Ayatollah (UK: /ˌaɪəˈtɒlə/ or US: /ˌaɪəˈtoʊlə/; Persian: آیت‌الله, romanized: âyatollâh, Persian pronunciation: [ɒːjjætˌolˈlɒːh]) is an honorific title...

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)...

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...

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...

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

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

One of the most senior scholars of Twelver Shia with the rank of Grand Ayatollah and marja', he has been described as the spiritual leader of Shia Muslims...

government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the theocratic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious cleric who had headed one of the rebel...

of the Ayatollah: The First Battle in America's War with Militant Islam is a non-fiction work written by Mark Bowden. Guests of the Ayatollah relates...

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...