Grand Ayatollah Mirzaye Shirazi (God mercy upon him)

Grand Ayatollah Mirzaye Shirazi (God mercy upon him)

One of the great Islamic scholars is Ayatollah Mirza Mohammad Hassan Shirazi. He due to the historic judicial decree of the tobacco sanction gained much fame, in fact, he is considered as one of the biggest authorities of imitation. He in addition to the jurisprudence and principles also had an abundant benefit from the rational sciences and even endeavored the navigation and the moral behavior.
He had a comprehensive character and was a universal factor and a pious authority and implicit and farsighted, but from the viewpoint that he had the responsibility to lead a great movement and executed a historic tobacco verdict, his name and the tobacco sanction movement was such mingled with one another that whenever one of them is remembered, the other name also unhesitantly will form a role in the memory, although the tobacco protest is one of the manifestations of his existential blessings.
Even in the past several decades lesser has been dealt with scientific, knowledge and his effect on the scholars and the thinkers of his era and also the students. So, even we for the sake of the audiences of this magazine have covered an altitude of his life as well as political life. The birth and childhood of Sayyid Mohammad Hassan Mirza popular as the Shirazi, son of the Seyed Mahmoud, in the fifteenth day of Jumada I of the Anno Hegirae year 1230 had put his feet in the arena of the existence.
He lost his father in the childhood and his patronage was taken over by his maternal uncle Seyed Mirza Hussein Mousavi, who was popularly known as the ``traditional honorable patrician’. Mirza Mohammad Hassan during his childhood encountered a plentiful intellect and talent therefore his magnanimous maternal uncle, became a traditional honorable patrician to make a special program for the education and efflorescence of his talent. Primarily, he selected a calligrapher teacher in order to learn the art of writing for which used to pay him ten tomans monthly – that those days were regarded as a considerable amount.
From the Jumada II in the Anno Hegirae year 1234 Mirza initiated the learning of reading and inscription of the Persian and Arabic. After the completion of the preliminary courses at 12 years of age, he initiated to learn the description of the brightness in the presence of Professor Sheikh Mohammad Taghi, he always, pre-studied and used to study and record the entire descriptions, even during the studies, he himself started teaching the brightness. After a while, when the Professor saw his writing, he could realize his scientific power and mentioned that: `` Shiraz does not have anyone that you could exploit his presence, it is thus required that you immigrate to Isfahan, which today is a university.’’
Therefore the professors such as Sheikh Mohammad Taghi holder of the ``Hedayato Al-Mosterashdin’ or in other words this book is related to `The guidance of the religious principles’’, and the Hojjat al Islam Seyed Mohammad Bagher the holder of the ``Al-Anwar study’ and Haji Karbasi the holder of the ``Al-Isharaat va Al-Menhaj` or in other words this book relates to the `Cellular signal and Curriculum’ are employed there. From this viewpoint Mirza came to Isfahan to Shiraz and settled in the Sadr School. At the age of 18, he used to be always present on the behalf of Sheikh Mohammad Taghi the owner of the book ``Hedayato Al-Mosterashdin’’ or``The guidance of the religious principles’. Later he suggested to the professor for the private lessons so that he will be in the company of his three other intelligent pupils that had good talent and were learned.
Sheikh welcomed the suggestion of Mirza and one year in addition to participation in the general study session was also conducting private teaching to these three people. Mirzaye Shirazi after the death of his professor in the Anno Hegirae year 1248 appeared in the study session of Seyed Hassan Bid Abadi and before the age of 20 he succeeded to obtain the permission of exegesis of divine law on matters of law and theology from his magnanimous professor Bid Abadi.
Mirza Shirazi during his residency in Isfahan – that extended for a period of 10 years – in addition to participation in the study session of Bid Abadi even used to attend the society of the great scholar late Haaj Mohammad Abraham Karbasi who was one of the most legendary instructors of that period and exploited the unbounded sea of sciences of those magnanimous men.
