Ayatollah Seyyed Aboutaleb Pishvai (Persian: الله سید ابو طالب پیشوایی; Bandar-e Anzali, c. 1896-21 October 1978) was a prominent Iranian Ayatollah.
Biography
He first studied for five years in Rasht and Kazemein (Kadhimayn) He continued his study for 14 years at Najaf (Iraq), but returned to Bandar-e Anzali, a harbour town on the Caspian Sea, and became its Imam Jome (religious leader). He would play a key role in the reconstruction of the Friday Mosque there.
In 1961 Ayatollah Khomeini visited a scholar's home in Qom in order to meet Ayatollah Pishvai. His son, Seyyed Mohammad Javad Pishvai, was dressed in clerical garbs by Ayatollah Khomeini.[1]
As his death coincided with the start of the Iranian Revolution and also due to his popularity his funeral drew huge crowds. He was buried in his own mosque.[2][3]
