Qom Seminary
The Qom Seminary (Persian: حوزه علمیه قم, romanized: Ḥowze-ye ʿelmiyye-ye Qom) is the largest and one of the foremost Shia hawzas (Islamic seminaries), located in the city of Qom, Iran. It is the largest seminary in Iran, established in 1922 by Grand Ayatollah Abdul-Karim Haeri Yazdi in Qom to train Usuli scholars.