List of Ayatollahs

This is a partial list of Ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics. Its ranking is higher than Hujjat al-Islam, and 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, or Hujjatul Islams, see the following articles: List of Maraji; List of Hujjatul Islams.

Hierarchy of titles for Shia Muslim clerics:[1]

  • Grand Ayatollah (Marja')
  • Ayatollah
  • Hujjatol Islam


Current

The names are ordered with age in descending order. (oldest to youngest).

No Image Name Birth Date
CE
Birth Place Residence Notes
1 Ali Moradkhani Arangeh

علی مرادخانی ارنگه
(1926-04-22) 22 April 1926 Tehran, Iran Iran -
2 Mohammad Bagher Bagheri Kani

محمدباقر باقری کنی
1926 (age 9596) Tehran, Iran Iran -
3 Ahmad Mohseni Garakani

احمد محسنی گرکانی
1926 (age 9596) Garakan, Iran Iran -
4 Ahmad Jannati

احمد جنتی‎
(1927-02-23) 23 February 1927 Isfahan, Iran Iran -
5 Seyed Ali Akbar Ghoreyshi

سید علی اکبر قریشی‎
1928 (age 9394) Bonab, Iran Iran -
6 al-Sayyid Murtadha al-Musawi al-Qazwini

السيد مرتضى الموسوي القزويني
(1930-08-01) 1 August 1930 Karbala, Iraq Karbala, Iraq -
7 Mohammed Emami-Kashani

محمد امامی کاشانی‎
(1931-10-03) 3 October 1931 Kashan, Iran Iran -
8 Mohammad Ali Movahedi-Kermani

محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی
1931 (age 9091) Kerman, Iran Iran -
9 Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini

علی‌اکبر مسعودی خمینی
1931 (age 9091) Khomeyn, Iran Iran -
10 Ali Orumian

علی ارومیان
1932 (age 8990) Maragheh, Iran Iran -
11 Zaynolabideen Ghorbani

العابدین قربانی
1933 (age 8889) Panchah, Iran Iran -
12 Seyed Mohammad Shahcheraghi

سید محمد شاهچراغی
(1934-06-10) 10 June 1934 Damghan, Iran Iran -
13 Morteza Moghtadai

مرتضی مقتدایی
(1935-10-12) 12 October 1935 Isfahan, Iran Iran -
14 Seyyed Mohammad Khamenei

سید محمد خامنه‌ای
(1935-12-25) 25 December 1935 Mashhad, Iran Iran -
15 Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi

ابوالقاسم وافی یزدی‎
1935 (age 8687) Hoseynabad, Iran Iran -
16 Ahmad Beheshti

احمد بهشتی
1935 (age 8687) Fasa, Iran Iran -
17 Reza Ostadi Moghaddam

رضا استادی مقدم‎
(1937-09-29) 29 September 1937 Tehran, Iran Iran -
18 Seyyed Mohsen Kharazi

سید محسن خرازی‎
1937 (age 8485) Tehran, Iran Iran -
19 Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi

هاشم هاشم‌زاده هریسی‎
1938 (age 8384) Heris, Iran Iran -
20 Abbas Ali Akhtari

عباسعلی اختری
(1939-12-07) 7 December 1939 Sorkheh, Iran Iran -
21 Seyyed Ali Shafiei

سیدعلی شفیعی‎
1940 (age 8182) Dezful, Iran Ahvaz, Iran -
22 Sayyid Mohammad-Ali Mousavi Jazayeri

سیدمحمدعلی موسوی جزایری‎
1941 (age 8081) Shushtar, Iran Iran -
23 Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi

محمود مرعشی نجفی
1941 (age 8081) Qom, Iran Iran -
24 Syed Riaz Hussain Najafi

سید ریاض حسین نجفی
1941 (age 8081) Alipur, British India Lahore, Pakistan -
25 Sayyid Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha

سید محمد موسوی خوئینی ها
1942 (age 7980) Qazvin, Iran Iran -
26 al-Sayyid Mujtaba al-Hussayni al-Shirazi

السيد مجتبى الحسيني الشيرازي
(1943-08-06) 6 August 1943 Karbala, Iraq London, United Kingdom -
27 al-Sayyid Fadhil al-Hussayni al-Milani

السيد فاضل الحسيني الميلاني
(1944-05-30) 30 May 1944 Karbala, Iraq London, United Kingdom Official Website
28 Ahmad Alamolhoda

احمد علم‌الهدی‎
(1944-09-01) 1 September 1944 Mashhad, Iran Iran -
29 Hossein Ansarian

حسین انصاریان
(1944-11-09) 9 November 1944 Khansar, Iran Iran -
30 Seyed Yousef Tabatabai Nejad

