List of hujjatul Islams
This is a partial list of hujjatul Islams, a title given to mid ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics.[1]
The next higher clerical rank is ayatollah, followed by grand ayatollah. This list contains only the names of those who have attained the rank hojjatol Eslam/ hojjatol Eslam wa Muslimeen. To see the list of ayatollahs or grand ayatollahs,[2] see the following articles: List of ayatollahs; List of current maraji; List of deceased maraji.
Hierarchy of titles for Shia Muslim clerics:[3]
- Grand ayatollah (marja')
- Ayatollah
- Hujjatol Islam
Current
This is a list of hujjatul Islams who are alive. The list is arranged in descending order of age, (oldest to youngest).
No | Image | Name | Birth date CE | Birth place | Residence | Notes |
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1 | ![]() | Mehdi Karroubi مهدی کروبی | (1937-09-26) 26 September 1937 (age 86) | ![]() | ![]() | Currently under house arrest[4] |
2 | ![]() | Ghodratollah Alikhani قدرتالله علیخانی | 1939 (age 84–85) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
3 | ![]() | al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Tijani al-Samawi السيد محمد التيجاني السماوي | (1943-02-02) 2 February 1943 (age 81) | ![]() | ![]() | Ex-Sunni preacher[5] |
4 | ![]() | Seyed Mohammad Khatami سید محمد خاتمی | (1943-10-14) 14 October 1943 (age 80) | ![]() | ![]() | 5th President of Iran |
5 | ![]() | Gholamhossein Mohammadi Golpayegani غلامحسین محمدی گلپایگانی | 1943 (age 80–81) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
6 | ![]() | Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri علیاکبر ناطقنوری | (1944-10-06) 6 October 1944 (age 79) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
7 | ![]() | Seyyed Mohammad Javad Pishvai سید محمد جواد پیشوایی | 1944 (age 79–80) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
8 | ![]() | Mohsin Qara'ati محسن قرائتی | 1945 (age 78–79) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
9 | Abdul Hussein Mo'ezzi عبدالحسين معزی | 1945 (age 78–79) | ![]() | ![]() | Representative of Ali Khamenei in England[6] | |
10 | ![]() | Ahmad Salek احمد سالک | 1946 (age 77–78) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
11 | ![]() | Seyed Hadi Khamenei سید هادی خامنهای | 1947 (age 76–77) | ![]() | ![]() | Younger brother of current Supreme Leader of Iran[7] |
12 | ![]() | Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji محمد تقی خلجی | (1948-03-31) 31 March 1948 (age 76) | ![]() | ![]() | Arrested in 2010[8] |
13 | ![]() | Rasoul Montajabnia رسول منتجبنیا | (1948-07-13) 13 July 1948 (age 75) | ![]() | ![]() | Official Website |
14 | ![]() | Hassan Rouhani حسن روحانی | (1948-11-12) 12 November 1948 (age 75) | ![]() | ![]() | 7th President of Iran |
15 | ![]() | Subhi al-Tufayli صبحي الطفيلي | 1948 (age 75–76) | ![]() | ![]() | Former leader of Hezbollah |
16 | ![]() | Mohammad Hassan Rahimian محمد حسن رحیمیان | 1948 (age 75–76) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
17 | ![]() | Abdolmoghim Nasehi عبدالمقیم ناصحی | (1949-03-11) March 11, 1949 (age 75) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
18 | ![]() | Allahshukur Hummet Pashazadeh Allahşükür Hümmət Paşazadə الله شكورحمت باشازاده | (1949-08-26) 26 August 1949 (age 74) | ![]() | ![]() | Current Sheikh-ul-Islam and Grand Mufti of the Caucasus[9] |
19 | ![]() | Ali Fallahian علی فلاحیان | (1949-10-23) 23 October 1949 (age 74) | ![]() | ![]() | Second Minister of Intelligence of Iran |
20 | ![]() | Mohammad Jafar Montazeri محمدجعفر منتظری | 1949 (age 74–75) | ![]() | ![]() | Current Attorney General of Iran |
21 | ![]() | Hadi Ghaffari هادی غفاری | (1950-06-25) 25 June 1950 (age 74) | ![]() | ![]() | Alleged killer of Amir-Abbas Hoveyda[10] |
22 | ![]() | Abdollah Noori عبدالله نوری | 1950 (age 73–74) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
