Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei

Seyid Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei (Persian: سید محمدعلی قاضی طباطبایی; 1914 – 1979) was an Iranian politician, and Shiite cleric. He was also the first imam Jumu'ah for Tabriz and Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan. He was born in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan. He was a member of the Muslim People's Republic Party in Tabriz.^[1] He was assassinated by People's Mujahedin of Iran, when praying in Tabriz.^[2] Qazi Tabatabaei in the Iranian political literature named him the first martyr of mihrab.^[3]

Mohammad Ali Qazi Tabatabaei
سید محمدعلی قاضی طباطبایی
Representative of the Supreme Leader in East Azerbaijan and Imam Jumu'ah of Tabriz
In office July 1979 – 2 November 1979
Appointed by	Ruhollah Khomeini
Preceded by	None (office created)
Succeeded by	Mir Asadollah Madani
Personal details
Born	1914 Tabriz, Iran
Died	2 November 1979 Tabriz, Iran
Alma mater	Qom Hawza & Najaf Hawza