سید یوسف طباطبایی نژاد
1944 (age 7778) Ardestan, Iran Iran -
31 Ali al-Kourani

علي الكوراني
1944 (age 7778) Yater, Lebanon Qom, Iran Official Website
32 Abdolnabi Namazi

عبدالنبی نمازی
1945 (age 7677) Dashti, Bushehr, Iran Iran -
33 Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Faraz

سید مصطفی موسوی فراز‎
1945 (age 7677) Isfahan, Iran Iran -
34 Mohammad Reza Naseri Yazdi

محمدرضا ناصری یزدی
1945 (age 7677) Yazd, Iran Iran -
35 Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad

مصطفی محقق داماد
1945 (age 7677) Qom, Iran Iran -
36 Morteza Sadouqi Mazandarani

مرتضی صدوقی مازندرانی
(1946-07-22) 22 July 1946 Iran Iran -
37 Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia

سید عبدالله فاطمی‌نیا
1946 (age 7576) Tabriz, Iran Iran -
38 Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi

حسین موسوی تبریزی
1947 (age 7475) Tabriz, Iran Iran -
39 Abbas-Ali Soleimani

عباسعلی سلیمانی
1947 (age 7475) Mazandaran, Iran Iran -
40 al-Sayyid Hadi al-Hussayni al-Modarresi

السيد هادي الحسيني المدرسي
1947 (age 7475) Karbala, Iraq Iraq Official Website
41 Zohreh Sefati

زهره صفاتی
1948 (age 7374) Abadan, Iran Iran -
42 al-Sayyid Ali al-Hussayni al-Milani

السيد علي الحسيني الميلاني
1948 (age 7374) Najaf, Iraq Qom, Iran Official Website
43 al-Sayyid Ali al-Musawi al-Sabziwari

السيد علي الموسوي السبزواري
1948 (age 7374) Najaf, Iraq Najaf, Iraq -
44 al-Sayyid Mohammad Ali al-Shirazi

السيد محمد علی الشيرازي
1948 (age 7374) Najaf, Iraq Iraq -
45 Muhammad Baqir al-Irawani

محمد باقر الإيرواني
1949 (age 7273) Najaf, Iraq Iraq -
46 Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi

قربانعلی دری نجف‌آبادی
(1950-12-03) 3 December 1950 Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran Iran -
47 Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghaddam

غلامرضا مصباحی مقدم
(1951-07-11) 11 July 1951 Mashhad, Iran Iran -
48 Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi

سید محمد سعیدی
1951 (age 7071) Qom, Iran Iran -
49 Mohammad Taghi Vaezi

محمد تقی واعظی
1951 (age 7071) Tehran, Iran Iran -
50 Hassan Raza Ghadeeri

حسن رضا غدیری
(1952-08-14) 14 August 1952 Lahore, Pakistan London, United Kingdom -
51 Mohsen Faqihi

محسن فقیهی
(1952-11-17) 17 November 1952 Iran Iran -
52 Ibrahim Yaqoub Zakzaky

ابراهیم یعقوبی زکزکی
(1953-05-05) 5 May 1953 Zaria, Nigeria Nigeria -
53 Mehdi Shabzendedar Jahromi

مهدی شب‌زنده‌دار جهرمی‎
1953 (age 6869) Darab, Iran Iran -
54 Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi

سید محمود علوی
(1954-05-04) 4 May 1954 Lamerd, Iran Iran -
55 Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini

سید مجتبی حسینی‎
1954 (age 6768) Mashhad, Iran Iran -
56 Seyyed Mohammad Reza Modarresi Yazdi

سید محمدرضا مدرسی یزدی
1955 (age 6667) Yazd, Iran Iran -
57 Ali Akbar Rashad

علی‌اکبر رشاد
1955 (age 6667) Iran Iran -
58 Mohsen Araki

محسن اراکی‎
1956 (age 6566) Najaf, Iraq Iran -
59 Seyyed Hashem Hosseini Bushehri

سید هاشم حسینی بوشهری‎
1956 (age 6566) Bushehr, Iran Iran -
60 Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi

محمدتقی پورمحمدی
1956 (age 6566) Marand, Iran Iran -
61 al-Sayyid Ali Akbar al-Hussayni al-Modarresi

السيد علي أكبر الحسيني المدرسي
(1957-09-17) 17 September 1957 Karbala, Iraq Mashhad, Iran -
62 Mohsen Heidari Alekasir

محسن حیدری آل کثیر
1957 (age 6465) Shush, Iran Iran -
63 Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Kazemeyni Borojerdi

سید محمدحسین کاظمینی بروجردی
(1958-08-01) 1 August 1958 Qom, Iran Iran -
64 al-Sayyid Riyadh al-Hakim

