Muhammad Hossein Gharavi

Mohammad Hossein Gharavi Esfahani also known as Kumpani (محمد حسين الغروي الأصفهاني) (1879-1942) was an Iraqi-Iranian Shia Scholar, philosopher, jurist and poet.

Early life and family
He was born on 2 Muharram 1296 AH (1879) in Kadhimiya, Iraq. He was the son of Mohammad Hassan who was originally from Nakhjavan, Iran. His father was powerful and wealthy so he used that power to educate himself very well. After the Treaty of Turkmenchay, his father moved to Tabriz. then Isfahan and Kadhimiya.

Education
He gained his basic education from Hassan Tuyserkani and, aged twenty, migrated to Najaf to acquire knowledge.

Teachers
His teachers included Akhound Khorasani, Mohqiq, Muhammad esfahani, Mohammad Bagher Estahbanati, Ahmad Shirazi, Muhammad Tabatabaei Fasharaki, and Aqa Reza Hamadani.

Students
His students included: Mohammad Ali Araki (his son-in-law), Mohammad Ali Ordubadi, Nasrollah Eshkavari, Abdul Hosein Amini, anvari Hamadani, Mohammad Taqhi Bahjat, Yousef Biyari, Sadr Al din JAzaeri, Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar, Hadi Milani, Hossein hamadani Najafi, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, Mohammad Hossein Tabatabaei, Mortaza Modrresi Chahardehi, sayyed hadi Khosrow Shahi, Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari.

Works
His books include:
 * DISCUSSIONS IN PRINCIPLES (BOHOUS FI ELME OSUL) (DAFTER ENTESHARATE ISLAMI QOM, 1419 LUNAR HIGIRA
 * TREATISE ON BREAKFAST INF
 * EXALTED LIGHTS (AL ANVAR AL Qodsiyyah)
 * The Prize of man of wisdom (Tohfat Al Hakim)
 * Notes on Makaseb
 * The end of understanding in principles (Nahayah Al-Derayah)

Death
He died in 1942 and was buried in a room nex to Imam Ali's Shrine in Najaf City. al-Allama al-Hilli and Mostafa Khomeini are both buried in that place too.