29 August 19831983

Death anniversary of Mufti Ja'far Hussain, leader of the Shiites of Pakistan

Death

On this day, Mufti Ja'far Hussain, translator of Nahj al-Balagha and Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya, and the second leader of the Shiites of Pakistan, passed away. He was one of the prominent figures among the Shiites of the subcontinent.

More events in this period

15 August 1979The armed attack on Paveh; the beginning of the conflicts of the 1980s.
16 August 1979The approval of the Press Law by the Revolutionary Council; a tool for controlling the media.
20 August 1979The Kurdistan crisis and the dispatch of forces to Sanandaj.
25 August 1979Kayhan Newspaper Headlines; The Tense Atmosphere After the Revolution
1 September 1979The destruction of the Bab house in Shiraz
30 August 1980Hashemi Rafsanjani: With the Release of the Hostages, Our Disagreements with the U.S. Will Not Be Resolved Soon