23 | ![]() | Mohammad Yazbek محمد يزبك | 1950 (age 73–74) | ![]() | ![]() | One of the founders of Hezbollah[11] |
24 | ![]() | Kazem Seddiqi کاظم صدیقی | (1951-03-04) 4 March 1951 (age 73) | ![]() | ![]() | Current temporary Friday prayer leader in Tehran |
25 | Syed Jawad Naqvi سید جواد نقوی | (1952-03-05) 5 March 1952 (age 72) | ![]() | ![]() | Official Website | |
26 | Seyed Mohammad Ali Mosavi سیدمحمدعلی موسوی | 1952 (age 71–72) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
27 | ![]() | Seyed Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi Fard سید محمدحسن ابوترابیفرد | (1953-01-30) 30 January 1953 (age 71) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
28 | ![]() | Mahmoud Salavati محمود صلواتی | (1953-03-21) 21 March 1953 (age 71) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
29 | ![]() | Mohammad Ali Rahmani محمدعلی رحمانی | (1953-03-25) 25 March 1953 (age 71) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
30 | ![]() | Mohsen Rohami محسن رهامی | (1953-05-24) 24 May 1953 (age 71) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
31 | ![]() | Naim Qassem نعيم قاسم | 1953 (age 70–71) | ![]() | ![]() | Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah |
32 | ![]() | Majid Ansari مجید انصاری | (1954-03-30) 30 March 1954 (age 70) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
33 | ![]() | Ali Qazi Askar علی قاضی عسکر | (1954-05-26) 26 May 1954 (age 70) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
34 | ![]() | Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari عبدالواحد موسوی لاری | 1954 (age 69–70) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
35 | ![]() | Hadi Ghabel هادی قابل | (1955-06-27) 27 June 1955 (age 69) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
36 | ![]() | Ali Younesi علی یونسی | (1955-08-26) 26 August 1955 (age 68) | ![]() | ![]() | Fourth Minister of Intelligence in Iran |
37 | Abdul Mahdi al-Salami عبد المهدي السلامي | 1955 (age 68–69) | ![]() | ![]() | Representative of Ali al-Sistani in Iraq[12] | |
38 | ![]() | Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i غلامحسین محسنی اژهای | (1956-09-29) 29 September 1956 (age 67) | ![]() | ![]() | Fifth Minister of Intelligence in Iran |
39 | ![]() | Seyyed Abdul-Nabi Mousavi Fard سید عبدالنبی موسوی فرد | 1956 (age 67–68) | ![]() | ![]() | Current Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in Khuzestan & Friday prayer leader in Ahvaz |
40 | Jalal al-Din Ali al-Saghir جلال الدين علي الصغير | (1957-09-14) 14 September 1957 (age 66) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
41 | ![]() | Heydar Moslehi حیدر مصلحی | 1957 (age 66–67) | ![]() | ![]() | Sixth Minister of Intellgience in Iran |
42 | ![]() | Abdul Fattah Nawab سید عبدالفتاح نواب | 1957 (age 66–67) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
43 | ![]() | Abbas Amirifar عباس امیریفر | 1957 (age 66–67) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
44 | ![]() | Mohammad-Ali Abtahi محمدعلی ابطحی | (1958-09-29) 29 September 1958 (age 65) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
45 | ![]() | Morteza Aghatehrani مرتضی آقاتهرانی | 1958 (age 65–66) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
46 | ![]() | Ahmad Marvi احمد مروی | 1958 (age 65–66) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
47 | ![]() | Mohammad Nasser Saghaye-Biria محمدناصر سقای بیریا | 1958 (age 65–66) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
48 | ![]() | Abdol Hassan Navab سید ابوالحسن نواب | 1958 (age 65–66) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
49 | ![]() | Qasem Ravanbakhsh قاسم روانبخش | 1958 (age 65–66) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
50 | ![]() | Mohsen Kadivar محسن کدیور | (1959-06-08) 8 June 1959 (age 65) | ![]() | ![]() | Research professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University[13] |
