Rajab Bursi

{{Short description|Iraqi Shia theologian (d.1411)}}

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{{Infobox religious biography

| religion = Islam

| name = Rajab al-Borsi

| image = Radiaddin Rajab al-Borsi.png

| caption = Calligraphy of Borsi

| title = al-Hafiz

| birth_place = Bors, Iraq.

| birth_date = 1333

| notable ideas = Twelver Neoplatonism, Hurufism, High Imamology

| notable works = Mashariq Anwar al-Yaqin, Mashariq al-Amaan, al-Durr al-Thameen, al-Alfayn fi Saadatul Kawnayn

| sect = Shia Islam

| creed = Twelver

| movement = Hurufism

| death_date = 1411

| death_place = Mashhad, Iran.

| death_cause = Unknown.

}}

al-Hafiż Raḍī al-Dīn Rajab b. Muḥammad b. Rajab al-Ḥillī al-Borsi (Arabic:الحافظ رضي الدين رجب بن محمد بن رجب البرسي الحلي; c. 1333-1411){{Cite web |title=193 ــ رجب البرسي: (733 ــ 813 هـ / 1333 ــ 1411 م) |url=https://imamhussain.org/arabic/30884 |access-date=2025-01-18 |website=العتبة الحسينية المقدسة |language=ar}} was an 'Iraqi Shia theologian, mystic, hadith narrator, writer, and poet.{{Cite book |last=al-Khaqani |first=Ali |title=Shu'araa al-Hillah vol. 2 |pages=368}} Bursi was born in contemporary Iraq, near Hilla, in the village of Bors,{{Cite book |last=Ya'qubi |first=Muhammad Ali |title=al-Babiliyat vol. 1 |pages=118}} and moved to the Iranian province of Khurasan, to escape accusations of heresy, later in his life. Some sources indicate that he might have been murdered by the Timurids during the Shia persecutions.