His migration to the holy shrines, Mirza after 10 years acquisition of rational and narration sciences and access to the supreme levels, at the 29 years of age, he intended to visit the holy shrines; these cities at those days were considered as the most supreme teaching places of education and training. In the Anno Hegirae year 1259 he entered Karbala and later the holy Najaf. Mirza after the establishment in the holy Najaf appeared in the study modules of Sheikh Mohammad Hassan Najafi the owner of the `Jewelry’ and Sheikh Hassan Al –Kashef Al-Ghata the owner of ``Anwar Al-Faqahe’’ or in other words ``the light of the jurisprudence’’, which was one of the very big professors of those days. He obtained his exegesis of divine law on matters of law and theology from the owner of the jewelry.
On the Wednesday the first of Sha’aban or the eight month of the Islamic calendar of the Anno Hegirae year 1266, his magnanimous professor the owner of the jewerly had a countenance in the disguise of the soil. Mirza thought that no one exists who could suppress his abundant thirst and make his thirsty soul to drink to satiety; therefore he decided to return back to Iran. This news got spread among the Templar and the clergymen, one of the friends of Mirza proposed him that even for a session, he should participate in the lessons of the Sheikh Ansari. Mirza participated in the study session of the very learned Sheikh Ansari and realized that he has a new thought, high ideas and in-depth researches. In this manner, he got discouraged to return back to Iran and again decided to stay back in the holy Najaf in order to grasp a higher provision.
From that day onwards Mirza fell in love of the Sheikh’s study and had an eminent endeavor, so that with the assiduity and perseverance in the way of his gradual perfection and an in-depth research exploited the religious jurisprudence sciences and principles of the innovations of the Sheikh. The authority of the Mirza, Mirza Mohammad Hassan Shirazi in the presence of the Sheikh Ansari encountered a special scientific status and position and always was subjected to the favor of the Sheikh Ansari in a manner that the Sheikh had many times talked about him: ``I teach my lessons to three pupils: Mirza Mohammad Hassan, Mirza Habib Allah and Sir Hassan Tehrani’’.
Whenever Mirza had an issue in the lesson and wanted to state a matter Sheikh Ansari would make the session quiet and tell them:`` His Excellency Mirza desires to talk’’. Mirza Shirazi was the candle of the Sheikh’s circle and with the presence of the learned men such as Mirza the scientific discussions of the Sheikh Ansari used to get more flourished. Mirza used to enjoy the influence of more discourse in the module as well as among the people.
He had taken the permission of exegesis of divine law on matters of law and theology from Mohammad Hassan Najafi popular as owner of jewelry and even Sheikh Ansari many times had stipulated the exegesis of divine law on matters of law and theology of Mirza and in this manner when in the Anno Hegirae year 1281 the high and divine spirit of the sole late the scholar Sheikh Morteza Ansari flew towards the deity the people ceaselessly in the affair of imitation and the authority were knocking the door of the happy-governing home of the sheikh. This affair caused the famous pupils of the sheikh like Mirza Habib Allah Rashti, Sir Hassan Najm Abadi, Mirza Abdulrahim Nahavandi and Mirza Hassan Ashtiani in the home of Habib Allah Rashti carried out their consultations and enthusiasms and all happened for the precede of the Mirza Shirazi.
So, in this way an individual was sent to the presence of Mirza and Mirza attended their gathering he was told by them that people need an imitation source and a religious leadership and we wall believe in your merit. Mirza in response to them mentioned that: ``I do not see the readiness of this importance in self and do not have the ability to meet the needs of people as well. His Excellency Mr. Sheikh Hassan (Najm Abadi) is the jurisconsult of the period and he is worthier than me in this task.
Mirza Sir Hassan (Najm Abadi) mentioned that: ``I swear upon the Almighty God that this affair is forbidden for me…’’. After the speeches of Mirza Sir Hassan (Najm Abadi) each of the audience spoke in the same style and commanded the necessity of incumbency of this affair via the Mirza. Finally, Mirza at the end of the discourses also was weeping hard accepted this importance. After that, whoever was asking about the imitation affair, companions and pupils of the late Sheikh Ansari, he was referred to the Mirza and the superiority of his was stipulated.’’
The authority came to track Mirza Mohammad Hassan Shirazi but he was escaping from that. Mirzaye Shirazi after the pilgrimage journey of Haj in the Anno Hegirae year 1282 and stay in the holy Najaf and later holy Karbala in the mid of the Sha’aban in the Anno Hegirae year 1290 travelled to Kadhimiya and from there went towards Samarra and the end of the Sha’aban of the Anno Hegirae year 1291 entered Samarra.
