position in the Supreme Court, but declined to complete his legal education in Istanbul. He later served as Minister of Justice in the Sa'ed cabinet, after which he was appointed to the Supreme Court.