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Karim Khan Kermani

Self-appointed leader of the Shaykhi community · Academics · Lived 1810 to 1873 · aged 63

Ḥājī Mīrzā Moḥammad-Karīm Khān-e Kermānī (1810-1873), was an Iranian Twelver Shia scholar. He was the third leader of the Kermani Shaykhi community. After the death of his mentor, Sayyid Kazim Rashti, Kermani dedicated himself to the promotion of the teachings of Shaykh Ahmad and Sayyid Kazim.

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He is believed to be among the first Shaykhi scholars to have rejected the messianic claims of the Báb. He wrote a dozen of anti-Babi books, one such being Risāla izhāq al-bāṭil fī radd al-bābiyya.

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Academics
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Academic
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Deceased
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Lived 1810 to 1873 · aged 63