Some of the pupils of Mirza like Mullah Fathali, Martyr Fazl Allah Nouri and Haaj Mirza Hussein Nouri were surprised about the one year residency of Mirza in the Samarra. Mirza Shirazi was not speaking about the permanent residency in the Samarra or return to the holy Najaf and or the holy Karbala, but he formed the seats of the study. The pupils after the consultation with one another decided to discuss this issue with the professor they travelled from Najaf with an intention of Samarra. This issue was discussed in the presence of Mirza Shirazi.
Mirza responded that I will not enter the holy Najaf until I will go to the pilgrimage of holy ``Mashhad’’ and holy Imam Reza (peace be upon him). The pupils since they wanted to know their duties and decided to stay in the holy Najaf or take a departure to Samarra, they requested from the professor to clarify the matter of the task. Mirza asserted to consult a book at random in order to decide one’s procedure in the holy shrine of Imam (peace be upon him), after the consulted a book at random in order to decide one’s procedure, Mirza decided to stay back in Samarra. His books were brought from Najaf to Samarra. Most of his pupils poured from Najaf to Samarra and the module of Samarra gained a form from the blessing of the steps of the Mirza. It seemed that Mirzaye Shirazi specifically for the immigration to Samarra pursued two goals: 1- Accommodation of the Shiites in the city of Samarra and the formation of the seminary in that city near the holy shrines of Imam Ali Al-Naghi and Imam Hassan Al-Askari (God mercy upon them). 2- Approximation between the Shiite and inhabitants of tradition so that a new step towards the unity among the Shiite and Sunni is taken. He was the prime component of the unity heralds. This point is accounted as one of the prominent persons in the political thinking of Mirzaye Shirazi. He believed that unity is one of the best powers for the Muslims.
The social activities of Mirzaye Shirazi during his longevity with his blessing and during the settlement for the Muslims carried out innumerable social activities and left many of his effects as a memorial that we will address some of them as follows: 1- Repair and reformations in the holy shrine of the Imams Ali Al-Naghi and Hassan Al-Askari (God mercy upon them); 2- Foundation of the a big seminary school in the Samarra; 3- Construction of the bridge on the big river of Samarra; 4 Construction of hygienic bathroom and 5- Inquisition of the bereaved people and solving their problems.
The interest to poetry and literature – Mirzaye Shirazi had a profound interest in poetry and literature, in this manner when he went to Samarra the poets and literati also poured into that city and the market of poetry and literature achieved a special prosperity there.
Mirza Mohammad Hassan Shirazi for each ode and the poem read at his service was gifted a prize to the composer. These encouragements led to the growth of poetry and literature in the city of Samarra. The moral virtues of Mirza Shirazi encountered special moral characteristics. He who was himself a teacher of moral, his behavior, conduction and speech was instructive for each and everyone. He was well-behaved with all the people, even if a wrongdoing was brought to his behalf, he would look at him with kindness and sentiments. Mirza Shirazi while dealing with each individual would have behaved in a manner that was worthy of that him or her. He encountered much upper part perspective in a manner that would not make the face of anyone shaggy and dark. Many anecdotes are being narrated for the spiritual and idealistic states of him that is effective in the structuring of the individuals.
Mirza was like an affectionate and compassionate father with his students and to the extent of their knowledge was respecting them and for the scientific growth of the pupils were presenting the subjects for more research with proportionate of the talent of each one of them and he used to precisely study the research treatise of theirs and mention their weak points with elegance and precision. Mirzaye Shirazi besides education and training of the students had a favor for their etiquette of social intercourse and social conflicts. His behavior in the family with each of the individuals was with tact and was encountering them in an eminent manner and each individual of the family members with the prior permission used to meet him.
Mirza Shirazi used to address his sons with the word, sir, during the 24 hours, Mirza used to have meal only once a day, but each time the late Mirza Habib Allah Rashti was his guest Mirza for his respect opposed to his daily dietary habits used to eat three meals in a day. He always while bidding to the guest, with a special courtesy was availing an escort from them and in the meetings he used to kneel. The late Mirzaye Shirazi had a dissuasion assurance which in other words means that whenever he wanted to change his mind from anything and only concentrate on God he could effectively do this task. This was a great status and position that not everyone could reach such an eminence.
