Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi
Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi or Seyyed Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi is an Iranian librarian, Bibliographer and manuscript expert. He is the director of Mar'ashi Najafi Library, which he says is one of the largest libraries in Iran and the world.
Life and education
Seyyed Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi, the eldest son of Shahab ud-Din Mar'ashi Najafi and the grandson of Seyyed Shamsuddin Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi, was born in 1941 in Qom, Iran. After elementary and high school in Qom, he started learning Islamic seminary sciences, studied the basics and first levels with prominent professors such as Fazel Lankarani, Seyyed Mahdi Lajevardi, Abutaleb Tajlil Tabrizi, Mohammad Sadegh Nasiri Sarabi, Mohammad Taghi Sotoudeh and Seyyed Ahmad Varamini. He then learned the highest level of seminary lessons from his father, who was a distinguished professor, and until the last days of his father's life, he was his disciple. In addition to studying religious sciences, Mar'ashi studied books and treatises of the ancients and the late in these fields due to his great interest in the sciences of rijal, genealogy, bibliography and codicology. In this way, he used his father's instructions and experiences a lot and gradually became an expert. He has received many permissions from many professors and elders. He then entered the academic sciences in the field of sociology. Mar'ashi continued his studies in sociology, first at the University of Tehran and then at the University of London, and in 1985 received a doctorate in sociology from the University of London.Books
Seyyed Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi 's independent works are mainly in the field of cataloging of manuscripts, bibliography and biography of a number of Iranian Muslim thinkers. From 1962 to 2003, in a period of forty-one years, he has authored twelve books. In addition, he has corrected 9 works and 64 books have been published under his supervision. Among his independent works, the following can be mentioned :- Sharhe Haal va Afkar va Asaar va Aqayed va Nazariate Ibn Sina, 1962
- Sharhe Haal va Asaar va Araae va Aqayed va Nazariate Abu Hamed Ghazali, 1962
- Sharhe Haal va Asaar va Araae Abu Nasr Farabi
- Al-Mosalsalaat fi al-Ejaazaat, Arabic, 1995
- Ganjineh: Fehreste Bakhshi az Noskhehaye Khattie Farsie Samarkand va Bukhara va Khwarazm, 1998
- Fehreste Noskhehaye Khatti Ketabkhaneye Bozorge Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi, 2000-2001
- Fehreste Noskhehaye Khatti Asaare Allame Seyyed Roknuddin Haidar Hosseini Amoli dar Ketabkhaneye Hazrate Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi, 2002
- Fehreste Noskhehaye Khatti Asaare Allame Qazi Noorollah Mar'ashi Shustari dar Ketabkhaneye Hazrate Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi, 2002
- Fehreste Noskhehaye Khatti Asaare Allame Nezamuddin Abdul Ali Birjandi, 2002
- Noskhehaye Khatti Kohan va Nafise Nahj al-Balagha va Shoroohe Bargozideh va Tarjomehaye Aan dar Ketabkhaneye Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi, 2002
- Navader al-Makhtootaat al-Arabiah men Qarn al-Saaless ela al-Saadess al-Hijri, Arabic, 2002
