List of Ayatollahs
This is a partial list of Ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics. The next higher clerical rank is Grand Ayatollah also known as Marja'. This list contains only the names of Ayatollahs. To see the list of Grand Ayatollahs, see the following articles: List of Maraji.
Bahrain[]
Current
- Ayatollah Ali Salman
Deceased
- Ayatollah Maitham Al Bahrani
- Ayatollah Salih Al-Karzakani
- Ayatollah Abdullah al Samahiji
- Ayatollah Yusuf Al Bahrani
- Ayatollah Abdul Amir Al Jamri
India[]
Current
- Ayatollah Syed Hamidul Hasan
- Ayatollah Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi
Deceased
- Al-Allamah, Al-Faqeeh, Al-Adeeb Ayatollah Shaikh Ali Hazeen Lahiji (17th century)[1]
- Ayatollah Mufti Syed Muhammad Quli Khan Kintoori (1775-1844)[2][3][4]
- Ayatollah Syed Hamid Hussain Musavi Kintoori (1830-1880)[1]
- Ayatollah Aga Syed Mehdi Kashmiri (d.1892)[5]
- Ayat-ul-Ilm-e-wat-Tuqa Ayatullah Syed Imdad Ali – First Ameed Jamia-e-Imania, Banaras[1]
- Jawad-ul-Ulama Ayatollah Syed Ali Jawad Al-Husaini, Zangipur/Banaras (1857-1920) – Mu'aasir wa Ham-Jama'at Sahib-e-Abaqaat[1]
- Munaitiq-e-Zaman Ayatullah Syed Mohammad Sajjad Al-Husaini – Founder Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (1928)[1]
- Qudwat-ul-Fuqaha Ayatullah Syed Sibte Husain, Jaunpur[1]
- Ayatollah Syed Ali Shah Rizvi Kashmiri[1]
- Ayatollah Najmul Millat (25 May 1863 to 18 April 1938) – leading Ayatollah and father of Maulana Syed Mohammad the founder of Madrasatul Waizeen[1]
- Alam-ul-Aalaam Ayatullah Syed Muzaffar Husain Al-Husaini – First Haadi (Supreme Authority) Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (d.1944)[1]
- Ayatollah Syed Mohammad Abul Hasan Rizvi Kashmiri – Founder of Sultanul Madaris son of Ayatollah Syed Ali Shah Rizvi Kashmiri[1]
- Ayatollah Syed Mohammad Mosawi Ichgami Kashmiri (1910 - 1959)[6]
- Ayatollah Syed Ahmed Rizvi Kashmiri (1901–1964)[7][8][9][10]
- Ayatullah Agha Hajji Mirza Mahdi Puya Yazdi (1899–1973) – A Twelver Shia Muslim and an Islamic scholar, most notable for his famous tafsir of the Qur'an[1]
- Ayatollah Syed Yusuf Kashmiri (1908–1982)[5]
- Ayatollah Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi
- Ayatollah Syed Zafrul Hasan Rizvi
- Ayatollah Sheikh Hussain Zakiri
Iran[]
List of Ayatollahs who are from Iran, or have spent the majority of their life in Iran
Note: The list contains those who are mujtahid however are not considered most knowledgeable. This list is just for sake of reference and should not be accepted as proof of them being an Ayatollah’’ for enlisted candidates. To become an Ayatollah one must complete 4 levels of Islamic Jurisprudence within Shia Islam, and be regarded as a mujtahid. Not to be confused with Grand Ayatollah.
