Grand Ayatollah Mohammed Taher bin Abdul-hameed bin Isa bin Hasan bin Shubayr bin Dhiab bin Mohammed bin Harb al-Khaqani (30 November 1911 - 28 January 1986) (Arabic:çÃÂé çÃÂÃÂàçÃÂùøààçÃÂôÃÂî àÃÂàï ֍ÃÂñ èàùèïçÃÂÃÂàÃÂï èàùÃÂóàèàÃÂóàèàôèÃÂñ èàðÃÂçè èààÃÂàï èàÃÂñè çÃÂîçÃÂçÃÂÃÂ). He was a leading Ahwazi Arab Shia cleric from Ahwaz. Khaqani was imprisoned after the 1979 Revolution in Iran for his opposition to the velayat-e faqih and his promotion of autonomy for the Ahwazi Arabs of Iran's Khuzestan province. Died in 1986 in Qom.
His son, Sheikh Mohammed Baqir al-Khaqani, today lives in Kuwait, and his younger brother Sheikh Isa Al-Khaqani lives in Bahrain.