Khalkhālī, Ṣādiq

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Name (Latin)
Khalkhālī, Ṣādiq
Other forms of name
Givi, Sadeq Ahmadi
Gīvī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq Ṣādiqī
Khalkhali, Sadegh
Khalkhālī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq
Khilkhālī, Ṣādiq
Ṣādiqī Gīvī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq
Date of birth
1305
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 21231461
Wikidata: Q633447
Library of congress: n 88122637
HAI10: 000600186
Sources of Information
  • His Dimāʻ al-thalāthah, 1956?:t.p. (Ṣādiq al-Khalkhālī)
  • His Sayr-i hunar va ʻirfān dar Īrān, 1985- :v. 2, t.p. (Ṣādiq Khalkhālī)
  • Khāṭirāt-i Āyat Allāh Khalkhālī, 2000 or 2001:t.p. (Āyat Allāh ḥājj Shaykh Ṣādiq Khalkhālī) t.p. verso (Iranian CIP data: Ṣādiqī Gīvī, Muḥammad Ṣādiq; b. 1305 [1926 or 1927]) p. 9 (Āyat Allāh ḥājj Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣādiq Ṣādiqī Gīvī, known as Khalkhālī; b. in Gīvī, Iran)
  • Wikipedia website, Aug. 31, 2006:(Sadeq Ahmadi Givi; Sadegh Khalkhali; Shia cleric of the early years of the Islamic Republic of Iran; d. 11-26-2003)
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Wikipedia description:

Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali (Persian: محمدصادق گیوی خلخالی; 27 July 1926 – 26 November 2003) was an Iranian Shia cleric who is said to have "brought to his job as Chief Justice of the revolutionary courts a relish for summary execution" that earned him a reputation as Iran's "hanging judge". A farmer's son from Iranian Azeri origins, Khalkhali was born in Givi, Azerbaijani SSR, in the Soviet Union (now in Azerbaijan). He is also reported to have been born in Kivi, in the Khalkhal County, Iran (ergo his name). Khalkhali has been described as "a small, rotund man with a pointed beard, kindly smile, and a high-pitched giggle" by The Daily Telegraph.

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