51 | ![]() | Asgar Dirbaz عسگر دیرباز | 1959 (age 64–65) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
52 | ![]() | Mohammad Sadegh Salehimanesh محمدصادق صالحیمنش | 1959 (age 64–65) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
53 | ![]() | Ali Banaei علی بنایی | 1959 (age 64–65) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
54 | ![]() | Mostafa Pourmohammadi مصطفی پورمحمدی | (1960-03-09) 9 March 1960 (age 64) | ![]() | ![]() | Official Website |
55 | ![]() | Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah سید حسن نصرالله | (1960-08-31) 31 August 1960 (age 63) | ![]() | ![]() | Current Leader of Hezbollah |
56 | ![]() | Seyed Hassan Eslami Ardakani سید حسن اسلامی اردکانی | (1960-12-23) 23 December 1960 (age 63) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
57 | ![]() | Seyed Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini سید محمدرضا میرتاجالدینی | (1960-12-30) 30 December 1960 (age 63) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
58 | ![]() | Mohsen Qomi محسن قمی | 1960 (age 63–64) | ![]() | ![]() | Current member of the Assembly of Experts |
59 | Habib Boromand Dashghapu حبیب برومند داشقاپو | (1961-03-21) 21 March 1961 (age 63) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
60 | ![]() | Seyed Mohammad Bagher Kharazi سید محمدباقر خرازی | (1961-06-26) 26 June 1961 (age 63) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
61 | ![]() | Ahmad Mazani احمد مازنی | 1961 (age 62–63) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
62 | ![]() | Seyed Mir Ghesmat Mosavi Asl سید میرقسمت موسویاصل | 1961 (age 62–63) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
63 | al-Sayyid Mustafa al-Musawi al-Qazwini السيد مصطفى الموسوي القزويني | 1961 (age 62–63) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
64 | Syed Fida Hussain Bukhari سید فدا حسین بخاری | 1961 (age 62–63) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
65 | Seyed Esmaeil Khatib سید اسماعیل خطیب | 1961 (age 62–63) | ![]() | ![]() | Current Minister of Intelligence in Iran | |
66 | ![]() | Mansour Leghaei منصور لقائى | (1962-05-14) 14 May 1962 (age 62) | ![]() | ![]() | Official Website |
67 | ![]() | Seyed Mehdi Ghoreishi سید مهدی قریشی | 1963 (age 60–61) | ![]() | ![]() | Current Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in West Azerbaijan and Friday Prayer leader in Urmia |
68 | Ahmad Vaezi احمد واعظی | 1963 (age 60–61) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
69 | ![]() | Hossein Taeb حسین تائب | 1963 (age 60–61) | ![]() | ![]() | Current head of the IRGC's Intelligence Organisation[14] |
70 | ![]() | Mojtaba Zonnour مجتبی ذوالنور | 1963 (age 60–61) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
71 | ![]() | Hamid Hawali Shahriari حمید حوالی شهریاری | 1963 (age 60–61) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
72 | ![]() | Rasul Jafarian رسول جعفریان | (1964-06-30) 30 June 1964 (age 60) | ![]() | ![]() | Official Website |
73 | al-Sayyid Hassan al-Musawi al-Qazwini السيد حسن الموسوي القزويني | (1964-10-16) 16 October 1964 (age 59) | ![]() | ![]() | Official Website | |
74 | ![]() | Alireza Qaeminia علیرضا قائمینیا | 1964 (age 59–60) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
75 | Alireza Salimi علیرضا سلیمی | 1964 (age 59–60) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
76 | ![]() | Sayyid Hashim Safi al-Din سید هاشم صفي الدين | 1964 (age 59–60) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
77 | ![]() | Nasrollah Pejmanfar نصرالله پژمانفر | 1964 (age 59–60) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
78 | Seyed Mohammad Vaez Mousavi سید محمد واعظ موسوی | 1964 (age 59–60) | ![]() | ![]() | Official Website | |
79 | ![]() | Alireza Panahian علیرضا پناهیان | (1965-04-17) 17 April 1965 (age 59) | ![]() | ![]() | Official Website |
