Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi (Persian: میرزا حسین نوری طبرسی, Arabic: الميرزا حسين النوري الطبرسي) (3 January 1839 – 29 September 1902) popularly known as Muhaddis Noori or Al-Mohaddith Al-Noori, was a Shi'a Islamic Scholar and Shi'a Renaissance.
[1] He came from the town of Noor, Northern Iran in province Tabarestan and was a descendant of the Paduspanids, Spahbed of East dynasty.
Mirza Husain Nouri died at the age of 66 years in Najaf and was laid to rest on the right side of the entrance to the Mausoleum of Imam Ali.
He had numerous students, including Shaikh Abbas Qomi, the author of the famous prayer and supplication manual "Mafatih al-Jinaan" (Keys of Paradise).
[citation needed] Allameh Mohaddes Nouri University or AMNU (Persian: دانشگاه علامه محدث نوری), formerly known as Institute of Higher Education, is a non-governmental and non-profit university which was founded in 1996 in the town of Noor, Iran through an official license from Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) with the mission to advance knowledge, science and technology, and train competent and creative talents at undergraduate and graduate levels.