Religion:List of Hujjatul Islams

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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
1 Hassan Sane'i.jpg Hassan Sane'i

حسن صانعی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Nikabad, Iran Iran Iran -
2 Mehdi Karroubi in Isfahan - 15 May 2009 (cropped).jpg Mehdi Karroubi

مهدی کروبی‎
(1937-09-26) 26 September 1937 (age 86) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Aligudarz, Iran Iran Iran Currently under house arrest[4]
3 Ghodratollah Alikhani.jpg Ghodratollah Alikhani

قدرت‌الله علیخانی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Takestan County, Iran Iran Iran -
4 Mohammad Reza Ashtiani Araghi

محمد رضا آشتیانی عراقی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
5 Muhammad al-Tijani al samawi.jpg al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Tijani al-Samawi

السيد محمد التيجاني السماوي
(1943-02-02) 2 February 1943 (age 81) Tunisia Gafsa, Tunisia Tunisia Tunisia Ex-Sunni preacher[5]
6 Mohammad Khatami - December 11, 2007.jpg Seyed Mohammad Khatami

سید محمد خاتمی
(1943-10-14) 14 October 1943 (age 80) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Ardakan, Iran Iran Iran 5th President of Iran
7 حجه الاسلام محمدی گلپایگانی .jpg Gholamhossein Mohammadi Golpayegani

غلامحسین محمدی گلپایگانی‎
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Golpayegan, Iran Iran Iran -
8 Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri.jpg Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri

علی‌اکبر ناطق‌نوری‎
(1944-10-06) 6 October 1944 (age 79) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Nur, Iran Iran Iran -
9 Ayatolah-pishvaee02.jpg Seyyed Mohammad Javad Pishvai

سید محمد جواد پیشوایی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Bandar-e Anzali, Iran Iran Iran -
10 قرائتی.jpg Mohsin Qara'ati

محسن قرائتی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Kashan, Iran Iran Iran -
11 Ayatullah Abdolhussein Moezi.JPG Abdul Hussein Mo'ezzi

عبدالحسين معزی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Tehran, Iran United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Representative of Ali Khamenei in England[6]
12 Ahmad Salek 1.jpg Ahmad Salek

احمد سالک
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran -
13 Hadi Khamenei 02.jpg Seyed Hadi Khamenei

سید هادی خامنه‌ای
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Mashhad, Iran Iran Iran Younger brother of current Supreme Leader of Iran[7]
14 Ayatollah Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji.gif Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji

محمد تقی خلجی
(1948-03-31) 31 March 1948 (age 76) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran Arrested in 2010[8]
15 Rasoul Montajabnia 1398050620074617317983704.jpg Rasoul Montajabnia

رسول منتجب‌نیا
(1948-07-13) 13 July 1948 (age 76) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Shiraz, Iran Iran Iran Official Website
16 Hassan Rouani 2017 portrait.jpg Hassan Rouhani

حسن روحانی
(1948-11-12) 12 November 1948 (age 75) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Sorkheh, Iran Iran Iran 7th President of Iran
17 Subhi al-Tufayli.jpg Subhi al-Tufayli

صبحي الطفيلي
Lebanon Brital, Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Former leader of Hezbollah
18 محمد حسن رحیمیان.jpg Mohammad Hassan Rahimian

محمد حسن رحیمیان
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran -
19 Allahşükür Paşazadə - VOA.jpg Allahshukur Hummet Pashazadeh

Allahşükür Hümmət Paşazadə
الله شكورحمت باشازاده
(1949-08-26) 26 August 1949 (age 74) Template:Country data Azerbaijan SSR Cil, Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Current Sheikh-ul-Islam and Grand Mufti of the Caucasus[9]
20 علی فلاحیان3.jpg Ali Fallahian

