زيد بن علي
Born in Karbala, to Sayyid Muhammad al-Shirazi, and Zainab Maash. He comes from the prominent al-Shirazi family of Shia scholars, who claim ancestry from Zayd ibn Ali, the son of the fourth Shiite Imam, Ali ibn Husayn. He is the great-great grandson of Mirza Shirazi from his father's mother's side. His mother was the daughter of Muhammad-Salih Maash, a well known merchant in Karbala.