The knowledgeable, scholar Qira'at Shirazi was one of the learned women of her time. She was born in the city of Shiraz. She was the student of Ibrahim Mahallati and Mirza Hidayatullah Shirazi. She had permission for the transmission of traditions from them.

She then moved to Karbala' and started teaching al-Kutub al-Arba'ah (the Four Books: the most reliable reference books traditions and laws for the Shi'ah) to women.

Qira'at had oral permission from Ayatullah Shihab al-Din al-Mar'ashi to relate traditions.1 She passed away in the year 1341 in Karbala' and was buried there.

• 1. Al-Ijazah al-Kabirah, p. 246.