علی فلاحیان
(1949-10-23) 23 October 1949 (age 74) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Najafabad, Iran Iran Iran Second Minister of Intelligence of Iran
21 Mohammad Jafar Montazeri 2018.jpg Mohammad Jafar Montazeri

محمدجعفر منتظری
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qom, Iran Iran Iran Current Attorney General of Iran
22 هادی غفاری.jpg Hadi Ghaffari

هادی غفاری
(1950-06-25) 25 June 1950 (age 74) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Azarshahr, Iran Iran Iran Alleged killer of Amir-Abbas Hoveyda[10]
23 Abdullah Nouri.jpg Abdollah Noori

عبدالله نوری
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran -
24 Mohammad Yazbek.jpg Mohammad Yazbek

محمد يزبك
Lebanon Bodai, Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon One of the founders of Hezbollah[11]
25 Hojjat-ol-Islam Kazem Seddiqi 05.jpg Kazem Seddiqi

کاظم صدیقی‎
(1951-03-04) 4 March 1951 (age 73) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Abhar, Iran Iran Iran Current temporary Friday prayer leader in Tehran
26 Syed Jawad Naqvi

سید جواد نقوی
(1952-03-05) 5 March 1952 (age 72) Pakistan Haripur, Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Official Website
27 Seyed Mohammad Ali Mosavi

سیدمحمدعلی موسوی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
28 Hassan Aboutorabi Fard.jpg Seyed Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi Fard

سید محمدحسن ابوترابی‌فرد
(1953-01-30) 30 January 1953 (age 71) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
29 Mahmoud salavati.jpg Mahmoud Salavati

محمود صلواتی
(1953-03-21) 21 March 1953 (age 71) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Khomeyni Shahr, Iran Iran Iran -
30 Mohammad Ali Rahmani 2018-06-09.jpg Mohammad Ali Rahmani

محمدعلی رحمانی
(1953-03-25) 25 March 1953 (age 71) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Quchan, Iran Iran Iran -
31 Mohsen Rohami 1394031011580720454031410.jpg Mohsen Rohami

محسن رهامی
(1953-05-24) 24 May 1953 (age 71) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Khodabandeh, Iran Iran Iran -
32 Naim Kassim (01).jpg Naim Qassem

نعيم قاسم
Lebanon Kfar Fila, Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah
33 Majead Ansari 2016.jpg Majid Ansari

مجید انصاری‎
(1954-03-30) 30 March 1954 (age 70) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Khanuk, Iran Iran Iran -
34 Sayyed Ali Qazi Askar by Tasnimnews (cropped).jpg Ali Qazi Askar

علی قاضی عسکر
(1954-05-26) 26 May 1954 (age 70) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran -
35 Moosavi Lari 02.jpg Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari

عبدالواحد موسوی لاری
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Mohr, Iran Iran Iran -
36 Hadi ghabel 3.jpg Hadi Ghabel

هادی قابل
(1955-06-27) 27 June 1955 (age 69) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Torbat-e Jam, Iran Iran Iran -
37 Ali Younesi (cropped).jpg Ali Younesi

علی یونسی
(1955-08-26) 26 August 1955 (age 68) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Nahavand, Iran Iran Iran Fourth Minister of Intelligence in Iran
38 Abdul Mahdi al-Salami

عبد المهدي السلامي
Template:Country data Kingdom of Iraq Karbala, Iraq Iraq Karbala, Iraq Representative of Ali al-Sistani in Iraq[12]
39 Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ezhe'i 2018.jpg Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i

غلامحسین محسنی اژه‌ای
(1956-09-29) 29 September 1956 (age 67) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran Fifth Minister of Intelligence in Iran
40 سید عبدالنبی موسوی‌فرد3.jpg Seyyed Abdul-Nabi Mousavi Fard

سید عبدالنبی موسوی فرد
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Jahrom, Iran Iran Iran Current Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in Khuzestan & Friday prayer leader in Ahvaz
41 Jalal al-Din Ali al-Saghir

