Ahmad Marvi

Ahmad Marvi (Persian: احمد مروی) (born: 1958, Mashhad)[1][2][3] is an Iranian Twelver Shia cleric who has recently been appointed as the custodian of Astan Quds Razavi (Persian: آستان قدس رضوی) by the decree of the supreme leader of Iran, Seyyed Ali Khamenei.[4][5] Before that, he was in charge of a department at Iranian supreme leader office, responsible for contacts and communications with religious seminaries;[6] and likewise the chief of "Estehlal Headquarters" of the "supreme leader office".[2]

Ahmad Marvi, the custodian of Astan Quds Razavi

Ahmad Marvi has educated at seminary and university in high levels of fiqh/principles, and Ph.D. in "theology and Islamic education"; and had teachers such as: Seyyed Ali Khamenei, Abolghasem Khazali, Taheri KhoramAbbadi, Hossein Waheed Khorasani and Mojtaba Tehrani.[7] Marvi who is also known as "Hujjatul-Islam Marvi"[3][8][9] replaced Ebrahim Raisi[2][10] as the new chief custodian and trustee of the Astan Quds Razavi, (which is a charitable organization holding trusteeship of "Imam Reza shrine" in Mashhad) by the order of Ali Khamenei,[4][6] on 30 March 2019.[2][11]

References
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  2. "Ahmad Marvi was appointed as the custodian of Astan Quds by Khamenei". dw.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
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  4. "Ayatollah Khamenei appoints new chief custodian of Astan Quds Razavi". yjc.ir. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  5. "President felicitates Ahmad Marvi on his appointment as Astan Quds Razavi custodian". president.ir. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
  6. "Leader appoints Hojjatolesm Marvi as new custodian of Imam Reza shrine". presstv.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  7. "Knowing Hujjatolislam Marvi". yjc.ir. Retrieved 21 May 2019.
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  9. "Appointment of Hujjatul-Islam Marvi". mehrnews.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  10. "Ayatollah Khamenei Appoints New Chief Custodian of Astan Quds Razavi". tasnimnews.com. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
  11. "Powerful Iranian shrine endowment gets moderate custodianship". al-monitor.com. Retrieved 13 May 2019.
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