Current[]
The names are ordered with age in descending order. (oldest to youngest).
| No | Image | Name | Birth Date CE |
Birth Place | Education | Residence | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Ali Moradkhani Arangeh - علی مرادخانی ارنگه | 22 April 1926 |  Tehran, Iran |
 Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 2 | 
|
Ahmad Jannati - احمد جنتی | 23 February 1927 | Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 3 | 
|
Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli - حسن حسن‌زاده آملی | 30 June 1928 | Larijan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 4 | 
|
Ali Akbar Ghoreishi - علی اکبر قریشی | 1928 (age 92–93) | Bonab, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 5 | Fakhraddin Mousavi Naneh Karani - فخرالدین موسوی ننه‌کرانی | 1930 (age 90–91) | Ardabil, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- | |
| 6 | 
|
Mohammed Emami-Kashani - محمد امامی کاشانی | 3 October 1931 | Kashan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 7 | 
|
Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani - محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی | 1931 (age 89–90) | Kerman, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 8 | 
|
Morteza Moghtadai - مرتضی مقتدایی | 12 October 1935 | Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 9 | 
|
Seyyed Mohammad Khamenei - سید محمد خامنه‌ای | 25 December 1935 | Mashhad, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 10 | 
|
Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi - ابوالقاسم وافی یزدی | 1935 (age 85–86) | Hoseynabad, Yazd Province, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 11 | 
|
Mehdi Karroubi - مهدی کروبی | 26 September 1937 | Aligudarz, Lorestan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 12 | 
|
Reza Ostadi Moghaddam - رضا استادی مقدم | 29 September 1937 | Tehran, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 13 | 
|
Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari - محسن مجتهد شبستری | 1937 (age 83–84) | Shabestar, East Azerbaijan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 14 | 
|
Seyyed Mohsen Kharazi - سید محسن خرازی | 1937 (age 83–84) | Tehran, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 15 | Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi - هاشم هاشم‌زاده هریسی | 1938 (age 82–83) | Heris, East Azerbaijan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- | |
| 16 | 
|
Seyyed Ali Shafiei - سیدعلی شفیعی | 1940 (age 80–81) | Dezful, Iran |
Iran |
Ahvaz, Iran
|
- |
| 17 | 
|
Sayyid Mohammad-Ali Mousavi Jazayeri - سیدمحمدعلی موسوی جزایری | 1941 (age 79–80) | Shushtar, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 18 | 
|
Sayyid Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha - سید محمد موسوی خوئینی ها | 1942 (age 78–79) | Qazvin, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 19 | 
|
Gholamhossein Mohammadi Golpayegani - غلامحسین محمدی گلپایگانی | 1943 (age 77–78) | Golpayegan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 20 | 
|
Ahmad Alamolhoda - احمد علم‌الهدی | 1 September 1944 | Mashhad, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 21 | 
|
Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri - علی‌اکبر ناطق‌نوری | 6 October 1944 | Nur, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 22 | 
|
Seyed Yousef Tabatabai Nejad - سید یوسف طباطبایی نژاد | 1944 (age 76–77) | Ardestan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 23 | 
|
Seyyed Mohammad Javad Pishvai - سید محمد جواد پیشوایی | 1944 (age 76–77) | Bandar-e Anzali, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 24 | 
|
Abdolnabi Namazi - عبدالنبی نمازی | 1945 (age 75–76) | Dashti, Bushehr, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 25 | 
|
Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Faraz - سید مصطفی موسوی فراز | 1945 (age 75–76) | Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 26 | 
|
Mohammad Reza Naseri Yazdi - محمدرضا ناصری یزدی | 1945 (age 75–76) | Yazd, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 27 | Morteza Sadouqi Mazandarani - مرتضی صدوقی مازندرانی | 22 July 1946 | Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- | |
| 28 | 
|
Mohammad Reyshahri - محمد ری‌‌شهری | 29 October 1946 | Rey, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 29 | 
|
Seyyed Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur - سید علی‌اکبر محتشمی‌پور | 1947 (age 73–74) | Tehran, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 30 | 
|
Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji - محمد تقی خلجی | 31 March 1948 | Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 31 | Zohreh Sefati - زهره صفاتی | 1948 (age 72–73) | Abadan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- | |
| 32 | 
|
Ali Fallahian - علی فلاحیان | 23 October 1949 | Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 33 | 
|
Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi - قربانعلی دری نجف‌آبادی | 3 December 1950 | Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 34 | 
|
Kazem Seddiqi - کاظم صدیقی | 4 March 1951 | Abhar, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 35 | 
|
Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghaddam - غلامرضا مصباحی مقدم | 11 July 1951 | Mashhad, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 36 | 
|
Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi - سید محمد سعیدی | 1951 (age 69–70) | Qom, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 37 | 
|
Mohsen Faqihi - محسن فقیهی | 17 November 1952 | Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 38 | 
|
Mehdi Shabzendedar Jahromi - مهدی شب‌زنده‌دار جهرمی | 1953 (age 67–68) | Darab, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 39 | 
|
Majid Ansari - مجید انصاری | 30 March 1954 | Khanuk, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 40 | 
|
Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi - سید محمود علوی | 4 May 1954 | Lamerd, Fars, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 41 | 
|
Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini - سید مجتبی حسینی | 1954 (age 66–67) | Mashhad, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 42 | 
|
Seyyed Mohammad Reza Modarresi Yazdi - سید محمدرضا مدرسی یزدی | 1955 (age 65–66) | Yazd, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 43 | 
|
Ali Akbar Rashad - علی‌اکبر رشاد | 1955 (age 65–66) | Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 44 | 
|
Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i - غلامحسین محسنی اژه‌ای | 29 September 1956 | Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 45 | 
|
Mohsen Araki - محسن اراکی | 1956 (age 64–65) |  Najaf, Iraq |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 46 | 
|
Seyyed Abdul-Nabi Mousavi Fard - سید عبدالنبی موسوی فرد | 1956 (age 64–65) | Jahrom, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 47 | 
|
Seyyed Hashem Hosseini Bushehri - سید هاشم حسینی بوشهری | 1956 (age 64–65) | Bushehr, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 48 | 
|
Mohsen Heidari Alekasir - محسن حیدری آل کثیر | 1957 (age 63–64) | Shush, Khuzestan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 49 | 
|
Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Kazemeyni Borojerdi - سید محمدحسین کاظمینی بروجردی | 1 August 1958 | Qom, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 50 | Ahmad Marvi - احمد مروی | 1958 (age 62–63) | Mashhad, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- | |
| 51 | 
|
Gholam Ali Safai Bushehri - غلامعلی صفایی بوشهری | 23 June 1959 | Bushehr, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 52 | 
|
Seyyed Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani - سید احمد حسینی خراسانی | 1959 (age 61–62) | Shirvan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 53 | 
|
Alireza Arafi - علی رضا اعرافی | 1959 (age 61–62) | Meybod, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 54 | 
|
Mostafa Pourmohammadi - مصطفی پورمحمدی | 9 March 1960 | Qom, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 55 | 
|
Ahmad Khatami - احمد خاتمی | 8 May 1960 | Semnan, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 56 | 
|
Sayyid Ebrahim Raisol-Sadati - سید ابراهیم رئیس‌الساداتی | 14 December 1960 | Mashhad, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 57 | 
|
Mohsen Qomi - محسن قمی | 1960 (age 60–61) | Pakdasht, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 58 | 
|
Sadeq Ardeshir Larijani - صادق اردشیر لاریجانی | 12 March 1961 | Najaf, Iraq |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 59 | 
|
Abolghasem Alidoust - ابوالقاسم علیدوست | 1961 (age 59–60) | Yazd, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 60 | 
|
Seyed Hassan Ameli - سید حسن عاملی | 5 June 1962 | Ardabil, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 61 | Mostafa Boroujerdi - مصطفی بروجردی | 1 August 1962 | Qom, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- | |
| 62 | 
|
Ayatollah Abbas Ka'bi - آیت الله عباس کعبی | 1962 (age 58–59) | Ahvaz, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 63 | 
|
Seyyed Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem - سید محمدعلی آل‌هاشم | 1962 (age 58–59) | Tabriz, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 64 | 
|
Lotfallah Dejkam - لطف‌الله دژکام | 1962 (age 58–59) | Jahrom, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 65 | Abbas Tabrizian - عباس تبریزیان | 1962 (age 58–59) | Najaf, Iraq |
Iran |
Iran
|
- | |
| 66 | 
|
Abdul Karim Farhani - عبدالکریم فرحانی | 1964 (age 56–57) | Ahvaz, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 67 | 
|
Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari - محمدجواد حاج‌علی‌اکبری | 1965 (age 55–56) | Damavand, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 68 | 
|
Seyyed Mostafa Hosseini Khamenei - سید مصطفی حسینی خامنه‌ای | 1965 (age 55–56) | Mashhad, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 69 | 
|
Seyyed Nasir Hosseini - سید نصیر حسینی | 1967 (age 53–54) | Yasuj, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 70 | 
|
Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei - سید مجتبی حسینی خامنه‌ای | 8 September 1969 | Mashhad, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 71 | 
|
Sayyed Hassan Khomeini - سيد حسن خمينی | 23 July 1972 | Qom, Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
Deceased[]
Note: The names are ordered by date of death (descending) as an arbitrary standard.
