Morteza Ansari, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Morteza Ansari

Shia jurist

Date of Birth: 13-May-1800

Place of Birth: Dezful, Khuzestan Province, Iran

Date of Death: 18-Nov-1864

Profession: cleric

Nationality: Iran

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Morteza Ansari (Sheikh Morteza Ansari Dezfuli) (also transliterated Mortaza Ansari and Murtada al-Ansari) (1781–1864) was a Shia jurist who "was generally acknowledged as the most eminent jurist of the time." Ansari has also been called the "first effective" model or Marja of the Shia or "the first scholar universally recognized as supreme authority in matters of Shiite law".