80 | Ali Salman Ahmed Salman علي سلمان أحمد سلمان | (1965-10-30) 30 October 1965 (age 58) | ![]() | ![]() | Currently facing life in prison[15] | |
81 | Mohammad Ali Shomali محمدعلى شمالى | (1965-12-22) 22 December 1965 (age 58) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
82 | ![]() | Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari محمدجواد حاجعلیاکبری | 1965 (age 58–59) | ![]() | ![]() | One of the Temporary Friday Prayer leaders in Tehran |
83 | ![]() | Seyyed Mostafa Hosseini Khamenei سید مصطفی حسینی خامنهای | 1965 (age 58–59) | ![]() | ![]() | Eldest son of the Current Supreme Leader in Iran (Ali Khamenei)[16] |
84 | Mohammad Hassan Ghadrdan Gharamaleki محمد حسن قدردان قراملکی | 1965 (age 58–59) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
85 | ![]() | Seyed Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi سید احمدرضا شاهرخی | 1966 (age 57–58) | ![]() | ![]() | Current Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in Lorestan & Friday Prayer leader in Khorramabad |
86 | ![]() | Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi سید کلب جواد نقوی | 1966 (age 57–58) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
87 | ![]() | Mir Ahmad Reza Hajati میراحمدرضا حاجتی | 1967 (age 56–57) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
88 | ![]() | Ali Shirazi علی شیرازی | (1969-11-22) 22 November 1969 (age 54) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
89 | Seyed Sajjad Izdehi سید سجاد ایزدهی | 1970 (age 53–54) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
90 | ![]() | Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim سید عمار الحكيم | 1971 (age 52–53) | ![]() | ![]() | Official Website |
91 | Mohammad Bagheri محمد باقری | 1971 (age 52–53) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
92 | Seyed Kazem Seyed Bagheri سید کاظم سیدباقری | 1971 (age 52–53) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
93 | ![]() | Sayyed Hassan Khomeini سيد حسن خمينی | (1972-07-23) 23 July 1972 (age 51) | ![]() | ![]() | Grandson of the First Supreme Leader of Iran (Ruhollah Khomeini) Official Website |
94 | ![]() | Reza Nouri رضا نوری | 1972 (age 51–52) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
95 | Ruhollah Beigi Eilanlu روحالله بیگی ئیلانلو | 1973 (age 50–51) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
96 | ![]() | Qais Hadi Sayyid Hassan al-Khazali قيس هادي سيد حسن الخزعلي | (1974-06-20) 20 June 1974 (age 50) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
97 | ![]() | al-Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr السید مقتدى الصدر | (1974-08-04) 4 August 1974 (age 49) | ![]() | ![]() | Leader of the Sadrist Movement[17] |
98 | ![]() | Seyed Masoud Hosseini Khamenei سید مسعود حسینی خامنهای | 1974 (age 49–50) | ![]() | ![]() | Son of current Supreme Leader of Iran (Ali Khamenei)[18] |
99 | ![]() | Hassan Namazi حسن نمازی | 1975 (age 48–49) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
100 | Syed Ali Raza Rizvi سيد على رضا رضوى | 1976 (age 47–48) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
101 | ![]() | Seyed Abbas Mousavi Motlagh سید عباس موسوی مطلق | (1977-01-20) 20 January 1977 (age 47) | ![]() | ![]() | Official Website |
102 | ![]() | al-Sayyid Mohammad al-Mahdi al-Husseini al-Modaressi السید محمد المهدي الحسيني المدرسي | 1977 (age 46–47) | ![]() | ![]() | Official Website |
103 | ![]() | Mohammad Qomi محمد قمی | 1980 (age 43–44) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
105 | ![]() | Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati سید علی ناصر سعيد عبقاتی | Unknown? | ![]() | ![]() | - |
106 | ![]() | Syed Hamid al-Hassan سید حمید الحسن | Unknown? | ![]() | ![]() | - |
Deceased
This is a list of hujjatul Islams that have died. The list is arranged in descending order of their date of passing.