The late Mirzaye Shirazi used to modestly enter the tragedy assembly of the Imams (peace be upon them) and with the courtesy excellence used to sit in a corner and during the mourning used to weep aloud and get impatient since at that moment he had no control on self. From his pupils point of view late Mirza Shirazi was positioned in a very special scientific status and in the teaching had a very special method and thus he had several students who were educated in his study module. The late Sheikh great Tehrani Sir has named 372 of them with a sectional description about their situation in his biography where many of his pupils had the exceptional position in the scientific and some other great sources, they were popular and honorable. Here ten of them have been addressed: 1- The late Mullah Mohammad Kazem Khorasani, 2- Mirza Mohammad Taghi Shirazi, 3- Seyed Mohammad Fesharaki Isfahani, 4- Seyed Mohammad Kazem Tabatabaei Yazdi, 5- Haaj Sir Reza Hamadani, 6- Seyed Mohammad Borujerdi Hashemi, 7- Haaj Seyed Ali Sistani, 8- Haaj Sheikh Fazl Allah Nouri, 9- Sheikh Mohammad Sarvi and 10- Haaj Sheikh Abdul Karim Ha’eri Yazdi (the founder of the Qom Scientific Module).
The works and the compilations of the late Mirzaye Shirazi was in addition to the study seat and the responsibility of the leadership and even in the authorities of the Islamic world had left behind some of his compilations as a memorial. 1. Purity (to the righteous), 2- An essay with reference of the satisfaction, 3- Jurisprudence (from the transactions to the end of the trade, 4- Principles (affairs and the prohibitions of the society), 5- the summarization of the topics on the principles of the Sheikh Ansari, 6- Principles (derivative), 7- A margin on the rescue of the contemplation (a scientific treatise of the Sheikh Ansari), 8- A reference on the transaction book of the Sir Vahid Behbahani, 9- Lectures on the principles, 10- The forecasts of the principles, 11- A treatise on the balance and preferential, 12- Hundred questions from the judicial decree of the late Mirzaye Shirazi to Persian that was collected and published by the Martyr Sheikh Fazl Allah Nouri, 13- The collection of the judicial decree of the late Mirzaye Shirazi in the Persian language is the political life during the period of Mirzaye Shirazi where the Islamic countries witnessed very important events and the colonists thought to pillage the capitals and resources of the Muslims among which the most important and the most sensitive of them was the tobacco colonial agreement between the government of Iran and United Kingdom.
Mirzaye Shirazi in this case also has carried out a prominent service to the world of Shiites, especially the oppressed nation and country of Iran. In one of the trips of Nasser Al Din Shah to the United Kingdom which was in the Sha’aban of the Anno Hegirae year 1306 the suggestion to grant the precedence of tobacco and Nicotiana tobacco from Iran to the United Kingdom was discussed and Nasser Al Din Shah accepts the offer. The government of United Kingdom kept introduced of its citizenry named ``The Energy Talbot’’ for the conclusion of the agreement to Nasser Al Din Shah. He also in the month of Rajab of the Anno Hegirae year 1307 came to Iran and signed the contract of precedence monopoly of tobacco and Nicotiana-tobacco of Iran to the United Kingdom in the Article 15 for a period of five years, even the Company of Talbot was bound to annually pay the sum of Fifteen thousand UK pound and also one fourth of its annual profit to Iran. The Energy Talbot paid the sum of 25 thousand UK pound in the form of cash to Nasser Al Din Shah and a sum to the trustee of the king of the chancellor, who was instrumental for the contract, and also a sum to the court-men as an offer. This agreement was associated with a major risk and that was the transmission of cultural and the thought of colonizers from their presence in the country of Iran that sheikh Karbalaei the owners of the book ``Resaleh Dokhaniyeh’’ or in other words ``the treatise of tobaccos‘’ this number was mentioned as two thousand people that after influx of this society, Iran turned into a ``Farangi Bazaar’’ or ``Western Market.’’