جلال الدين علي الصغير
(1957-09-14) 14 September 1957 (age 66) Template:Country data Kingdom of Iraq Najaf, Iraq Iraq Iraq -
42 Heydar Moslehi 2019.jpg Heydar Moslehi

حیدر مصلحی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Shahreza, Iran Iran Iran Sixth Minister of Intellgience in Iran
43 Seyyed Abdul Fattah Nawab.jpg Abdul Fattah Nawab

سید عبدالفتاح نواب
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Shahreza, Iran Iran Iran -
44 Abbas Amirifar.jpg Abbas Amirifar

عباس امیری‌فر
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Iran Iran Iran -
45 Photo taken during Iranian oral history (abtahi) project by Hossein Dehbashi uploaded by Mardetanha (51) (cropped).jpg Mohammad-Ali Abtahi

محمدعلی ابطحی
(1958-09-29) 29 September 1958 (age 65) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Mashhad, Iran Iran Iran -
46 مرتضی آقاتهرانی1.jpg Morteza Aghatehrani

مرتضی آقاتهرانی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran -
47 احمد مروی3.jpg Ahmad Marvi

احمد مروی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Mashhad, Iran Iran Iran -
48 Nasser Biria.jpg Mohammad Nasser Saghaye-Biria

محمدناصر سقای بی‌ریا
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Kermanshah, Iran Iran Iran -
49 Abulhassan Navab.jpg Abdol Hassan Navab

سید ابوالحسن نواب
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Shahreza, Iran Iran Iran -
50 قاسم روانبخش.jpg Qasem Ravanbakhsh

قاسم روانبخش
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Meybod, Iran Iran Iran -
51 Mohsen Kadivar- January 2012.jpg Mohsen Kadivar

محسن کدیور
(1959-06-08) 8 June 1959 (age 65) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Fasa, Iran Iran Iran Research professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University[13]
52 Asghar Dirbaz.jpg Asgar Dirbaz

عسگر دیرباز
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Mianeh, Iran Iran Iran -
53 صالحی منش، استاندار سابق قم (7).jpg Mohammad Sadegh Salehimanesh

محمدصادق صالحی‌منش
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Yazd, Iran Iran Iran -
54 علی بنایی Ali Banaei 23.jpg Ali Banaei

علی بنایی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
55 Mostafa Pourmohammadi press conference 2014-10-18 01.jpg Mostafa Pourmohammadi

مصطفی پورمحمدی‎
(1960-03-09) 9 March 1960 (age 64) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qom, Iran Iran Iran Official Website
56 Sayyid Nasrallah.jpg Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah

سید حسن نصرالله
(1960-08-31) 31 August 1960 (age 63) Lebanon Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Current Leader of Hezbollah
57 Eslami.jpg Seyed Hassan Eslami Ardakani

سید حسن اسلامی اردکانی
(1960-12-23) 23 December 1960 (age 63) Template:Country data Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Karbala, Iraq Iran Iran -
58 Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini.jpg Seyed Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini

سید محمدرضا میرتاج‌الدینی
(1960-12-30) 30 December 1960 (age 63) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Tabriz, Iran Iran Iran -
59 Mohsen Ghomi.jpg Mohsen Qomi

محسن قمی‎
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Pakdasht, Iran Iran Iran Current member of the Assembly of Experts
60 Habib Boromand Dashghapu

حبیب برومند داشقاپو
(1961-03-21) 21 March 1961 (age 63) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Germi, Iran Iran Iran -
61 Bagher Kharazi in the election commission.jpg Seyed Mohammad Bagher Kharazi

سید محمدباقر خرازی
(1961-06-26) 26 June 1961 (age 63) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
62 Ahmad Mazani.jpg Ahmad Mazani

احمد مازنی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Bandar-e Gaz, Iran Iran Iran -
63 میرقسمت موسوی‌اصل.jpg Seyed Mir Ghesmat Mosavi Asl