| No | Image | Name | Year of Birth CE |
Year of Death CE |
Birth | Education | Death | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
|
Mirza Ali Aqa Tabrizi - میرزا علی‌آقا تبریزی | 19 January 1861 | 31 December 1911 (aged 50) |  Tabriz, Iran |
Iran |
Tabriz, Iran
|
- |
| 2 | 
|
Sheikh Mohammad Khiabani - شیخ محمد خیابانی | 1879 | 1920 (aged 40–41) | Khameneh, Iran |
Iran |
Tabriz, Iran
|
- |
| 3 | 
|
Mirza Mahdi Ashtiani - میرزا مهدی آشتیانی | 1888 | 23 April 1953 (aged 64–65) | Tehran, Iran |
Iran |
Qom, Iran
|
- |
| 4 | 
|
Ayatollah Haj Muhammmad-Hassan Jazayeri - ایت الله حاج محمد حسن جزایری | 1892 | 1965 (aged 72–73) | Qom, Iran |
Iran |
Ahvaz, Iran
|
- |
| 5 | 
|
Muhammad Taqi Amoli - محمدتقی آملی | 1887 | 1971 (aged 83–84) | Tehran, Iran |
Iran |
Mashhad, Iran
|
- |
| 6 | Ayatollah Haj Mohammad Ali Hakim Movahed Namazi Shirazi - ایت الله حاج محمد علی حکیم موحد نمازی شیرازی | 1903 | 1971 (aged 67–68) (went missing) | Shiraz, Iran |
Iran |
?, Iran
|
- | |
| 7 | 
|
Mirza Mahdi Elahi Qomshehei - میرزا مهدی الهی قمشه ای | 1 January 1901 | 15 May 1973 (aged 72) | Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Qom, Iran
|
- |
| 8 | 
|
Mostafa Khomeini | 12 December 1930 | 23 October 1977 (aged 46) | Qom, Iran |
Iran |
Najaf, Iraq
|
- |
| 9 | 
|
Ayatollah Seyyed Aboutaleb Pishvai - ایت الله سید ابو طالب پیشوایی | 1896 | 21 October 1978 (aged 81–82) | Bandar-e Anzali, Iran |
Iran |
Bandar-e Anzali, Iran
|
[11] |
| 10 | 
|
Mahmoud Taleghani - محمود طالقانی | 5 March 1911 | 9 September 1979 (aged 68) | Geliyard, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[12] |
| 11 | 
|
Mohammad Mofatteh - محمد مفتح | 17 June 1928 | 18 December 1979 (aged 51) | Famenin, Hamadan, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[13] |
| 12 | 
|
Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Beheshti - سیّد محمد حسینی بهشتی | 24 October 1928 | 28 June 1981 (aged 52) | Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[14] |
| 13 | 
|
Abbas Mohammad Montazeri - عباس محمد منتظری | 21 March 1944 | 28 June 1981 (aged 37) | Najafabad, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[14] |
| 14 | 
|
Mohammad-Javad Bahonar - محمدجواد باهنر | 5 September 1933 | 30 August 1981 (aged 47) | Kerman, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[15] |
| 15 | 
|
Mohammad Sadoughi - محمد صدوقی | 1 March 1909 | 2 July 1982 (aged 73) | Yazd, Iran |
Iran |
Yazd, Iran
|
- |
| 16 | 
|
Ayatollah Ata'ollah Ashrafi Esfahani - آیت‌الله عطاءالله اشرفی اصفهانی | 1902 | 15 October 1982 (aged 79–80) | Khomeyn, Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Kermanshah, Iran
|
[16] |
| 17 | 
|
Ayatollah Haj Mirza Khalil Kamarah'i - آیت الله حاج میرزا خلیل کمره | 1898 | 11 October 1984 (aged 85–86) | Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[17] |
| 18 | Morteza Haeri Yazdi - مرتضی حائری یزدی | 12 October 1916 | 16 March 1986 (aged 69) | Arak, Iran |
Iran |
Qom, Iran
|
- | |
| 19 | 
|
Seyyed Javad Khamenei - سید جواد خامنه‌ای | 7 December 1895 | 5 July 1986 (aged 90) | Khameneh, Iran |
