This is a partial list of
Ayatollah
Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیتالله, āyatollāh) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century.
Etymology
The title is originally derived from Arabic word ...
s, a title given to high ranked
Twelver
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Usuli Shi'a
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Muslim
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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
Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیتالله, āyatollāh) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century.
Etymology
The title is originally derived from Arabic word ...
. To see the list of
Grand Ayatollahs, or
Hujjatul Islams, see the following articles:
List of Maraji;
List of Hujjatul Islams.
Current
The names are ordered with age in descending order. (oldest to youngest).
Deceased
The names are ordered by date of death (descending) as an arbitrary standard.
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India
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''Al-Allamah, Al-Faqeeh, Al-Adeeb Ayatollah Shaikh'' Ali Hazeen ''Lahiji'' (17th century)
* India ''Ayatollah Aga'' Syed Mehdi ''Kashmiri'' (d.1892)
* India ''Ayat-ul-Ilm-e-wat-Tuqa Ayatullah'' Syed Imdad Ali – First Ameed Jamia-e-Imania, Banaras
* India ''Jawad-ul-Ulama Ayatollah'' Syed Ali Jawad Al-Husaini, Zangipur/Banaras (1857-1920) – Mu'aasir wa Ham-Jama'at Sahib-e-Abaqaat
* India ''Munaitiq-e-Zaman Ayatullah'' Syed Mohammad Sajjad Al-Husaini – Founder Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (1928)
* India ''Qudwat-ul-Fuqaha Ayatullah'' Syed Sibte Husain, Jaunpur
* India ''Ayatollah'' Syed Ali Shah Rizvi Kashmiri
* India ''Alam-ul-Aalaam Ayatullah'' Syed Muzaffar Husain Al-Husaini – First Haadi (Supreme Authority) Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (d.1944)
* India ''Ayatollah'' Syed Mohammad Abul Hasan Rizvi Kashmiri – Founder of Sultanul Madaris son of Ayatollah Syed Ali Shah Rizvi Kashmiri
* India ''Ayatollah'' Syed Mohammad Mosawi ''
Ichgam
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i Kashmiri'' (1910 - 1959)
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''Ayatollah'' ''Sheikh'' Muhammad Ali al-Amri
Grand Saudi Shia Cleric "Sheikh Mohammed Ali Al Amri" Passed Away in Medina
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See also
* List of current Maraji
* List of deceased Maraji
* List of Hujjatul Islams
References
External links
*{{cite web, agency=Reuters , url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/01/20/world/ayatollah-khonsari-98-dies-a-noted-iranian-theologian.html?pagewanted=all , title=Ayatollah Khonsari, 98, Dies - A Noted Iranian Theologian , work=The New York Times
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, date=1985-01-20 , access-date=2014-01-29
Further reading
# 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.
Ayatollah
Ayatollah ( ; fa, آیتالله, āyatollāh) is an honorific title for high-ranking Twelver Shia clergy in Iran and Iraq that came into widespread usage in the 20th century.
Etymology
The title is originally derived from Arabic word ...
List of Ayatollahs