سید میرقسمت موسوی‌اصل
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Germi, Iran Iran Iran -
64 al-Sayyid Mustafa al-Musawi al-Qazwini

السيد مصطفى الموسوي القزويني
Template:Country data Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Karbala, Iraq United States Orange County,United States of America -
65 Syed Fida Hussain Bukhari

سید فدا حسین بخاری
Pakistan Punjab, Pakistan United Kingdom United Kingdom -
66 File:سید اسماعیل خطیب.jpg Seyed Esmaeil Khatib

سید اسماعیل خطیب
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qaen, Iran Iran Iran Current Minister of Intelligence in Iran
67 Sheikh Mansour Leghaei.jpg Mansour Leghaei

منصور لقائى
(1962-05-14) 14 May 1962 (age 62) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Abadan, Iran Australia Sydney, Australia Official Website
68 Seyyed Mahdi Ghoreishi.jpg Seyed Mehdi Ghoreishi

سید مهدی قریشی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Urmia, Iran Iran Iran Current Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in West Azerbaijan and Friday Prayer leader in Urmia
69 Ahmad Vaezi

احمد واعظی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Rey, Iran Iran Iran -
70 Hossein Taeb02.jpg Hossein Taeb

حسین تائب
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Tehran, Iran Iran Iran Current head of the IRGC's Intelligence Organisation[14]
71 Mojtaba Zonnour.jpg Mojtaba Zonnour

مجتبی ذوالنور
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Malayer, Iran Iran Iran -
72 Hamid-shahriari.jpg Hamid Hawali Shahriari

حمید حوالی شهریاری
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Tehran, Iran Iran Iran -
73 Rasul jafarian.jpg Rasul Jafarian

رسول جعفریان
(1964-06-30) 30 June 1964 (age 60) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Khvorasgan, Iran Iran Iran Official Website
74 Qazwini.jpg al-Sayyid Hassan al-Musawi al-Qazwini

السيد حسن الموسوي القزويني
(1964-10-16) 16 October 1964 (age 59) Template:Country data Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Karbala, Iraq United States Dearborn Heights, United States of America Official Website
75 Qaeminia.jpg Alireza Qaeminia

علیرضا قائمی‌نیا
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Urmia, Iran Iran Iran -
76 Alireza Salimi

علیرضا سلیمی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Mahallat County, Iran Iran Iran -
77 Hachem Safieddine.jpg Sayyid Hashim Safi al-Din

سید هاشم صفي الدين
Lebanon Deir Qanoun En Nahr, Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon -
78 Nasrollah Pejmanfar 1397023112085781614196374.jpg Nasrollah Pejmanfar

نصرالله پژمان‌فر
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Tehran, Iran Iran Iran -
79 Vaez Mousavi.JPG Seyed Mohammad Vaez Mousavi

سید محمد واعظ موسوی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Shabestar, Iran Iran Iran Official Website
80 Alireza Panahian 1397-03-20.jpg Alireza Panahian

علیرضا پناهیان
(1965-04-17) 17 April 1965 (age 59) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Tehran, Iran Iran Iran Official Website
81 Cleric Ali Salman, head of Al Wefaq delivering a speech during a pro-democracy sit-in in Muqsha'a 2.JPG Ali Salman Ahmed Salman

علي سلمان أحمد سلمان
(1965-10-30) 30 October 1965 (age 58) Bahrain Bilad Al Qadeem, Bahrain Bahrain Bahrain Currently facing life in prison[15]
82 Mohammad Ali Shomali

محمدعلى شمالى
(1965-12-22) 22 December 1965 (age 58) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Tehran, Iran Iran Iran -
83 Mohammad Javad Hajaliakbari 01.jpg Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari

محمدجواد حاج‌علی‌اکبری‎
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Damavand, Iran Iran Iran One of the Temporary Friday Prayer leaders in Tehran
84 Mostafa Khamenei .jpg Seyyed Mostafa Hosseini Khamenei