No | Image | Name | Year of birth CE | Year of death CE | Place of birth | Place of death | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Syed Ahmad Musavi Hindi سيد احمد موسوى هندى | 1800 (1800) | 1869 (aged 68–69) | ![]() | ![]() | Paternal Grandfather of Ruhollah Khomeini | |
2 | Mirza Hasan Tahirzadeh میرزا حسن طاهرزاده | (1837-05-30)30 May 1837 | 21 June 1893(1893-06-21) (aged 56) | ![]() | ![]() | Fourth Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus | |
3 | ![]() | Mirza Reza Kermani میرزا رضا کرمانی | 1854 (1854) | 10 August 1896(1896-08-10) (aged 41–42) | ![]() | ![]() | Assassinated Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar[19] |
4 | ![]() | Akhundzadeh Abd al-Salam آخونــدزاده عبدالســلام | (1843-01-13)13 January 1843 | 18 November 1907(1907-11-18) (aged 64) | ![]() | ![]() | Fifth Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus |
5 | ![]() | Seyed Jamalodin Vaeiz Esfahani سید جمالالدین واعظ اصفهانی | 1862 (1862) | 4 June 1908(1908-06-04) (aged 45–46) | ![]() | ![]() | Killed by a hitman ordered by Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar |
6 | Mirza Ali Aqa Tabrizi میرزا علیآقا تبریزی | (1861-01-19)19 January 1861 | 31 December 1911(1911-12-31) (aged 50) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
7 | ![]() | Sheikh Mohammad Khiabani شیخ محمد خیابانی | 1879 (1879) | 1920 (aged 40–41) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
8 | ![]() | Mohammad Pishnamaz Zadeh محمد پیشنماززاده | (1853-05-15)15 May 1853 | 1937 (aged 83–84) | ![]() | ![]() | Seventh Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus |
9 | Bachir Moustafa Hammoud بشیر مصطفی حمود | 1906 (1906) | 1945 (aged 38–39) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
10 | ![]() | Ahmad Rida أحمد رضا | 1872 (1872) | 1953 (aged 80–81) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
11 | ![]() | Seyed Mojtaba Mir-Lohi سيد مجتبی میرلوحی | 1924 (1924) | 18 January 1956(1956-01-18) (aged 31–32) | ![]() | ![]() | Founder of Fada'iyan-e Islam[20] Was executed by firing squad[21] |
12 | ![]() | Ahmed Aref El-Zein أحمد عارف الزين | (1884-07-10)10 July 1884 | 13 October 1960(1960-10-13) (aged 76) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
13 | Seyed Esmail Balhki سید اسماعیل بلخی | 1918 (1918) | 14 July 1968(1968-07-14) (aged 49–50) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
14 | ![]() | Seyed Mostafa Khomeini سید مصطفی خمینی | (1930-12-12)12 December 1930 | 23 October 1977(1977-10-23) (aged 46) | ![]() | ![]() | Son of first Supreme Leader of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini. |
15 | ![]() | Muhammad Latif Ansari محمد لطیف انصاری | (1887-09-30)30 September 1887 | 1979 (aged 91–92) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
16 | ![]() | Abbas Mohammad Montazeri عباس محمد منتظری | (1944-03-21)21 March 1944 | 28 June 1981(1981-06-28) (aged 37) | ![]() | ![]() | Assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq, alongside Mohammad Beheshti and 31 others[22] |
17 | ![]() | Mohammad-Javad Bahonar محمدجواد باهنر | (1933-09-05)5 September 1933 | 30 August 1981(1981-08-30) (aged 47) | ![]() | ![]() | Assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq[23] |
18 | ![]() | Habibollah Ashouri حبیبالله آشوری | 1936 (1936) | 18 September 1981(1981-09-18) (aged 44–45) | ![]() | ![]() | Executed by firing squad |
