Ayatollah (UK: /ˌaɪəˈtɒlə/, also US: /ˌaɪəˈtoʊlə/; Arabic: اية الله, romanized: ʾāyatu llāh; Persian: آیتالله, romanized: âyatollâh [ɒːjjætˌolˈlɒːh])...
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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...
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Ruhollah Khomeini (redirect from Ayatollah Khomeini)
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)...
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Ali al-Sistani (redirect from Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani)
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...
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Ali Khamenei (redirect from Ayatollah Ali Khamenei)
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...
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Ayatollah may refer to: Ayatollah, title given to Shi'a mujtahids More specifically the most notable Ayatollahs, holding the position of Supreme Leader...
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Hussein-Ali Montazeri (redirect from Ayatollah Montazeri)
Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri (Persian: حسینعلی منتظری [hosei̯næˈliː-e montæzeˈɾiː] pronunciation; 24 September 1922 – 19 December 2009) was...
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Marja' (redirect from Grand Ayatollah)
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...
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government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the theocratic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious cleric who had headed one of the rebel...
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Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammed-Ridha al-Husayni al-Sistani (Arabic: محمد رضا الحسيني السيستاني, born 18 August 1962), is an Iraqi Shia scholar, and the son...
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