Mirza Hashem Amoli

Ayatollah Mirza Hashem Amoli Larijani (26 February 1899 –25 February 1993) was an Iranian Shia Marja' and scholar of jurisprudence.

Biography
Hashem Amoli Larijani was born on 26 February 1899 in the Pardameh village of Larijan, Mazandaran province. He studied Islamic sciences in Amol, Tehran, and Qom. In Tehran, he studied in Sepahsalar school which was managed by Hassan Modarres. In 1926, he went to Qom and stayed for six years. Mirza Hashem Amoli Larijani achieved his Ijtihad from radical Islamists Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi and Muhammad Hujjat Kuh-Kamari. After that Amoli migrated to Najaf seminary and stayed there for thirty years. He moved back to Qom around 1963.

Amoli was the father of one daughter (Fazeleh Larijani) and five sons (Mohammad Javad Larijani, Fazel Larijani, Ali Larijani, Sadegh Larijani and Bagher Larijani), who have held positions in the government of Islamic Republic of Iran.

Teachers

 * Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi
 * Muhammad Hujjat Kuh-Kamari
 * Mohammad Ali Shah Abadi
 * Abul Hassan Sha'rani
 * Agha Mirza Taher Tonekaboni
 * Mohammad Ali Lavasani
 * Mirza Yadollah Nazarpak
 * Seyyed Mohammad Tonekaboni
 * Mirza Mohammad Reza Faqihe Larijani
 * Agha Zia-Addin Araghi
 * Muhammad Hosein Na'ini
 * Abu al-Hasan Isfahani

Students
Amoli's famous students include:
 * Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad
 * Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani
 * Mohammad Mofatteh
 * Jawad Tabrizi
 * Naser Makarem Shirazi
 * Abdollah Javadi-Amoli
 * Mohammad Reza Nekoonam,
 * Mohammad-Hadi Marefat
 * Mohammad Yazdi.

Death
Mirza Hashem Amoli Larijani died on 25 February 1993.

Ayatollah Amoli Larijani University
In 1999, Ayatollah Amoli Larijani University was founded and named after the death of Mirza Hashem Amoli in the Amol. The land of the university was donated by Hashem Amoli Larijani when he was alive and declared this land for promoting knowledge.