19 | ![]() | Seyed Abdolkarim Hasheminejad سید عبدالکریم هاشمینژاد | 1932 (1932) | 30 September 1981(1981-09-30) (aged 48–49) | ![]() | ![]() | Assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq |
20 | ![]() | Seyed Hassan Emami سید حسن امامی | 1903 (1903) | 1981 (aged 77–78) | ![]() | ![]() | Fled Iran after the Iranian Revolution, was connected with the Shah |
21 | Syed Arif Hussain al-Hussaini سید عارف حسين الحسينى | (1946-11-25)25 November 1946 | 5 August 1988(1988-08-05) (aged 41) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
22 | ![]() | Sayyid Abbas al-Musawi سید عباس الموسوي | (1952-10-26)26 October 1952 | 16 February 1992(1992-02-16) (aged 39) | ![]() | ![]() | Co-founder of Hezbollah. Assassinated by Israel |
23 | ![]() | Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini سید احمد خمینی | (1946-03-14)14 March 1946 | 17 March 1995(1995-03-17) (aged 49) | ![]() | ![]() | Son of first Supreme Leader of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini |
24 | ![]() | Syed Hassan Naqvi سید حسن نقوى | 1935 (1935) | 18 October 1996(1996-10-18) (aged 60–61) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
25 | Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi سید علی اختر رضوی | (1948-09-19)19 September 1948 | 10 February 2002(2002-02-10) (aged 53) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
26 | Syed Saeed Akhtar Rizvi سيد سعيد اختر رضوي | (1927-01-05)5 January 1927 | 20 June 2002(2002-06-20) (aged 75) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
27 | al-Sayyid Abd al-Majid al-Musawi al-Khoei السید عبد المجيد الموسوي الخوئي | (1962-08-16)16 August 1962 | 10 April 2003(2003-04-10) (aged 40) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
28 | Ahmed al-Waeli al-Laithi al-Kinani أحمد الوائلي الليثي الكناني | 1928 (1928) | 14 July 2003(2003-07-14) (aged 74–75) | ![]() | ![]() | Known for his presentation style in Iraq | |
29 | Allama Hassan Turabi علامہ حسن ترابی | 1953 (1953) | 14 July 2006(2006-07-14) (aged 52–53) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
30 | ![]() | Abdul Amir al-Jamri عبدالأمير الجمري | (1938-03-01)1 March 1938 | 18 December 2006(2006-12-18) (aged 68) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
31 | Ali Davani علی دوانی | (1929-09-27)27 September 1929 | 8 January 2007(2007-01-08) (aged 77) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
32 | ![]() | Sayyid Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim سید عبد العزيز الحكيم | 1952 (1952) | 26 August 2009(2009-08-26) (aged 56–57) | ![]() | ![]() | 66th Prime Minister of Iraq |
33 | ![]() | Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri علی گلزاده غفوری | (1923-05-14)14 May 1923 | 1 January 2010(2010-01-01) (aged 86) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
34 | Abdullah al-Dahdouh عبد الله الدهدوه | 1966 (1966) | 12 March 2012(2012-03-12) (aged 45–46) | ![]() | ![]() | An ex-Sunni convert to Shia Islam, was murdered by Moroccan Sunnis in Belgium. | |
35 | ![]() | Ahmad Ghabel احمد قابل | 1954 (1954) | October 22, 2012(2012-10-22) (aged 57–58) | ![]() | ![]() | Sentenced to prison, died while under hospital arrest |
