Sayyid Muḥammad Ḥusayn Ṭabāṭabāʾī (Persian: سید محمدحسین طباطبائی), also known as 'Allama Tabataba'i (Persian: علامه طباطبائی) (b. 1321/1904 - d. 1402/1981), was one of the most influential Shi'a scholars in the context of Iran in the 14th/20th century. He was an expert in philosophy, exegesis, theology, jurisprudence, principles of jurisprudence, and mysticism. Allama Tabataba'i is the author of Tafsir al-mizan (a Quranic exegesis), and the famous books of philosophy, Bidayat al-hikma, Nihayat al-hikma, and Usul-i falsafa wa rawish-i ri'alism. Among his students are Mutahhari, Jawadi Amuli, Bihishti, and Misbah Yazdi - some of the most well-known Shi'a clerics of Iran in the 14th/20th century.
'Allama Tabataba'i introduced the Shi'a school of thought to Europeans through his discussions with Henry Corbin, a French philosopher and an expert in Shi'a studies.