سید مصطفی حسینی خامنه‌ای‎
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Mashhad, Iran Iran Iran Eldest son of the Current Supreme Leader in Iran (Ali Khamenei)[16]
85 File:Ghadrdan.jpg Mohammad Hassan Ghadrdan Gharamaleki

محمد حسن قدردان قراملکی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Tabriz, Iran Iran Iran -
86 Seyyed Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi.jpg Seyed Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi

سید احمدرضا شاهرخی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Khorramabad, Iran Iran Iran Current Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in Lorestan & Friday Prayer leader in Khorramabad
87 Mir Ahmad Reza Hajati.jpg Mir Ahmad Reza Hajati

میراحمدرضا حاجتی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Masjed Soleyman, Iran Iran Iran -
88 Ali Shirazi cleric.jpg Ali Shirazi

علی شیرازی
(1969-11-22) 22 November 1969 (age 54) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Rafsanjan, Iran Iran Iran -
89 Izdehi.jpg Seyed Sajjad Izdehi

سید سجاد ایزدهی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Mazandaran, Iran Iran Iran -
90 File:Saidammar.png Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim

سید عمار الحكيم
Ba'athist Iraq Najaf, Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website
91 Mohammad Bagheri

محمد باقری
Ba'athist Iraq Najaf, Iraq Iran Iran -
92 Seyed Kazem Seyed Bagheri

سید کاظم سیدباقری
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Kerman, Iran Iran Iran -
93 Hassan Khomeini by Tasnimnews.jpg Sayyed Hassan Khomeini

سيد حسن خمينی‎
(1972-07-23) 23 July 1972 (age 52) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qom, Iran Iran Iran Grandson of the First Supreme Leader of Iran (Ruhollah Khomeini)

Official Website

94 حجت الاسلام رضا نوری.jpg Reza Nouri

رضا نوری
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Bojnord, Iran Iran Iran -
95 Ruhollah Beigi Eilanlu

روح‌الله بیگی ئیلانلو
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Miandoab, Iran Iran Iran -
96 Qais Khazali (02).jpg Qais Hadi Sayyid Hassan al-Khazali

قيس هادي سيد حسن الخزعلي
(1974-06-20) 20 June 1974 (age 50) Ba'athist Iraq Sadr City, Iraq Iraq Iraq -
97 Moqtada al-Sader in tehran 2019 (cropped).jpg al-Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr

السید مقتدى الصدر
(1974-08-04) 4 August 1974 (age 49) Ba'athist Iraq Najaf, Iraq Iraq Iraq Leader of the Sadrist Movement[17]
98 Masoud Khamenei 1.jpg Seyed Masoud Hosseini Khamenei

سید مسعود حسینی خامنه‌ای
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Mashhad, Iran Iran Iran Son of current Supreme Leader of Iran (Ali Khamenei)[18]
99 Hassan Namazi.jpg Hassan Namazi

حسن نمازی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
100 Syed Ali Raza Rizvi

سيد على رضا رضوى
Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan United Kingdom London, United Kingdom -
101 Seyed Abbas Mousavi Motlagh.jpg Seyed Abbas Mousavi Motlagh

سید عباس موسوی مطلق
(1977-01-20) 20 January 1977 (age 47) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Dorud, Iran Iran Iran Official Website
102 al-Sayyid Mohammad al-Mahdi al-Husseini al-Modaressi

السید محمد المهدي الحسيني المدرسي
Kuwait Kuwait United States United States of America Official Website
103 Mohammad Qomi 02 (1).jpg Mohammad Qomi

محمد قمی
Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
104 Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati 2010-12-21 Sheikhpur.jpg Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati

سید علی ناصر سعيد عبقاتی
Unknown? India Lucknow, India India India -
105 Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi 2010-11-30.jpg Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi

سید کلب جواد نقوی
Unknown? India Lucknow, India India India -
106 Ayatullah Hamidul Hasan.jpg Syed Hamid al-Hassan

سید حمید الحسن
Unknown? India Lucknow, India India Lucknow, India -

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) India Kintoor, India Template:Country data Qajar dynasty Khomeyn, Iran Paternal Grandfather of Ruhollah Khomeini
2 Mirza Hasan Tahirzadeh

میرزا حسن طاهرزاده
21 June 1893(1893-06-21) (aged 56) Russian Empire Shusha, Russian Empire Russian Empire Tbilisi, Russian Empire Fourth Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus
3 Mirza reza kermani.jpg Mirza Reza Kermani

میرزا رضا کرمانی
1854 (1854) 10 August 1896(1896-08-10) (aged 41–42) Template:Country data Qajar dynasty Kerman, Iran Template:Country data Qajar dynasty Tehran, Iran Assassinated Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar[19]

Was executed by hanging.[19]

4 Abdussalam Akhundzadeh.jpg Akhundzadeh Abd al-Salam

آخونــدزاده عبدالســلام
18 November 1907(1907-11-18) (aged 64) Russian Empire Salyan, Russian Empire Russian Empire Tbilisi, Russian Empire Fifth Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus
5 Seyyed Jamal Vaez.jpg Seyed Jamalodin Vaeiz Esfahani

سید جمال‌الدین واعظ اصفهانی
1862 (1862) 4 June 1908(1908-06-04) (aged 45–46) Template:Country data Qajar dynasty Hamadan, Iran Template:Country data Qajar dynasty Tehran, Iran Killed by a hitman ordered by Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
6 Seqat-ol-Eslam Tabrizi.PNG Mirza Ali Aqa Tabrizi

میرزا علی‌آقا تبریزی
31 December 1911(1911-12-31) (aged 50) Template:Country data Qajar dynasty Tabriz, Iran Template:Country data Qajar dynasty Tabriz, Iran -
7 Shaikh Mohammad Khiabani.jpg Sheikh Mohammad Khiabani

شیخ محمد خیابانی‎
1879 (1879) Template:Country data Qajar dynasty Khameneh, Iran Template:Country data Qajar dynasty Tabriz, Iran -
8 Pishnamazzadeh.jpg Mohammad Pishnamaz Zadeh

محمد پیشنماززاده
Russian Empire Ganja, Russian Empire Soviet Union Ganja, Soviet Union Seventh Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus
9 Bachir Mustafa Hammoud.jpg Bachir Moustafa Hammoud

بشیر مصطفی حمود
1906 (1906) Lebanon Choukine, Lebanon Lebanon Choukine, Lebanon -
10 أحمد رضا.jpg Ahmad Rida

أحمد رضا
1872 (1872) Lebanon Nabatieh, Ottoman Syria Lebanon Nabatieh, Lebanon -
11 Navvad Safavi.jpg Seyed Mojtaba Mir-Lohi

سيد مجتبی میرلوحی
1924 (1924) 18 January 1956(1956-01-18) (aged 31–32) Template:Country data Qajar dynasty Tehran, Iran Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Tehran, Iran Founder of Fada'iyan-e Islam[20]

Was executed by firing squad[21]

12 Ahmed Aref El-Zein.jpeg Ahmed Aref El-Zein

أحمد عارف الزين
13 October 1960(1960-10-13) (aged 76) Lebanon Shhur, Lebanon Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Khorasan, Iran -
13 File:Sayed Ismael Balkhi.jpg Seyed Esmail Balhki

سید اسماعیل بلخی
1918 (1918) 14 July 1968(1968-07-14) (aged 49–50) Afghanistan Balkhab, Afghanistan Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan -
14 Seyyed-mostafa khomeini.jpg Seyed Mostafa Khomeini