36 | Hassan bin Mohammad bin Shehata bin Musa al-Anani حسن بن محمد بن شحاتة بن موسى العناني | (1946-11-10)10 November 1946 | 23 June 2013(2013-06-23) (aged 66) | ![]() | ![]() | An ex-Sunni scholar who converted to Shia Islam, was murdered by an angry mob of Sunnis in front of his home in Egypt alongside 4 others. | |
37 | Muhammad Musa Shariefi محمد موسی شریفی | 1942 (1942) | 11 December 2013(2013-12-11) (aged 70–71) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
38 | ![]() | Mirza Mohammed Athar میرزا محمد اظر | (1937-01-01)1 January 1937 | 26 February 2016(2016-02-26) (aged 79) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
39 | ![]() | Jafar Shojouni جعفر شجونی | 1932 (1932) | 6 November 2016(2016-11-06) (aged 83–84) | ![]() | ![]() | [24] |
40 | ![]() | Qasim Umar Sokoto قاسم عمر سوکوتو | Unknown? | (2018-02-05)5 February 2018 | ![]() | ![]() | - |
41 | ![]() | Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی | (1936-03-21)21 March 1936 | 17 May 2018(2018-05-17) (aged 82) | ![]() | ![]() | [25] |
42 | ![]() | Ahmad Ahmadi احمد احمدی | (1933-09-06)6 September 1933 | 8 June 2018(2018-06-08) (aged 84) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
43 | Seyed Ali Akbar Mousavi Hosseini سید علیاکبر موسوی حسینی | 1939 (1939) | 21 June 2018(2018-06-21) (aged 78–79) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
44 | Hussayn bin al-Haj Muhammad Qasim al-Kurani al-Yateri al-Ameli حسين بن الحاج محمد قاسم الكوراني الياطري العاملي | 1955 (1955) | 12 September 2019(2019-09-12) (aged 63–64) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
45 | Talib Jauhari طالب جوہری | (1929-08-27)27 August 1929 | 21 June 2020(2020-06-21) (aged 90) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
46 | ![]() | Ruhollah Hosseinian روح الله حسینیان | (1956-03-05)5 March 1956 | 25 August 2020(2020-08-25) (aged 64) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
47 | Syed Kalbe Sadiq Naqvi سید کلب صادق نقوی | (1939-06-22)22 June 1939 | 24 November 2020(2020-11-24) (aged 81) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
48 | ![]() | Seyed Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahallati سید محمد علی شهیدی محلاتی | (1949-07-09)9 July 1949 | 28 November 2020(2020-11-28) (aged 71) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
49 | ![]() | Seyyed Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur سید علیاکبر محتشمیپور | (1947-08-30)August 30, 1947 | 7 June 2021(2021-06-07) (aged 73) | ![]() | ![]() | [26] |
50 | ![]() | Abdillahi Nassir عبداللهی ناصر | (1932-06-01)1 June 1932 | 11 January 2022(2022-01-11) (aged 89) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
51 | ![]() | Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi آغا سید حامد علی شاہ موسوی | (1930-05-12)12 May 1930 | 25 July 2022(2022-07-25) (aged 92) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
52 | Mohammad Reza Ashtiani Araghi محمد رضا آشتیانی عراقی | 1940 (1940) | 23 June 2023(2023-06-23) (aged 82–83) | ![]() | ![]() | - | |
53 | ![]() | Hassan Sane'i حسن صانعی | 1934 (age 89–90) | 21 July 2023(2023-07-21) (aged 88–89) | ![]() | ![]() | - |
See also
- List of Ayatollahs
- List of current Maraji
- List of deceased Maraji
- List of provincial representatives appointed by Supreme Leader of Iran
- List of Tehran's Friday Prayer Imams
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