| 1. Grand Ayatullah Makarim Shirazi, a prominent theologian in Qom's Seminary who teaches Jurisprudence and its Principles at the higher level, was born in the year 1929,1345 AH in Shiraz in a religious family. He completed his primary and high school studies in Shiraz as a brilliant student and started studying theology at the age of 14 in the Agha Baba Khan School Shiraz, and was not more than 18 when he wrote Hashiyah (marginal note) on a€œKiafayah al-Usoola€Â. At 18, Ayatullah Makarim Shirazi started his seminary studies in the holy city of Qom where he benefited for nearly five years from the lectures of eminent Ayatullahs including Grand Ayatullah Brojurdi |