سید مصطفی خمینی
23 October 1977(1977-10-23) (aged 46) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qom, Iran Ba'athist Iraq Najaf, Iraq Son of first Supreme Leader of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini.
15 Khwaja Muhammad Latif Ansari.jpg Muhammad Latif Ansari

محمد لطیف انصاری
British Raj British India Kenya Kenya -
16 Mohammad Montazeri.jpg Abbas Mohammad Montazeri

عباس محمد منتظری
28 June 1981(1981-06-28) (aged 37) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Najafabad, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran Assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq, alongside Mohammad Beheshti and 31 others[22]
17 Mohammad Javad Bahonar.jpg Mohammad-Javad Bahonar

محمدجواد باهنر‎‎
30 August 1981(1981-08-30) (aged 47) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Kerman, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran Assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq[23]
18 حبیب الله آشوری.jpg Habibollah Ashouri

حبیب‌الله آشوری
1936 (1936) 18 September 1981(1981-09-18) (aged 44–45) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Gonabad, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran Executed by firing squad
19 Hasheminejad.jpg Seyed Abdolkarim Hasheminejad

سید عبدالکریم هاشمی‌نژاد
1932 (1932) 30 September 1981(1981-09-30) (aged 48–49) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Behshahr, Iran Iran Mashhad, Iran Assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq
20 Hassan Emami.jpg Seyed Hassan Emami

سید حسن امامی
1903 (1903) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Tehran, Iran Switzerland Lausanne, Switzerland Fled Iran after the Iranian Revolution, was connected with the Shah
21 Arif hussain Hussaini.jpg Syed Arif Hussain al-Hussaini

سید عارف حسين الحسينى
5 August 1988(1988-08-05) (aged 41) British Raj Parachinar, India Pakistan Peshawar, Pakistan -
22 Abbas al Musawi.jpg Sayyid Abbas al-Musawi

سید عباس الموسوي
16 February 1992(1992-02-16) (aged 39) Lebanon Al-Nabi Shayth, Lebanon Lebanon Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon Co-founder of Hezbollah. Assassinated by Israel
23 Portrait of Ahmad Khomeini - 1995 (cropped).jpg Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini

سید احمد خمینی‎
17 March 1995(1995-03-17) (aged 49) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qom, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran Son of first Supreme Leader of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini
24 Majlis 1.jpg Syed Hassan Naqvi

سید حسن نقوى
1935 (1935) 18 October 1996(1996-10-18) (aged 60–61) British Raj Lucknow, India India Lucknow, India -
25 Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi

سید علی اختر رضوی
10 February 2002(2002-02-10) (aged 53) British Raj Bihar, India India Bihar, India -
26 Syed Saeed Akhtar Rizvi

سيد سعيد اختر رضوي
20 June 2002(2002-06-20) (aged 75) British Raj Bihar, India Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -
27 al-Sayyid Abd al-Majid al-Musawi al-Khoei

السید عبد المجيد الموسوي الخوئي
10 April 2003(2003-04-10) (aged 40) Template:Country data Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Najaf, Iraq Iraq Najaf, Iraq -
28 Ahmed al-Waeli al-Laithi al-Kinani

أحمد الوائلي الليثي الكناني
1928 (1928) 14 July 2003(2003-07-14) (aged 74–75) Template:Country data Kingdom of Iraq Najaf, Iraq Iraq Kadhimiya, Iraq 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) Pakistan Shigar, Pakistan Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan -
30 الشيخ عبدالامير الجمري - البحرين.jpg Abdul Amir al-Jamri

عبدالأمير الجمري
18 December 2006(2006-12-18) (aged 68) BahrainBani Jamra, Bahrain Bahrain Manama, Bahrain -
31 File:Ali Davani.jpg Ali Davani

علی دوانی
8 January 2007(2007-01-08) (aged 77) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Davan, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran -
32 Abolaziz Hakim.jpg Sayyid Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim

سید عبد العزيز الحكيم
1952 (1952) 26 August 2009(2009-08-26) (aged 56–57) Template:Country data Kingdom of Iraq Najaf, Iraq Iran Tehran, Iran 66th Prime Minister of Iraq
33 AliGolzadeh.png Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri

علی گلزاده غفوری
1 January 2010(2010-01-01) (aged 86) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Qazvin, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran -
34 Abdullah al-Dahdouh

عبد الله الدهدوه
1966 (1966) 12 March 2012(2012-03-12) (aged 45–46) Morocco Tangier, Morocco Belgium Brussels, Belgium 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) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Torbat-e Jam, Iran Iran Mashhad, Iran 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
23 June 2013(2013-06-23) (aged 66) Egypt Sharqia Governorate, Egypt Egypt Giza Governorate, Egypt -
37 Shiekh Musa Shariefi.jpg Muhammad Musa Shariefi

محمد موسی شریفی
1942 (1942) 11 December 2013(2013-12-11) (aged 70–71) British Raj Kargil, India India Kargil, India -
38 Maulana Mirza Mohd Athar.jpg Mirza Mohammed Athar

میرزا محمد اظر
26 February 2016(2016-02-26) (aged 79) British Raj Lucknow, India India New Delhi, India -
39 Jafar Shojouni 06 (3).jpg Jafar Shojouni

جعفر شجونی
1932 (1932) 6 November 2016(2016-11-06) (aged 83–84) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Fuman, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran [24]
40 Qassim Umar Sokoto.jpg Qasim Umar Sokoto

قاسم عمر سوکوتو
Unknown? Nigeria Sokoto, Nigeria Nigeria Sokoto, Nigeria -
41 Mehdi Tabatabaei 1393.jpg Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi

سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی‎
17 May 2018(2018-05-17) (aged 82) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Rafsanjan, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran [25]
42 Ahmad Ahmadi.jpg Ahmad Ahmadi

احمد احمدی
8 June 2018(2018-06-08) (aged 84) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Malayer, Iran Iran Tehran,Iran -
43 Seyed Ali Akbar Mousavi Hosseini

سید علی‌اکبر موسوی حسینی
1939 (1939) 21 June 2018(2018-06-21) (aged 78–79) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Tehran, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran -
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) Lebanon Yater, Lebanon Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon -
45 Talib Jauhari

طالب جوہری
21 June 2020(2020-06-21) (aged 90) British Raj Patna, India Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan -
46 Ruhollah Hosseinian.jpg Ruhollah Hosseinian

روح الله حسینیان
25 August 2020(2020-08-25) (aged 64) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Shiraz, Iran Iran Tehran,Iran -
47 File:Maulana Dr. Kalbe Sadiq.jpg Syed Kalbe Sadiq Naqvi

سید کلب صادق نقوی
24 November 2020(2020-11-24) (aged 81) British Raj Lucknow, India India Lucknow, India -
48 Mohammad-Ali Shahidi 1398051414014637618039364.jpg Seyed Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahallati

سید محمد علی شهیدی محلاتی
28 November 2020(2020-11-28) (aged 71) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Mahallat, Iran Iran Tehran,Iran -
49 Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur.jpg Seyyed Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur

سید علی‌اکبر محتشمی‌پور‎
7 June 2021(2021-06-07) (aged 73) Template:Country data Pahlavi dynasty Tehran, Iran Iran Tehran,Iran [26]
50 File:Nassir.jpg Abdillahi Nassir

عبداللهی ناصر
11 January 2022(2022-01-11) (aged 89) Kenya Mombasa, Kenya Kenya Mombasa, Kenya -
51 Picture of Agha Hamid Moosavi Pakistani Shia Leader.jpg Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi

آغا سید حامد علی شاہ موسوی
25 July 2022(2022-07-25) (aged 92) British Raj Tharparkar, British India Pakistan Islamabad, Pakistan -

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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