السيد رياض الحكيم
(1959-01-18) 18 January 1959 Najaf, Iraq Iraq -
65 Gholam Ali Safai Bushehri

غلامعلی صفایی بوشهری
(1959-06-23) 23 June 1959 Bushehr, Iran Iran -
66 Seyyed Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani

سید احمد حسینی خراسانی
1959 (age 6263) Shirvan, Iran Iran -
67 Alireza Arafi

علی رضا اعرافی‎
1959 (age 6263) Meybod, Iran Iran -
68 Ahmad Khatami

احمد خاتمی‎
(1960-05-08) 8 May 1960 Semnan, Iran Iran -
69 Sayyid Ebrahim Raisol-Sadati

سید ابراهیم رئیس‌الساداتی‎
(1960-12-14) 14 December 1960 Mashhad, Iran Iran -
70 Sadeq Ardeshir Larijani

صادق اردشیر لاریجانی‎
(1961-03-12) 12 March 1961 Najaf, Iraq Iran -
71 Abolghasem Alidoust

ابوالقاسم علیدوست
1961 (age 6061) Yazd, Iran Iran -
72 Seyed Hassan Ameli

سید حسن عاملی‎
(1962-06-05) 5 June 1962 Ardabil, Iran Iran -
73 Mostafa Boroujerdi

مصطفی بروجردی
(1962-08-01) 1 August 1962 Qom, Iran Iran -
74 al-Sayyid Muhammad Ridha al-Hussayni al-Sistani

السيد محمد رضا الحسيني السيستاني
(1962-08-18) 18 August 1962 Najaf, Iraq Iraq -
75 Ayatollah Abbas Ka'bi

آیت الله عباس کعبی
1962 (age 5960) Ahvaz, Iran Iran -
76 Seyyed Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem

سید محمدعلی آل‌هاشم
1962 (age 5960) Tabriz, Iran Iran -
77 Lotfallah Dejkam

لطف‌الله دژکام
1962 (age 5960) Jahrom, Iran Iran -
78 Abbas Tabrizian

عباس تبریزیان‎
1962 (age 5960) Najaf, Iraq Iran -
79 Reza Ramezani Gilani

رضا رمضانی گیلانی
1963 (age 5859) Rasht, Iran Iran -
80 Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi

سيد عقيل الغروى
(1964-02-02) 2 February 1964 Banaras, India London, United Kingdom Official Website
81 Abdul Karim Farhani

عبدالکریم فرحانی
1964 (age 5758) Ahvaz, Iran Iran -
82 al-Sayyid Ali al-Hakim

السيد علي الحكيم
1964 (age 5758) Najaf, Iraq Lebanon -
83 al-Sayyid Murtadha al-Hussayni al-Shirazi

السيد مرتضى الحسيني الشيرازي
1964 (age 5758) Karbala, Iraq Najaf, Iraq -
84 al-Sayyid Jafar al-Hakim

السيد جعفر الحكيم
1965 (age 5657) Najaf, Iraq Najaf, Iraq -
85 Seyyed Nasir Hosseini

سید نصیر حسینی
1967 (age 5455) Yasuj, Iran Iran -
86 Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi Qumi

سيد علي نقي نقوي
(1970-05-09) 9 May 1970 Sahiwal, Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan -
87 al-Sayyid Hussein al-Hussayni al-Shirazi

السید حسین الحسیني الشیرازي
1970 (age 5152) Karbala, Iraq Qom, Iran -

Deceased

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 Death Notes
1 al-Sayyid Muhammad Saeed al-Habboubi

السيد محمد سعيد الحبوبي
1849 (1849) 1915 (aged 6566) Najaf, Baghdad Eyalet Nasiriyah, Basra vilayet -
2 Seyed Ali Tabrizi

سید علی تبریزی
1844 (1844) 7 December 1917(1917-12-07) (aged 72–73) Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia -
3 Mohammad Aghazadeh Khorasani

محمد آقازاده خراسانی
1877 (1877) 1937 (aged 5960) Najaf, Baghdad vilayet Rey, Imperial State of Iran -
4 Najm al-Hasan

نجم الحسن
(1863-05-25)25 May 1863 18 April 1938(1938-04-18) (aged 74) British India Lucknow, British India -
5 Abdul Karim Kho'ini Zanjani

عبدالکریم خوئینی زنجانی
1874 (1874) 1938 (aged 6364) Khoein, Sublime State of Persia Qazvin, Imperial State of Iran -
6 Bibi Khanum

بی بی خانوم
Unknown? 1950 (1951) Baghdad vilayet Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq -
7 Mirza Mahdi Ashtiani

میرزا مهدی آشتیانی
1888 (1888) 23 April 1953(1953-04-23) (aged 64–65) Tehran, Sublime State of Persia Qom, Imperial State of Iran -
8 Syed Ahmed Rizvi Kashmiri

