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Sheikh Farajollah bin Mohammad bin Darweesh bin Mohammad bin Akbar Al-Howeyzi or Hoveyzi was a Shia cleric, author, jurist and mufassir (i.e. Quran-interpreter), he is also an author of many books.

The historical sources did not mention the period he lived in, but the Syrian author Omar Kahala says that Al-Howeyzi was alive in 1689, while Ismail Basha Baghdadi says that he passed away on that year. As for Mohsin Al-Amin, the well-known Lebanese Shia cleric, he says that Al-Howeyzi was contemporaneous for Al-Hurr Al-Amili, the author of Wasā'il al-Shīʿa, who lived in the 17th century. That was also mentioned by Agha Bozorg Tehrani as well.

Works
His works include:
 * 1) Ijāzul Maqāl fī ‘Ilm ar-Rijāl: That work is about biographies of Muslim scholars (both Shia and Sunni), and it consists of two volumes, the first includes biographies of Shia clerics biographies, and the second includes Sunnis.
 * 2) Fārōqul Haqq fī Bāyanil Firaq: A work on the science of Kalam.
 * 3) Tafsīrul Qur’ān: A work on Tafsir.
 * 4) A History work.