Iran |
Mashhad, Iran
|
- |
| 20 | Ayatollah Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami - آیت الله عبدالرحمن حیدری ایلامی | 1925 | 1 January 1987 (aged 61–62) | Ilam, Iran |
Iran |
Qom, Iran
|
[18] | |
| 21 | 
|
Ruhollah Khatami - روح الله خاتمی | 28 October 1906 | 27 October 1988 (aged 81) | Yazd, Iran |
Iran |
Yazd, Iran
|
[19] |
| 22 | 
|
Ayatollah Sayyed Abbas Almohri - آية الله سيد عباس المهري | 1915 | 15 February 1988 (aged 72–73) | Mohr, Fars, Iran |
Najaf, Iraq |
Tehran, Iran
|
- |
| 23 | 
|
Hasan Ali Nejabat Shirazi - حسنعلی نجابت شیرازی | 1917 | 28 April 1989 (aged 71–72) | Shiraz, Iran |
Iran |
Shiraz, Iran
|
- |
| 24 | 
|
Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi - محمد كاظم حسينى مدرسى | 1921 | 5 April 1994 (aged 72–73) | Mashhad, Iran |
Najaf, Iraq & Qom, Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
- |
| 25 | 
|
Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini - سید احمد خمینی | 14 March 1946 | 17 March 1995 (aged 49) | Qom, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
- |
| 26 | Mahdi Haeri Yazdi - مهدی حائری یزدی | 1923 | 9 July 1999 (aged 75–76) | Qom, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
- | |
| 27 | 
|
Khalil Boyukzadeh - خلیل بیوک‌زاده | 18 September 1930 | 2001 (aged 70–71) | Ardabil, Iran |
Iran |
Ardabil, Iran
|
[20] |
| 28 | 
|
Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi - سید ابوالفضل موسوی تبریزی | 1935 | 14 April 2003 (aged 67–68) | Tabriz, Iran |
Iran |
Tabriz, Iran
|
- |
| 29 | 
|
Mohammed Sadeq Givi Khalkhali | 23 July 1926 | 26 November 2003 (aged 77) | Givi, Khalkhal, Ardabil, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
- |
| 30 | 
|
Hasanali Morvarid - حسنعلى مرواريد | 1911 | 5 October 2004 (aged 92–93) | Mashhad, Iran |
Iran |
Mashhad, Iran
|
- |
| 31 | 
|
Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi - نعمت‌الله صالحی نجف‌آبادی | 1923 | 2006 (aged 82–83) | Najafabad, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
- |
| 32 | Abdul Karim Haghshenas - عبدالکریم حق‌شناس | 1919 | 24 July 2007 (aged 87–88) | Tehran, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
- | |
| 33 | 
|
Ali Akbar Feyz Aleni - علی‌اکبر فیض آلنی | 2 December 1921 | 30 July 2007 (aged 85) | Meshgin, Iran |
Iran |
Iran} Tehran, Iran | - |
| 34 | 
|
Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani - احمد مجتهدی تهرانی | 2 October 1923 | 13 January 2008 (aged 84) | Tehran, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
- |
| 35 | Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli - محمدرضا توسلی | 1931 | 16 February 2008 (aged 76–77) | Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
[21] | |
| 36 | 
|
Mohammed Taqi Morvarid - محمد تقى مرواريد | 1921 | 22 October 2012 (aged 90–91) | Mashhad, Iran |
Iran |
Ilam, Iran
|
- |
| 37 | 
|
Azizollah Khoshvaght - عزیزالله خوشوقت | 1926 | 19 February 2013 (aged 86–87) | Tehran, Iran |
Iran |
 Mecca, Saudi Arabia
|
- |
| 38 | 
|
Gholamreza Rezvani - غلامرضا رضوانی | 24 September 1922 | 19 April 2013 (aged 90) | Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- |
