List of ayatollahs

This is a partial list of ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim 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. To see lists 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.

• India 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 Ichgami Kashmiri (1910 - 1959)
• Saudi Arabia Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad Ali al-Amri
• India Fakhr Ul Islam Alhaj Allama Syed Taqi Hasan Naqvi Wafa Sahab Qibla known as Raees Ul Fuqaha (1921-1998) President of Idara E Jaferia, Principal of Madarsa and Hawza Ilmia Jaferia (Qadeem) and founder of Jaferia Technical Institute

See also

• List of current maraji
• List of deceased maraji
• List of hujjatul Islams

References

External links

• "Ayatollah Khonsari, 98, Dies - A Noted Iranian Theologian". The New York Times. Reuters. 20 January 1985. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

Further reading

1. The book "Durr-e-Mansoor dar Halaat-e-Ulama-e-Zangipur"
2. The research work of Dr. Inayet Ali on "life of Jawad-ul-Ulama" from Aligarh Muslim University.
3. The booklet "Haqnuma" published Jamia-Imania,Banaras.

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