List of ayatollahs
- See also: List of marjas (Grand Ayatullahs), List of Shi'a Muslim scholars of Islam
This is a partial list of Ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Twelver Shi'a Muslims clerics.
Bahrain
Current
- Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Ahmed Qassim
India
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]
Current
- Ayatollah Syed Hamidul Hasan
- Ayatollah Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi
Iran
Current
- Ayatollah Ahmad Khatami
- Ayatollah Mostafa Boroujerdi
- Ayatollah Manteghi Boroujerdi
- Ayatollah Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani
- Ayatollah Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi
- Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi Mesbah Yazdi
- Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati
- Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi
- Ayatollah Mohamed Hossein Kazemini Borujerdi
- Ayatollah Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani
- Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein AlAnsari
- Ayatollah Ebrahim Amini
- Ayatollah Mohsen Araki
- Ayatollah Mohammed Emami-Kashani
- Ayatollah Abbas Ka'bi
- Ayatollah Mohsen Kharazi
- Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani
- Ayatollah Mir Ebrahim Seyyed Hatami
- Ayatollah Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani
- Ayatollah Mohammad-Reza Modarresi Yazdi
- Ayatollah Morteza Moghtadai
- Ayatollah Mohammad Momen
- Ayatollah Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji
- Ayatollah Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha
- Ayatollah Abdolnabi Namazi
- Ayatollah Reza Ostadi
- Ayatollah Zohreh Sefati
- Ayatollah Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri
- Ayatollah Abbas Vaez-Tabasi
- Ayatollah Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani
Iraq
Current
- Ayatollah Hadi al-Modarresi
- Ayatollah Mortada Al-Qazwini
- Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein al-Ansari
- Ayatollah Mohammad Bahr al-Ulloum
- Ayatollah Mahmoud Hassani Sorkhi
Pakistan
Deceased
- Ayatollah Muhammad Yar Shah
- Ayatollah Mufti Jafar Hussain
Current
- Ayatollah Hafiz Riaz Hussain Najafi
- Ayatollah Hassan Raza Ghadeeri
- Ayatollah Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi Qumi
Saudi Arabia
Deceased
- Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad Ali al-Amri
Current
- Ayatollah Nimr al-Nimr
United Kingdom
Current
- Ayatollah Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi
- Ayatollah Hassan Raza Ghadeeri
- Ayatollah Ali Hussain Al-Hakim
Australia
Current
- Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein al-Ansari
References
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- ^ Roots of North Indian Shi‘ism in Iran and Iraq Religion and State in Awadh, 1722–1859, by J. R. I. Cole, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS Berkeley · Los Angeles · Oxford
- ^ Sacred Space and Holy War The Politics, Culture and History of Shi`ite Islam by Juan Cole, I.B.Tauris Publishers, London · New York
- ^ Dar al-Kitab Jazayeri
- ^ a b "SHIAS OF KASHMIR: Past Tense, Present Imperfect". saisaonline.org. South Asian Institute of Strategic Affairs (SAISA). January 11, 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ^ Syed Mohammad Mosawi was born in 1329 hijrah in Ichgam, Kashmir. Studied in Jamia Nazimiyyah , Sultan-ul-Madaris , Shia Arabic College and Lucknow University. After Completion of Sadr-ul-Fazil, Emad-ul-Adab,Emad-ul-Kalam and Fazil-ul-Adab moved to Najaf and received for Ijtihad. During his stay in Najaf Seminary learned from the best teachers of Hawzah and attained the degree of Ijtihad. He studied for about 23 years in Najaf.
- ^ "MEHRI TABAN" , AGHA TEHRANI
- ^ "کوه توحید و عرفان، سید علی قاضی". Saghiyekosar.ir. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
- ^ "IRANSEDA Network-کتاب گویا-شرح حال و حکایات سیدعلی قاضی". Iranseda.ir. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
- ^ کتاب عتش/کتاب اسؤه عارفان 157 صفحه
External links
- Reuters (1985-01-20). "Ayatollah Khonsari, 98, Dies - A Noted Iranian Theologian". NYTimes.com. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
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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.