The old politicians of the United Kingdom for reaching their goals after entrance to Iran were subjected under the execution of the agreement, carried out the constructions and implementation of a guest-house, brothels, culture house and special bars. The coarse and colonizing behavior of the English men that were the members of the company showed that the Great Britain empires with the acquisition of the precedence of the tobacco in fact intends that it would make Iran to suffer the fate of India and made him as one of its colonizers. After the publish of the ratification news of the clergymen agreement, the scholars and the people strongly showed the reflex and movements in Tehran that were initiated and led via Mirza Hassan Ashtiani and in the Tabriz Mirza Javad Sir, a clergyman practising religious jurisprudence from the city of Tabriz and in the Isfahan Haaj Sheikh Mohammad Taghi Sir Najafi and in the Shiraz Faal Asiri and many of the scholars and other clergymen and letters from the scholars of Shiraz, Isfahan, Tabriz and Samarra, etc.
For the inhibition of Nasser Al Din Shah from the execution of the contract it was sent to him.’’ Nasser Al Din Shah not only did not gain any percept from the guidance of scholars but also got angry and with perfection and impudence mentioned that: ``It is a necessity and a need as a responsibility that such as the status, what is needed is the penalty and punishment to the ignorant people and make them understand that no one can go against the government commandments.’’
The caretaker of the King, who loved the aliens also with imitation of the king said that: `It is impossible that this privilege is disturbed and will never get conflicted and the sign of an independent king of the Qajar, till the day of judgement is enforced on its power, you also cannot take it back forcibly.’’ The people who observed such a pertinacity and indifference and obscenity from the king and the caretaker of the king, strengthened their will-power dogmatic and made themselves ready for a face to face revolution with the king.
Shiraz which was the center of tobacco concurrent with the arrival of the officers of the Energy Company Talbot, people closed the market and shops and moved towards the mosque, the devotee scholar Seyed Ali Akbar Faal Asiri while having a sword in hand went to the pulpit and said that: during a public jihad or crusade oh people try not to wear the dress of ladies, I have a sword and two my own two drops, any alien that comes for the monopoly of tobacco, I will tear his stomach apart with this sword.
The regime of shah immediately arrested the devotee scholar Faal Asiri and then imprisoned in Bushehr and later in Basra. The people with gathering in the spiritual place (Shah Cheragh) or (The king of light) in Shiraz objected on this encounter of the shah’s operation. The strengthened and powered government and Shiraz replied with shots to the protesters and slaughtered them.
The gallant people of Tabriz with the guidance of the Haaj Mirza Javad Sir the clergyman practising religious jurisprudence from the city of Tabriz rose for the resistance to the agreement and they had perseverance that the government was forced to take a decision to temporarily relinquish the Azerbaijan. The committed people of Isfahan also with the leadership of scholars stood against the Talbot Company. The tyrant ruler of Isfahan exiled a group of the scholars so that to silence these noises, but the people showed a higher resistance from themselves and even some of the businessmen and people burned down the tobacco.
The noble people of Tehran also continued their movement led by the leadership of Mirza Hassan Ashtiani the great clergyman practicing religious jurisprudence of Tehran. The other cities more or less became victim of insurgence and the movement against the tobacco agreement and its very bad effect, but Nasser Al Din Shah and his court-men not only pay any regard to the demands of the people, but also with impertinence and obscenity executed the agreement, hence the scholars found the only solution as the interference of the Mirzaye Shirazi, the great authority of the Shiite world. Mirza, who beforehand was in the process of conclusion of the contract as well as the situation inside the country and the uprising movement of the scholars and the people considered the entrance to the movement and its leadership as his divine task.
He sent a telegraph to the Shah in the first Dhu’l-Hijja of the Anno Hegirae year 1308 that approximately around one and half year had past from the conclusion period of the agreement and stated that: ``According to the news speech, to the occurrence of the events that silence of it was contrary to the observance of the nation and religion and state rights, stated that that the permission of the interference of the foreign citizenry in the internal affairs of he country and social intercourse and their quartering with the Muslim and the implementation of the action (monopoly) banks and railway and others, from several directions, the well-defined foe of the pure Quran and the upper class and affluent reputation and the derogatory freedom of the government and the intrusion of the state system that led to the of the distress of the public peasant.