| 39 | 
|
Seyyed Jalal Al-Din Taheri Esfahani - سید جلال‌الدین طاهری اصفهانی | 1 January 1926 | 2 June 2013 (aged 87) | Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Isfahan, Iran
|
[22] |
| 40 | Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani - محمد محمدی گیلانی | 31 August 1928 | 9 July 2014 (aged 85) | Iran |
Iran |
Iran
|
- | |
| 41 | 
|
Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani - محمدرضا مهدوی کنی | 6 August 1931 | 21 October 2014 (aged 83) | Kan District, Tehran, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[23] |
| 42 | 
|
Abolghasem Khazali Boroujerdi - ابوالقاسم خزعلی بروجردی | 21 March 1925 | 16 September 2015 (aged 90) | Borujerd, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
- |
| 43 | 
|
Abbas Vaez-Tabasi - عباس واعظ طبسی | 25 June 1935 | 4 March 2016 (aged 80) | Tabas, Iran |
Iran |
Mashhad, Iran
|
[24] |
| 44 | 
|
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani - اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی | 24 August 1934 | 8 January 2017 (aged 82) | Bahreman, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[25] |
| 45 | 
|
Asadollah Imani - اسد‌الله ایمانی | 1947 | 6 May 2018 (aged 70–71) | Kazerun, Fars, Iran |
Iran |
Shiraz, Iran
|
[26] |
| 46 | 
|
Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi - سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی | 21 March 1936 | 17 May 2018 (aged 82) | Rafsanjan, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[27] |
| 47 | 
|
Gholamreza Hassani - غلامرضا حسنی | 21 July 1927 | 21 May 2018 (aged 90) | Urmia, Iran |
Iran |
Urmia, Iran
|
[28] |
| 48 | 
|
Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi - سید محمود هاشمی شاهرودی | 15 August 1948 | 24 December 2018 (aged 70) | Najaf, Iraq |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[29] |
| 49 | Mir Ebrahim Seyyed Hatami - میرابراهیم سیدحاتمی | 1924 | 6 January 2019 (aged 94–95) | Ardabil, Iran |
Iran |
Qom, Iran
|
[30] | |
| 50 | 
|
Mohammad Momen - محمد مؤمن | 13 January 1938 | 21 February 2019 (aged 81) | Qom, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[31] |
| 51 | 
|
Seyyed Hadi Khosroshahi - سید هادی خسروشاهی | 1939 | 27 February 2020 (aged 80–81) | Tabriz, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
- |
| 52 | Reza Mohammadi Langroudi - رضا محمدی لنگرودی | 3 August 1928 | 5 March 2020 (aged 91) | Langarud, Gilan, Iran |
Iran |
Langarud, Iran
|
[32] | |
| 53 | 
|
Sayyid Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani - سید هاشم بطحایی گلپایگانی | 1941 | 16 March 2020 (aged 78–79) | Guged, Golpayegan, Iran |
Iran |
Qom, Iran
|
[33] |
| 54 | 
|
Ebrahim Amini - ابراهیم امینی | 30 June 1925 | 24 April 2020 (aged 94) | Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Qom, Iran
|
[34] |
| 55 | 
|
Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri - محمد علی تسخیر | 19 October 1944 | 18 August 2020 (aged 75) | Najaf, Iraq |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
- |
| 56 | 
|