سید احمد رضوی کشمیری
1898 (1898) 9 July 1964(1964-07-09) (aged 65–66) Srinagar, British India Srinagar, British India [2][3][4][5]
9 Haj Mohammad Hassan Jazayeri

حاج محمد حسن جزایری
1892 1965(1965-00-00) (aged 72–73) Qom, Sublime State of Persia Ahvaz, Imperial State of Iran -
10 Abdulkarim Zanjani

عبدالکریم زنجانی
1888 (1888) 1968 (aged 7980) Zanjan, Sublime State of Persia Imperial State of Iran -
11 Seyed Mohammad Reza Saeedi

سید محمدرضا سعیدی
1929 (1929) 10 June 1970(1970-06-10) (aged 40–41) Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Imperial State of Iran -
12 Seyed Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi

سید سلطان الواعظین شیرازی
(1894-05-12)12 May 1894 11 October 1971(1971-10-11) (aged 77) Tehran, Sublime State of Persia Tehran, Imperial State of Iran -
13 Muhammad Taqi Amoli

محمدتقی آملی
1887 (1887) 1971 (aged 8384) Tehran, Sublime State of Persia Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran -
14 Haj Mohammad Ali Hakim Movahed Namazi Shirazi

حاج محمد علی حکیم موحد نمازی شیرازی
1903 (1903) 1971 (aged 6768) (went missing) Shiraz, Sublime State of Persia Imperial State of Iran -
15 Mirza Mahdi Elahi Qomshehei

میرزا مهدی الهی قمشه ای
(1901-01-01)1 January 1901 15 May 1973(1973-05-15) (aged 72) Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia Qom, Imperial State of Iran -
16 Haj Mirza Mahdi Pooya Yazdi

حاج میرزا مهدی پویا یزدی
1899 (1899) July 17, 1973(1973-07-17) (aged 73–74) Najaf, Baghdad vilayet Karachi, Pakistan [6]
17 al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Musawi al-Qazwini

السيد محمد باقر الموسوي القزويني
1919 (1919) 1974 (aged 5455) Karbala, Baghdad vilayet Karbala, Ba'athist Iraq -
18 Mirza Ahmad Ashtiani

میرزا احمد آشتیانی
1882 (1882) 24 June 1975(1975-06-24) (aged 92–93) Tehran, Sublime State of Persia Tehran, Imperial State of Iran -
19 al-Sayyid Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr

السيد موسى صدر الدين الصدر
(1928-06-04)4 June 1928 31 August 1978(1978-08-31) (aged 50) (Went Missing) Qom, Imperial State of Iran Libya -
20 Ayatollah Seyyed Aboutaleb Pishvai

ایت الله سید ابو طالب پیشوایی
1896 21 October 1978(1978-10-21) (aged 81–82) Bandar-e Anzali, Sublime State of Persia Bandar-e Anzali, Imperial State of Iran [7]
21 Mahmoud Taleghani

محمود طالقانی‎
(1911-03-05)5 March 1911 9 September 1979(1979-09-09) (aged 68) Geliyard, Sublime State of Persia Tehran, Iran [8]
22 Seyed Mohammad-Ali Qazi Tabatabaei

سید محمدعلی قاضی طباطبایی
(1914-10-23)23 October 1914 2 November 1979(1979-11-02) (aged 65) Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia Tabriz, Iran -
23 al-Sayyid Hassan al-Hussayni al-Shirazi

السيد حسن الحسيني الشيرازي
1935 (1935) 2 May 1980(1980-05-02) (aged 44–45) Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq Beirut, Lebanon -
24 Gholam Hossein Tabrizi

غلامحسین تبریزی
1924 (1924) 14 June 1980(1980-06-14) (aged 55–56) Vayqan, Sublime State of Persia Mashhad, Iran -
25 Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Beheshti

سیّد محمد حسینی بهشتی‎
(1928-10-24)24 October 1928 28 June 1981(1981-06-28) (aged 52) Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran [9]
26 Ali Qoddusi

علی قدوسی
(1927-08-04)4 August 1927 5 September 1981(1981-09-05) (aged 54) Nahavand, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran -
27 Mohammad Sadoughi

محمد صدوقی‎
(1909-03-01)1 March 1909 2 July 1982(1982-07-02) (aged 73) Yazd, Sublime State of Persia Yazd, Iran -
28 Syed Yusuf al-Moosavi al-Safavi

سید یوسف الموسوی الصفوی
1904 (1904) 29 August 1982(1982-08-29) (aged 77–78) Budgam, British India Budgam, India -
29 Ata'ollah Ashrafi Esfahani

