Burujird; he was in charge of writing the official verdicts of his father. He died in 1977 in Qom. Sayyid Ahmad Tabataba'i was born in 1937 in Burujird and died in Qom at the age of 19. Agha Fatemeh Ahmadi Tabataba'i, his older daughter and the wife of Sayyid Ja'far Ahmadi. She died in 1993 at the age of 80. Agha Sakina Ahmadi, his second daughter was born in 1933 and was the wife of Sayyid Muhammad Husayn ‘Alawi Tabataba'i. Education and academic specialties After entering elementary school at the age of seven, Sayyid Husayn's father realized his talent for learning and sent him to Nurbakhsh seminary in Borujerd. At the age of 11 he began his education at the theological schools of his city, under his father Sayed Ali. Then in 1310 (1892–93) he attended the theological school of Isfahan to continue his education. In the ten years that he studied in Isfahan, he completed his sutuh studies and was also granted the level of Ijtihad from his teachers, and began teaching Usul. Around the age of 30, Burujerdi moved from Isfahan to the theological seminary of Najaf, Iraq to continue his education. In his youth, Borujerdi studied under a number of Shia masters of fiqh such as Mohammad-Kazem Khorasani and Aqa Zia Iraqi, and specialized in fiqh. He studied the fiqahat of all the Islamic schools of thought, not just his own, along with the science of rijal. Though he is known for citing Masumeen to support many of his deductions, Borujerdi is known for elucidating many aspects himself and is an influential fiqh jurist in his own right. He has had a strong influence on Islamic scholars like Morteza Motahhari and Hussein-Ali Montazeri. Notable students Ruhollah Khomeini Mohammad-Reza Golpaygani Hossein Vahid Khorasani Hussein-Ali Montazeri Sayed Ali Khamenei Sayyid Ali al-Sistani Lotfollah Safi Golpaygani Ali Safi Golpaygani Mohammad Fazel Lankarani Dr. Seyed Ali Mirlohi Falavarjani Mousa Shubairi Zanjani Karamatollah Malek-Hosseini Muhammad Taha al-Huwayzi Works authored Arabic books Jami' ahadith al-shi'a (31 vol) Sirat al-nijat Tartib asanid man la yahduruh al-faqih Tartib Rijal asanid man la yahduruh al-faqih Tartib asanid amali al-saduq Tartib asanid al-Khisal Tartib asanid 'ilal al-sharayi' Tartib asanid tahdhib al-ahkam Tartib rijal asanid al-tahdhib Tartib asanid thawab al-a'mal wa 'iqab al-a'mal Tartib asanid 'idah kutub Tartib rijal al-Tusi Tartib asanid Rijal al-Kashshi Tartib asanid rijal al-najjashi Tartib rijal al-fihristayan Buyut al-shi'a Hashiyah 'ala rijal al-najjashi Hashiyah