Ayatollah (UK: /ˌaɪəˈtɒlə/ or US: /ˌaɪəˈtoʊlə/; Arabic: اية الله, romanized: ʾāyatu llāh; Persian: آیت‌الله, romanized: âyatollâh, Persian pronunciation:...

clerical rank is Grand Ayatollah also known as Marja'. This list contains only the names of ayatollahs. To see lists of grand ayatollahs, or hujjatul islams...

older brother. Khomeini was a high ranking cleric in Twelver Shi'ism, an ayatollah, a marja' ("source of emulation"), a Mujtahid or faqīh (an expert in sharia)...

the hawza of Mashhad, under mentors such as Sheikh Hashem Qazvini and Ayatollah Milani. Then, he went to Najaf, Iraq, in 1957, but soon returned to Mashhad...

born 4 August 1930) is an Iranian-born Iraqi Islamic scholar. A Grand Ayatollah and marja, al-Sistani is considered the leading religious leader of Twelver...

Ayatollah may refer to: Ayatollah, title given to Shi'a mujtahids More specifically the most notable Ayatollahs, holding the position of Supreme Leader...

late grand Ayatollah Abul Qasim Al-Khoei in the United Kingdom since his arrival in 1986, and was accredited on behalf of grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani...

Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri (Persian: حسینعلی منتظری‎ [hosei̯næˈliː-e montæzeˈɾiː] pronunciation; 24 September 1922 – 19 December 2009) was...

government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the theocratic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious cleric who had headed one of the rebel...

a grand ayatollah. Someone who follows/"imitates" a marja' (who performs taqlid) is known as a muqallid. Ayatollahs The title of an ayatollah is bestowed...