عطاءالله اشرفی اصفهانی‎
1902 (1902) 15 October 1982(1982-10-15) (aged 79–80) Khomeyn, Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia Kermanshah, Iran [10]
30 Syed Zafr al-Hasan Rizvi

سید ظفر الحسن ریضوی
(1911-09-13)13 September 1911 1 January 1983(1983-01-01) (aged 71) Azamgarh, British India India -
31 Seyed Mohammad Ali Angaji

سید محمدعلی انگجی
1897 (1897) 5 June 1983(1983-06-05) (aged 85–86) Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia Tabriz, Iran -
32 Seyedeh Nosrat Begum Amin

سیده نصرت‌بیگم امین
1916 (1916) 13 June 1983(1983-06-13) (aged 66–67) Isfahan, Sublime State of Iran Qom, Iran -
33 Jafar Hussain

جعفر حسین
1914 (1914) 29 August 1983(1983-08-29) (aged 68–69) British India Gujranwala, Pakistan -
34 Haj Mirza Khalil Kamarah'i

حاج میرزا خلیل کمره
1898 (1898) 11 October 1984(1984-10-11) (aged 85–86) Sublime State of Persia Tehran, Iran [11]
35 Mohammad Reza Tabasi

محمد رضا طبسی
1899 (1899) 18 January 1985(1985-01-18) (aged 85–86) Mashhad, Sublime State of Iran Qom, Iran -
36 Muhammad Taher Abd al-Hamid bin Isa bin Hasan bin Shubayr bin Dhiab bin Muhammad bin Harb al-Khaqani

محمد طاهر بن عبدالحميد بن عيسى بن حسن بن شبير بن ذياب بن محمد بن حرب الخاقاني
(1911-11-30)30 November 1911 28 January 1986(1986-01-28) (aged 74) Ahvaz, Sublime State of Persia Qom, Iran -
37 Morteza Haeri Yazdi

مرتضی حائری یزدی‎
(1916-10-12)12 October 1916 16 March 1986(1986-03-16) (aged 69) Arak, Sublime State of Persia Qom, Iran -
38 Seyyed Javad Khamenei

سید جواد خامنه‌ای‎
(1895-12-07)7 December 1895 5 July 1986(1986-07-05) (aged 90) Khameneh, Sublime State of Persia Mashhad, Iran -
39 Abdol Rahman Heydari

عبدالرحمن حیدری ایلامی‎
1925 (1925) 1 January 1987(1987-01-01) (aged 61–62) Ilam, Imperial State of Iran Qom, Iran [12]
40 Ruhollah Khatami

روح الله خاتمی
(1906-10-28)28 October 1906 27 October 1988(1988-10-27) (aged 81) Yazd, Sublime State of Persia Yazd, Iran [13]
41 Ayatollah Sayyed Abbas Almohri

آية الله سيد عباس المهري‎
1915 (1915) 15 February 1988(1988-02-15) (aged 72–73) Mohr, Sublime State of Persia Tehran, Iran -
42 Hasan Ali Nejabat Shirazi

حسنعلی نجابت شیرازی
1917 (1917) 28 April 1989(1989-04-28) (aged 71–72) Shiraz, Sublime State of Persia Shiraz, Iran -
43 Hossein Lankarani

حسین لنکرانی
1895 (1895) 8 June 1989(1989-06-08) (aged 93–94) Tehran, Sublime State of Persia Tehran, Iran -
44 Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi

سید صفدر حسین نجفی
1932 (1932) 3 December 1989(1989-12-03) (aged 56–57) Muzaffargarh, British India Lahore, Pakistan -
45 Muhammad Yar Shah

محمد یار شاه
1913 (1913) 20 December 1990(1990-12-20) (aged 76–77) Alipur, British India Lahore, Pakistan -
46 Hussain Bakhsh Jarra

حسین بخش جاڑا
1919 (1919) 1990 (aged 7071) British India Pakistan -
47 Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi

محمد كاظم حسينى مدرسى‎
1921 (1921) 5 April 1994(1994-04-05) (aged 72–73) Mashhad, Sublime State of Persia Tehran, Iran -
48 al-Sayyid Muhammad Kadhim al-Musawi al-Qazwini

السيد محمد كاظم الموسوي القزويني
(1930-03-13)13 March 1930 17 November 1994(1994-11-17) (aged 64) Karbala, Mandatory Iraq Qom, Iran -
49 Mahmoud Ansari Qomi

محمود انصاری قمی
1921 (1921) 12 March 1999(1999-03-12) (aged 77–78) Qom, Sublime State of Persia Qom, Iran -
50 Seyed Mohammad Jafar Moravej

سید محمد جعفر مروج
(1902-07-27)27 July 1902 13 March 1999(1999-03-13) (aged 96) Shushtar, Sublime State of Persia Qom, Iran -
51 Mahdi Haeri Yazdi

