
Allamah Mir Hamid Husayn in *Tabaqat A’lam al-Shia
He is al-Sayyid al-Amir Hamid Husayn ibn al-Amir Sayyid Muhammad ‘Ali (Muhammad Quli) ibn al-Sayyid Muhammad ibn Hamid Husayn al-Musawi al-Nishapuri al-Kunturi al-Hindi al-Lakhnawi. He is among the greatest Imami theologians and the most profound Shia scholars of the early 14th century. Born in Lucknow (1830), he grew up under his father’s guidance, mastering preliminary sciences. He studied *Kalam* (theology) under his father, Imam Sayyid Muhammad Quli, and *Fiqh* and *Usul* under “Sayyid al-‘Ulama’” Sayyid Husayn al-Naqawi.