- سید عبدالجواد علم الهدی | 1941 | 20 August 2020 (aged 78–79) | Mashhad, Iran |
Iran |
Mashhad, Iran
|
[35] |
| 57 | 
|
Mohammad Yazdi - ��حمد یزدی | 2 July 1931 | 9 December 2020 (aged 89) | Isfahan, Iran |
Iran |
Qom, Iran
|
[36] |
| 58 | 
|
Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi - محمدتقی مصباح یزدی | 31 January 1935 | 1 January 2021 (aged 85) | Yazd, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[37] |
| 59 | Seyyed Mohammad Ziaabadi - سید محمد ضیاءآبادی | 1928 | 8 February 2021 (aged 92–93) | Ziaabad, Iran |
Iran |
Tehran, Iran
|
[38] |
Iraq[]
Current
- Ayatollah Hadi al-Modarresi
- Ayatollah
- Ayatollah Morteza Qazwini
- Ayatollah Ali al-Milani
- Ayatollah Razi Shirazi
- Ayatollah Mohammed Ridha al-Sistani
- Ayatollah Muqtada al-Sadr
- Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Shirazi
- Ayatollah Murtadha al-Shirazi
- Ayatollah Mujtaba al-Shirazi
- Ayatollah Al-Sayyed Riyadh Al-Hakeem
- Ayatollah Qais Khazali
- Ayatollah Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai
- Ayatollah Fadhil al-Milani
- Ayatollah Ali al-Hakim
- Ayatollah Jafar al-Hakim
- Ayatollah Hussein Al-Sadr
- Ayatollah Hussein al-Shirazi
- Ayatollah Ali Akbar al-Modarresi
Deceased
- Ayatollah Sadr al-Din al-Sadr
- Ayatollah Abdul Aziz al-Hakim
- Ayatollah Muhammad Ali al-Hakim
- Ayatollah Dakheel Najafi
- Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi al-Khoei
- Ayatollah Mohammed Ridha al-Shirazi
- Ayatollah Hassan al-Shirazi
- Ayatollah Mohammed Kadhim al-Qazwini
- Ayatollah Ahmed Al-Waeli
- Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim
- Ayatollah Abdul-Majid al-Khoei
Kuwait[]
Deceased
- Ayatullah Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Muhri
Lebanon[]
Current
- Ayatollah Ali Al-Kourani
Deceased
- Ayatollah Musa al-Sadr
- Ayatollah Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine
Nigeria[]
- Ayatollah Ibrahim Zakzaky
Pakistan[]
- Ayatullah Hafiz Riaz Hussain Najafi
- Ayatullah Hassan Raza Ghadeeri
- Ayatollah Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi Qumi
Deceased
- Ayatullah Muhammad Yar Shah
- Ayatullah Mufti Jafar Hussain
- Ayatullah Hussain Bakhsh Jarra
- Ayatollah Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi
Saudi Arabia[]
Deceased
- Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad Ali al-Amri[39]
- Ayatollah Nimr al-Nimr
See also[]
References[]
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External links[]
- "Ayatollah Khonsari, 98, Dies - A Noted Iranian Theologian". NYTimes.com. Reuters. 1985-01-20. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
Notes[]
- The book "Durr-e-Mansoor dar Halaat-e-Ulama-e-Zangipur"
- The research work of Dr. Inayet Ali on "life of Jawad-ul-Ulama" from Aligarh Muslim University.
- The booklet "Haqnuma" published Jamia-Imania,Banaras.
- Dorri-Najafabadi
- Yazdi
- Jannati
- Yazdi
- Araki
- Faqihi
- Emami-Kashani
- Ka'bi
- Kharazi
- Hatami
- Masoumi-Tehrani
- Yazdi
- Moghtadai
- Khalaji
- Khoeiniha
- Namazi
- Ostadi
- Sefati
- Amoli
- Mazandarani
Deceased
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