As the occurrence of Shiraz and the murder of the Muslim people under the privilege of an Honorable Ahmad bin of the prophet Moses (peace be upon him) and the aspersion of that auspicious mausoleum and the deportation of the respected person versed in religious law Haaj Seyed Ali Akbar – the pious elite God – to an unworthy temper, is an example of the results of this affair.’’ Nasser Al-Din Shah immediately asked from Mirza Mahmoud Khan Moshir Al Dowleh who was commissary of the Iranian government in the Baghdad to justify Mirza in relation to the importance of the agreement. He also goes to the presence of the Mirzaye Shirazi but Mirza at the end mentions to Moshir Al Vozara that : ``if the government is not able to undertake this responsibility (annulment of the agreement) tobacco with the Energy Company of Talbot), I with the willingness of God will cancel it.’’ Nasser Al-Din Shah with the time entrain policy which was dictated via the British people, sent the reply to the letter of Mirza, but the great Mirza finally terminated the expectation and issued the verdict of tobacco usage sanction in a short but eloquent, effective, stimulant and calculated term in one line: ``In the Name of the God, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful, on the day the usage of tobacco and Nicotiana-tobacco, in the manner that is possible, in the warfare commandment is with the Imam of the epoch or the hidden Imam, the praise and greeting to God and blessing of the God and the prophet Mohammad towards him.’’
The sanction verdict `` Har Rah Indigence and Helpless Mohammad Hassan Al-Husseini’, exploded like a bomb among the people and the entire existence of the people of Iran was covered with the passion and the excitement of the fighting and crusade, immediately the hookahs were broken and the tobaccos and Nicotiana-tobaccos were ablaze and the cigarettes were broken. Then no smoke was seen anywhere, even in the palace of the king also no one was smoking the tobacco, the entire men of distinction and servants – of the seraglio of Nasser Al-Din Shah broke the hookahs and the covers of the hookahs and in order to inform to the shah all of them were collected in the front of the dormitory.
One day Nasser Al Din Shah went inside the palace of the Anis Al Dowleh (the Queen) when the servants of the Anis Al Dowleh were busy detraining the silver and golden hookah that were studded with the jewels and Anis Al Dowleh was herself busy observing the action of the servants. The king himself asked from Anis Al Dowleh that: Madam, why they are dismantling the hookahs and again collecting them? Anis Al Dowleh replied him back that: for the reason the hookahs have been forbidden. Nasser Al Din Shah got disturbed and asked: How has forbidden them? Anis Al Dowleh said that: the same person who has made me legitimate to you. This task was considered very heavy for the king.
But since he saw that he has become disgraceful and not only nil personality has left for him but also very soon the crown and the throne will be taken away from him inescapably he thought to surrender and abolish the prestige given to him. Although not more than two weeks had past from the issuance of the sanction verdict of the Mirza Shirazi the in-charges of the Talbot Energy Company and the executor of the United Kingdom embassy cautioned Nasser Al Din Shah about this task and made him aware of the upcoming risks and consequences related to this task which was (the abolition of the tobacco monopoly privilege).
But eventually Nasser Al Din Shah carried out the abolition of the internal monopoly of tobacco and Nicotiana-tobacco, but the scholars and the people did not kept quiet and like tidal wave of the sea were in uproar and desired the complete abolition of the privilege, in Tehran the notice wad distributed and declared that according to the verdict of Mr. Mirzaye Shirazi if till next 48 hours the privilege of the tobacco is not abolished the coming Monday there will be a crusade and the masses must be present.
Shah Mirza Ashtiani, who was regarded as the leader of the Tehran movement, was made to choose between his exile and expulsion from Tehran and or smoking of the hookah in the public assemblies, he was asked to select one of them. Mirzaye Ashtiani preferred exit from Tehran. On the same day he was provided the deadline to arrange his means to move out of Tehran. This news created a reverberation among the people. The masses opted that on the Monday morning to move out of Tehran with Mirza Ashtiani. That day, which coincided with (3rd Second Jumada of Anno Hefira year 1309) the city of Tehran had another face. Integrative city was shut down and the market was too shut down; and in order to support the clergyman: the women also participated in this massive rally.