- Ketab Shenasi Tosifie Hazrate Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi, 2003
- Safarnameye Chin
- Oday ibn al-Raqqa, Shaere Qarne Avval
- Fehreste Bakhshi az Noskhehaye Khatti Mansoub beh Alemane Samarkand
- Moroori bar Zendegie Seyyed Abdul Hadi Delijani
- Nokhostin Ketabhaye Chappi Arabi va Farsi keh dar Jahan Montasher Shodeh
- Noskhehaye Khatti Kohan Nahj al-Balagha
- Jahane Ketabkhaneha: Gozideh Maqaalaat Darbareye Ketabkhanehaye Iran va Jahan, 2012
- Mirase Mandegar, 2003
- Marja e Miras Baan, 2011
- Fehreste Dast Neveshtehaye Asaare Khajeh Nasiruddin Mohammad ibn Mohammad Tusi dar Ketabkhaneye Bozorge Hazrate Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi, 2005
- Ketab Shenasie Asaare Dat Nevise Allame Kamaluddin Meysam ibn Ali Bahrani, 2006
- Shenakht Nameye Seyed Abdolhadi Hosseini Delijani, 2007
- Ejaazaat va Namehaye Ayatollah al-Ozma Seyyed Abu Al-Hassan Isfahani to Ayatollah al-Ozma Seyyed Shahabuddin Mar'ashi Najafi, Arabic, 2008
- Marja' e Farhang Baan, 2009
- Mowsoo'ah al-Imamah fi Nosoos Ahle al-Sonnah, 2009
- Makatib al-Mahfooz, 2009
- Noskheh Shenasi, 2007
- Namehaye Namvaran, 2010
- Shasto Seh Noskheh Khatti Nafis az Sadehaye Cheharom va Panjom va Sheshom Hejri, 1994
- Yeksado Seh Noskheye Khatti az Sadeye Haftom Hejri, 1994
- Devisto Hashtad Noskheye Khatti Nafis az Qarne Hashtom, 1994
- Ketab Khaneye Omoomi Hazrate Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi dar Yek Negah, 1992
- Ganjineh Shahab: Majmooeh Resaleha va Maqalehaye Elmi dar Pasdaasht Hazrate Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi, 2001
- Ranj va Ganj, 2007
- Fehrestvareye Noskhehaye Khatti Asaare Elmie Fayz Kashani dar Ganjineh Jahani Makhtootaat Eslami Ketabkhaneye Bozorge Hazrate Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi, 2008
- Noskhehaye Noyafteh, 2008
- Faqihe Farzaneh: Zendegi Nameye Ayatollah Seyyed Morteza Faqih Mobarqa, 2009
- Tariq Sheikh Ansari ela al-Ma'soom, Arabic, 1995
- Ganjineh: Fehreste Bakhshi az Noskhehaye Khattie Farsi va Arabie Samarkand va Bukhara va Khwarazm, 1998
- Fehreste Namgooye Nosakhe Khattie Makhzane Hamid Soleiman Anstitoo Shaq Shenasi Abu Reyhan Birooni, 1998
Articles
Dr. Mar'ashi has published the results of his studies in the fields of librarianship, archiving and manuscript research, his experiences and his visits of the cultural centers of different countries in more than 60 articles, conversations and reports in the following publications:- Mirase Shahab, journal, since 1995
- Miras, journal
- Mirase Eslami, journal
- Noskhehaye Khattie Noyafteh, 2011
- Danesh Nameye Kootahe Farsi, 2010
- Olamaye Shiiee va Masaleye Ejazeh dar Qarne Noozdahom, translator, 2010
- Kabikaj dar Noskhehaye Khatti, 2010
- Ketabcheye Porseh va Pasokh ya Estentaq az Mirza Reza Kermani, 2009
- Joqrafiaye Khuzestan, 2009
- Ketab Shenasie Kamaluddin Meysam Bahrani, 2006
- Resaleye Montakhab, 2006
- Eslam, Iran, Chin, 2004
- Safarnameye Eshqabad, Samaqand va Bokhara, 2004
- Gozareshe Safare Faranse, 2004
- Maraseme Eftetahe Ketabkhaneh Eskandarieh, 2002
- Do Nemooneh az Qoranhaye Koofie Kohan; Az Ganjineye Noskhehaye Khattie Ketabkhaneye Bozorge Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi, 2001
- Noskhehaye Kharidari Shodeh, 2001
- Noskhehaye Khattie Ketabkhaneye Aref Hekmat, 2000
- Moallefe Rabi al-Shi'ah, 2000
- Noskhehaye Jadide Ketabkhaneh, 2000