مهدی حائری یزدی‎
1923 (1923) 9 July 1999(1999-07-09) (aged 75–76) Qom, Sublime State of Persia Tehran, Iran -
52 Hadi Rohani

حادی روحانی
(1924-03-03)3 March 1924 13 October 1999(1999-10-13) (aged 75) Kalleh Bast, Sublime State of Persia Babol, Iran -
53 Seyed Mahdi Hosseini Rohani

سید مهدی حسینی روحانی
(1925-07-15)15 July 1925 23 November 2000(2000-11-23) (aged 65) Qom, Sublime State of Persia Qom, Iran -
54 Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine

محمد مهدي شمس الدين
1936 (1936) 10 January 2001(2001-01-10) (aged 64–65) Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq Beirut, Lebanon -
55 Seyed Hossein Ayatollahi

سید حسین آیت‌اللهی
1931 (1931) 14 January 2001(2001-01-14) (aged 69–70) Jahrom, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran -
56 Khalil Boyukzadeh

خلیل بیوک‌زاده‎
(1930-09-18)18 September 1930 16 April 2001(2001-04-16) (aged 70) Ardabil, Imperial State of Iran Ardabil, Iran [14]
57 Syed Mustafa al-Moosavi al-Safavi

سید مصطفی الموسوی الصفوی
(1918-02-02)2 February 1918 21 August 2002(2002-08-21) (aged 84) Budgam, British India Budgam, India -
58 Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Zanjani

سیداسماعیل موسوی زنجانی
1928 (1928) 18 December 2002(2002-12-18) (aged 73–74) Pari, Imperial State of Iran Ardabil, Zanjan -
59 Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi

سید ابوالفضل موسوی تبریزی‎
1935 (1935) 14 April 2003(2003-04-14) (aged 67–68) Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran Tabriz, Iran -
60 al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim

السيد محمد باقر الحكيم
1939 (1939) 29 August 2003(2003-08-29) (aged 63–64) Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq Najaf, Iraq -
61 Mohammed Sadegh Sadeghi Givi Khalkhali

محمد صادق صادقی گیوی خلخالی
(1926-07-23)23 July 1926 26 November 2003(2003-11-26) (aged 77) Givi, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran -
62 Hasanali Morvarid

حسنعلى مرواريد‎‎
1911 (1911) 5 October 2004(2004-10-05) (aged 92–93) Mashhad, Sublime State of Persia Mashhad, Iran -
63 Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani

محمد واعظ عبایی خراسانی
1940 (1940) 13 October 2004(2004-10-13) (aged 63–64) Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran -
64 Seyed Jalalodin Ashtiani

سید جلال‌الدین آشتیانی
1925 (1925) 23 March 2005(2005-03-23) (aged 79–80) Ashtian, Sublime State of Persia Mashhad, Iran -
65 Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi

نعمت‌الله صالحی نجف‌آبادی
1923 (1923) 6 May 2006(2006-05-06) (aged 82–83) Najafabad, Sublime State of Persia Tehran, Iran -
66 Mohammad-Hadi Ma'refat

محمدهادی معرفت
1931 (1931) 19 January 2007(2007-01-19) (aged 75–76) Karbala, Mandatory Iraq Qom, Iran -
67 Abdul Karim Haghshenas

عبدالکریم حق‌شناس‎
1919 (1919) 24 July 2007(2007-07-24) (aged 87–88) Tehran, Sublime State of Persia Tehran, Iran -
68 Ali Akbar Feyz Aleni

علی‌اکبر فیض آلنی‎
(1921-12-02)2 December 1921 30 July 2007(2007-07-30) (aged 85) Meshgin, Sublime State of Persia Tehran, Iran -
69 al-Sayyid Murtadha Sharif al-Askari

السيد مرتضى العسكري
(1914-05-14)14 May 1914 16 September 2007(2007-09-16) (aged 93) Samarra, Baghdad vilayet Tehran, Iran -
70 Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani

احمد مجتهدی تهرانی
(1923-10-02)2 October 1923 13 January 2008(2008-01-13) (aged 84) Tehran, Sublime State of Persia Tehran, Iran -
71 Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli

محمدرضا توسلی‎
1931 (1931) 16 February 2008(2008-02-16) (aged 76–77) Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran [15]
72 al-Sayyid Muhammad Ridha al-Hussayni al-Shirazi

السيد محمد رضا الحسيني الشيرازي
1959 (1959) 1 June 2008(2008-06-01) (aged 48–49) Karbala, Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Qom, Iran -
73 al-Sayyid Muhammad Ali al-Hakim

السيد محمد علي الحكيم
1911 (1911) 27 February 2011(2011-02-27) (aged 99–100) Najaf, Baghdad vilayet Najaf, Iraq -
74 Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani

عباسعلی عمید زنجانی
(1937-03-30)30 March 1937 30 October 2011(2011-10-30) (aged 74) Zanjan, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran -
75 Mohammed Taqi Morvarid

محمد تقى مرواريد‎
1921 (1921) 22 October 2012(2012-10-22) (aged 90–91) Mashhad, Sublime State of Persia Ilam, Iran -
76 Seyed Karamatollah Malek Hosseini

سید کرامت‌الله ملک‌حسینی
1924 (1924) 2 November 2012(2012-11-02) (aged 87–88) Gusheh-ye Shahzadeh Qasem, Sublime State of Persia Yasuj, Iran -
77 Azizollah Khoshvaght

عزیزالله خوشوقت‎
1926 (1926) 19 February 2013(2013-02-19) (aged 86–87) Tehran, Imperial State of Iran Mecca, Saudi Arabia -
78 Seyed Mojtaba Mosavi Lari

سید مجتبی موسوی لاری
1925 (1925) 9 March 2013(2013-03-09) (aged 87–88) Lar, Imperial State of Iran Iran -
79 Abd al-Hadi al-Fadli

عبد الهادي الفضلي
(1935-12-06)6 December 1935 8 April 2013(2013-04-08) (aged 77) Basra, Kingdom of Iraq Qatif, Saudi Arabia -
80 Gholamreza Rezvani

غلامرضا رضوانی
(1922-09-24)24 September 1922 19 April 2013(2013-04-19) (aged 90) Sublime State of Persia Iran -
81 Seyyed Jalal Al-Din Taheri Esfahani

سید جلال‌الدین طاهری اصفهانی
(1926-01-01)1 January 1926 2 June 2013(2013-06-02) (aged 87) Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran Isfahan, Iran [16]
82 Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani

محمد محمدی گیلانی‎
(1928-08-31)31 August 1928 9 July 2014(2014-07-09) (aged 85) Imperial State of Iran Iran -
83 Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani

محمدرضا مهدوی کنی‎
(1931-08-06)6 August 1931 21 October 2014(2014-10-21) (aged 83) Kan District, Tehran, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran [17]
84 al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Musawi al-Muhri

السيد محمد باقر الموسوي المهري
(1948-12-25)25 December 1948 4 July 2015(2015-07-04) (aged 66) Kuwait City, Kuwait Jabriya, Kuwait -
85 Abolghasem Khazali Boroujerdi

ابوالقاسم خزعلی بروجردی‎
(1925-03-21)21 March 1925 16 September 2015(2015-09-16) (aged 90) Borujerd, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran -
86 Nimr Baqir al-Nimr

نمر باقر النمر
(1959-06-21)21 June 1959 2 January 2016(2016-01-02) (aged 56) Al-Awamiyah, Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -
87 Abbas Vaez-Tabasi

عباس واعظ طبسی‎
(1935-06-25)25 June 1935 4 March 2016(2016-03-04) (aged 80) Tabas, Imperial State of Iran Mashhad, Iran [18]
88 Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی‎
(1934-08-24)24 August 1934 8 January 2017(2017-01-08) (aged 82) Bahreman, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran [19]
89 Nasrallah Shah Abadi

نصرالله شاه آبادی
(1930-09-24)24 September 1930 12 March 2018(2018-03-12) (aged 87) Qom, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran -
90 Asadollah Imani

اسد‌الله ایمانی
1947 (1947) 6 May 2018(2018-05-06) (aged 70–71) Kazerun, Imperial State of Iran Shiraz, Iran [20]
91 Gholamreza Hassani

غلامرضا حسنی‎
(1927-07-21)21 July 1927 21 May 2018(2018-05-21) (aged 90) Urmia, Imperial State of Iran Urmia, Iran [21]
92 Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi

سید محمود هاشمی شاهرودی‎
(1948-08-15)15 August 1948 24 December 2018(2018-12-24) (aged 70) Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq Tehran, Iran [22]
93 Mir Ebrahim Seyyed Hatami

میرابراهیم سیدحاتمی‎
1924 (1924) 6 January 2019(2019-01-06) (aged 94–95) Ardabil, Sublime State of Persia Qom, Iran [23]
94 Mohammad Momen - محمد مؤمن (1938-01-13)13 January 1938 21 February 2019(2019-02-21) (aged 81) Qom, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran [24]
95 Seyyed Hadi Khosroshahi

سید هادی خسروشاهی‎
1939 (1939) 27 February 2020(2020-02-27) (aged 80–81) Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran -
96 Reza Mohammadi Langroudi

رضا محمدی لنگرودی‎
(1928-08-03)3 August 1928 5 March 2020(2020-03-05) (aged 91) Langarud, Imperial State of Iran Langarud, Iran [25]
97 Sayyid Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani

سید هاشم بطحایی گلپایگانی‎
1941 (1941) 16 March 2020(2020-03-16) (aged 78–79) Guged, Imperial State of Iran Qom, Iran [26]
98 Ebrahim Amini

ابراهیم امینی
(1925-06-30)30 June 1925 24 April 2020(2020-04-24) (aged 94) Najafabad, Imperial State of Iran Qom, Iran [27]
99 Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri

محمد علی تسخیر
(1944-10-19)19 October 1944 18 August 2020(2020-08-18) (aged 75) Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq Tehran, Iran -
100 Abdol Javad Alamolhoda

سید عبدالجواد علم الهدی
1930 (1930) 20 August 2020(2020-08-20) (aged 89–90) Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran Mashhad, Iran [28]
101 Mohammad Yazdi

محمد یزدی‎
(1931-07-02)2 July 1931 9 December 2020(2020-12-09) (aged 89) Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran Qom, Iran [29]
102 Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi

محمدتقی مصباح‌ یزدی‎
(1935-01-31)31 January 1935 1 January 2021(2021-01-01) (aged 85) Yazd, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran [30]
103 Seyyed Mohammad Ziaabadi

سید محمد ضیاءآبادی‎
1928 (1928) 8 February 2021(2021-02-08) (aged 92–93) Ziaabad, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran [31]
104 Fakhraddin Mousavi Naneh Karani

فخرالدین موسوی ننه‌کرانی‎
1930 (1930) 18 September 2021(2021-09-18) (aged 90–91) Ardabil, Imperial State of Iran Ardabil, Iran [32]
105 Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli

حسن حسن‌زاده آملی‎
(1928-06-30)June 30, 1928 25 September 2021(2021-09-25) (aged 93) Larijan, Imperial State of Iran Amol, Iran

[33]

106 Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari

محسن مجتهد شبستری‎
1937 (1937) 17 November 2021(2021-11-17) (aged 83–84) Shabestar, Imperial State of Iran Tehran, Iran -
107 al-Sayyid Razi al-Hussayni al-Shirazi

السيد رضي الحسيني الشيرازي
(1927-03-29)29 March 1927 1 December 2021(2021-12-01) (aged 94) Najaf, Mandatory Iraq Tehran, Iran -
108 Mohammad Reyshahri

محمد ری‌‌شهری‎
(1946-10-29)29 October 1946 22 March 2022(2022-03-22) (aged 75) Rey, Iran Tehran, Iran -
109 Mohammad Feyz Sarabi

محمد فیض سرابی
(1928-08-23)23 August 1928 11 April 2022(2022-04-11) (aged 93) Sarab, Iran Iran -


  • India Al-Allamah, Al-Faqeeh, Al-Adeeb Ayatollah Shaikh Ali Hazeen Lahiji (17th century)[34]
  • India Ayatollah Aga Syed Mehdi Kashmiri (d.1892)[6]
  • India Ayat-ul-Ilm-e-wat-Tuqa Ayatullah Syed Imdad Ali – First Ameed Jamia-e-Imania, Banaras[34]
  • India Jawad-ul-Ulama Ayatollah Syed Ali Jawad Al-Husaini, Zangipur/Banaras (1857-1920) – Mu'aasir wa Ham-Jama'at Sahib-e-Abaqaat[34]
  • India Munaitiq-e-Zaman Ayatullah Syed Mohammad Sajjad Al-Husaini – Founder Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (1928)[34]
  • India Qudwat-ul-Fuqaha Ayatullah Syed Sibte Husain, Jaunpur[34]
  • India Ayatollah Syed Ali Shah Rizvi Kashmiri[34]
  • India Alam-ul-Aalaam Ayatullah Syed Muzaffar Husain Al-Husaini – First Haadi (Supreme Authority) Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (d.1944)[34]
  • India Ayatollah Syed Mohammad Abul Hasan Rizvi Kashmiri – Founder of Sultanul Madaris son of Ayatollah Syed Ali Shah Rizvi Kashmiri[34]
  • India Ayatollah Syed Mohammad Mosawi Ichgami Kashmiri (1910 - 1959)[35]
  • Saudi Arabia Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad Ali al-Amri[36]

See also

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  36. Grand Saudi Shia Cleric "Sheikh Mohammed Ali Al Amri" Passed Away in Medina jafrianews.com

Further reading

  1. The book "Durr-e-Mansoor dar Halaat-e-Ulama-e-Zangipur"
  2. The research work of Dr. Inayet Ali on "life of Jawad-ul-Ulama" from Aligarh Muslim University.
  3. The booklet "Haqnuma" published Jamia-Imania,Banaras.
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