The population like a wave was moving towards the citadel. Finally the abolition promise of the privilege (which was written on the behalf of Nasser Al Din Shah to the viceroy (the viceroy we had taken away the internal privilege, now we have taken away the external privilege too and people are not compelled to smoke hookahs until the verdict is obtained from Mr. Mirzaye Shirazi), this was sent via Abdullah Khan to Mirzaye Ashtiani.
The people, the scholars and Mirza Omidi himself did not had any hope on the promise of Nasser Al Din Shah, therefore Mirzaye Ashtiani urged that the company on the behalf of the agreement (Talbot of United Kingdom] as the co-partnership declare the monopoly abolishment of the agreement. The king without any kind of constraint and condition or in other words unconditionally accepted this clause and surrendered himself and appealed from the executor (ambassador) of the United Kingdom to act on this demand of the people.
The chairman of the energy company over the course of time wrote a formal declaration: I am notified that: since the state of the tobacco monopoly was totally suspended from the internal and external affairs and this was officially written to me, therefore, to the commercial public that have sold tobacco and Nicotiana-tobacco to the central office, I notify that whoever wants to get back his or her tobacco or Nicotiana-tobacco, should refer to the tobacco office and reject the price that he or she has received for it and collect his or her commodity. This big retreat was a disgraceful blot on the history of colonialism and their shackle and a green leaf in the history of the zealous and the Muslim nation of Iran and this green leaf was the resultant of the verdict of Mirzaye Shirazi and the outcome of the observance of Iran Muslims from the spiritualization and rose from their Islam loving. This victory is registered and recorded in the history of these people and this land and it was an exemplification for the Muslim Nations that if the unity and integrity are maintained no superpower could be able to defeat them, but they will act with more power and with more glory in comparison to them and will always be proud and will be glorified and victorious.
The rescuer or lifesaving measure of Mirzaye Shirazi was the beginning of the Islamic progression and the movements of the Muslim people with the leadership of the spiritualization in the recent century: inclusive in that: the rise of the Islamic insurgencies such as the resurrection of the scholars for the rescue of the Muslim people of Iraq from the govern of the old British colonialism, the constitutional movement and the movement for nationalization of the Iran’s oil industry under the leadership of the spiritualization and the national movements led by the other Islamic resurrections in the recent hundred years where its origination was from the movement of the great Mirzaye Shirazi.
The illuminati that were west-stricken, the aliens, and those that loved the aliens and were thinking to create a conflict between the spiritualization and the people should know that the scholars and the clergymen wherever there is need for the resurrection ad movement with the motivation of the responsibility and task will enter the scene of fight where the pages of history is self-explanatory of this fact and the full-honored history of spiritualization is more clear than one could hide or distort them and their report for the resurrection and fight against the colonialism, exploitation, oppression and blood sacrifice, and martyrdom in the way of God and beloved is adorned and always were standard-bearers in the modules of thought, ethics and politics and the glorious history of spiritualization is more brighter than that the commonalty have a testimony on it except those who are short-minded and those who love the aliens. The death and finally the much blessed life of the gracious authority of Shiites the great Mirzaye Shirazi in the night of Wednesday 24th Sha’aban of the Anno Hegirae year 1312 at the age of 82 had a gloam evenfall and he made a will to bury him in the Najaf.
On Wednesday his body was immersed in the river of Samarra. His corpse was escorted with respect and much glory and was taken to the shrine of Kadhimiya, was peddled in the shrine, later was taken to Kabala and in the shrine of honorable Abbas (peace be upon him) and he was peddled and eventually was moved towards Najaf. A huge crowd was behind his corpse. In between the route many tribes with black flags in hand joined the masses and delivered the corpse from the earlier tribe and were carrying him on their shoulders until they reached Najaf and he was peddled in the shrine of Imam Ali (peace be upon him) and in the last night of the Sha’ aban month in the Anno Hegirae year 1312 the Grand Ayatollah Al Azmi Mirzaye Shirazi was placed in the tomb that its floor was covered with the dust of his magnanimous predecessor Imam Hussein (peace be upon him) and was graved and the several requiem sessions continued up to a period of one year after the demise of the global authority of Shiites Mirzaye Shirazi.