- Konferanse Beinol Melalie Noskhehaye Khatti, 2000
- Do Ketabkhaneye Nafise Shakhsi, 2000
- Ketab va Ketabkhaneh; Atlalat ala Maktabata Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi, 1999
- Rahtoosheye Ozbakestan, 1998
- Ketabkhaneye Shakhsie Ayatollah Bahari Hamedani, 1998
- Jahan Ketabkhaneh; Ketabkhaneye Shakhsie Ayatollah Bahari Hamedani, 1998
- Mirase Khattie Ketabkhaneh; Noskhehaye Khattie Zakhireye Khwarazm Shahi, 1998
- Ravian va Shoyookhe Shiee Bokhari, 1998
- Gozareshe Safar beh Ozbakestan, 1997
- Noskhehaye Nehayah Sheikh Tusi, 1997
- Tafsire Balabel al-Qalaqel, 1994
- Gozideye Ketab Shansie Tosifie Foraqe Eslami, 1990
- Sharhi Noyafteh bar Tahdhib al-Ahkam Sheikh al-Taefeh Mohammad ibn Hassan Tusi, 2019
- Dast Neveshtehayi Andar Baabe Ketab Namehaye Valede Bozorgvaram Marhoom Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi va Farzande Arshade Ayatollah Sheikh Agha Bozorg Tehrani, 2019
- Moqoofate Mandegar : Do Noskheye Nafis az Moqoofate Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi beh Ketabkhaneye Astane Moqaddase Hazrate Fatemeh Masoumeh, 2019
- Ketabkhaneh Melli Chin, 2010
- Iranian az Didgahe Ahle Beit -Alayhem al-Salam-, corrector, 2009
- Kaqaz Sazi: Tarikh va San'at Pishe ee Kohan, introducer, 2009
- Dar Siasat Emam ra Moqaddam Midanestand, interviewee, 2009
- Tarikhe Jazireh Qeshm, 2008
- Qanoon Tazkareh dar Doreye Qajar, 2008
- Shahab Fazl va Fazilat, 2008
- Elme Nasab Shenasi, 2006
- Rooznegare Esteqbal az Hojjaj; Talife Seyed Mohammad Hossein Razavi Hamedani, introducer, 2006
- Tajrobat al-Mosaferin; Talife Mirza Isa Khan Munshi, introducer, 2006
- Gozareshe Safare Arabestan, 2006
- Joqrafiaye Astan Quds Razavi; Mirza Ali Khan Sarhang, introducer, 2006
- Noskhehaye Jadid; Gozideh ee az Noskhehaye Nafis va Kohane Kharidari Shodeh ya Ehdayi, 2005
- Safarnameye Hend, 2005
- Pedaram, 2004
- Safarnameye Abu Dhabi, 2004
- Ganjinehaye Khatti, interviewee, 2004
- Safarnameye Kuwait, 2004
- Gozideh ee az Ketabhaye latiny Kharidari Shodeh, 2004
- Gozareshe Safar beh Keshvare Maghreb, 2003
- Birjandi Nameh; Fehreste Noskhehaye Khattie Asaare Allameh Abdul Ali Birjandi dar Ketabkhanehaye Bozorge Hazrate Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi, 2003
- Ganjineh Ketabkhaneh; 450 Noskheye Nafis az Qarne Cheharom ta Hashtom, 2000
- Fehreste Asaare Khattie Khajeh Nasir al-Din Tusi dar Ketabkhaneh, 1997
- Nezame Ketabdarie Eslami dar Sadehaye Sevvom ta Hashtom Hejri Qamari, 1995
- Gozareshe Safar beh Showravi, 1991
- Ashenayi ba Ketabkhaneye Ayatollah al-Ozma Mar'ashi Najafi, 1990
Careers
- Director of Mar'ashi Najafi Library: Seyyed Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi, along with his father, played a major role in the establishment and development of the large Marashi Najafi Library in Qom. This library was established by Shahab ud-Din Mar'ashi Najafi and according to his will, its management is the responsibility of his descendants.
- Member of the World Library Organization
- Honorary member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
- Licensee and managing director of "Mirase Shahab" magazine, specialized quarterly of codicology and bibliography
Awards
- An honorary doctorate from the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, 1990
- The prominent bibliographer of the country, 1995