• Ayatollah (UK: /ˌaɪəˈtɒlə/ or US: /ˌaɪəˈtoʊlə/; Persian: آیت‌الله, romanized: âyatollâh, Persian pronunciation: [ɒːjjætˌolˈlɒːh]) is an honorific title...
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    Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (17 May 1900 or 24 September 1902 – 3 June 1989) was an Iranian Islamic revolutionary, politician, and religious leader...
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  • 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...
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    the hawza of Mashhad, under mentors such as Sheikh Hashem Qazvini and Ayatollah Milani. Then, he went to Najaf in 1957, but soon returned to Mashhad due...
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  • Ayatollah may refer to: Ayatollah, title given to Shi'a mujtahids More specifically the most notable Ayatollahs, holding the position of Supreme Leader...
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    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...
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    Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali Montazeri (Persian: حسینعلی منتظری‎ [hosei̯næˈliː-e montæzeˈɾiː] pronunciation; 24 September 1922 – 19 December 2009) was...
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    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the theocratic government of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious cleric who had headed one of the rebel...
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  • Marja' (redirect from Grand Ayatollah)
    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...
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  • 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...
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    Shariat-Madari (5 January 1906 – 3 April 1986), was an Iranian Grand Ayatollah. He favoured the traditional Shiite practice of keeping clerics away from...
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    On 3 June 1989, at 22:20 IRST, Grand Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, leader of the Iranian Revolution and the first Supreme Leader and founder of the Islamic...
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    Grand Ayatollah Shaikh Muhammad Hussain Najafi (Arabic: آيت الله العظمى علامه شيخ محمد حسين; 10 April 1932 – 21 August 2023) was a Pakistani Twelver Shia...
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    office was established by the Constitution of Iran in 1979, pursuant to Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini's concept of the Guardianship of the Islamic Jurist...
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    to study theology in Qom. There he became acquainted with the ideas of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the most senior dissident cleric who later became the...
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  • Ayatollah al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Muhsin al-Hakim at-Tabataba'i (8 July 1939 – 29 August 2003; Arabic: السيد محمد باقر محسن الحكيم الطباطبائي), also...
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    Iran and the overthrow of Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh. His father, Ayatollah Hajj Seyyed Mostafavi Kashani (Persian: آیت‌الله حاج سید مصطفوی کاشانی)...
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    Grand Ayatollah Asadollah Bayat-Zanjani (Persian: اسدالله بیات زنجانی) is an Iranian theologian, Islamic philosopher, writer and Grand marja of Islam...
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    as one of the pupils of Akhund Khorasani and besides he was admired by Ayatollah Mara'shi Najafi. At the age of 5, Morteza Motahhari went to school without...
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    Spring 2003) Iran portal Shia Islam portal Biography portal Ayatollah List of ayatollahs "Hardliner Clerics in Iran Demand More Executions, Amputations"...
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    Hawza Najaf Ayatollah Mohsin al-Hakim Corboz, Elvire (2015). "Khomeini in Najaf: The Religious and Political Leadership of an Exiled Ayatollah". Die Welt...
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    Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhammad al-Husayni al-Shirazi (Arabic: محمد الحسيني الشيرازي; Persian: محمد حسينى شيرازى; August 31, 1928 – December 17, 2001)...
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    study religion in 1961. There he was educated by Ayatollah Seyyed Mostafa Mohaqiq Damad, and Grand Ayatollahs, including Mohammad Ali Araki and Hossein Ali...
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    coercive at the time. Consultations in February the following year led to Ayatollah Khomeini ordering the appointment of a 13-member council that was given...
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    Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Hossein Ali Tabatabaei Borujerdi (Luri/Persian: آیت الله العظمی سید حسین طباطبایی بروجردی; 23 March 1875 – 30 March 1961) was a...
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    was destroyed under the direction of Khalkhali, which was sanctioned by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Khalkhali ordered the executions of Amir Abbas Hoveida...
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    son of Ayatollah Khomeini. He died before the Iranian Revolution. Khomeini was born in Qom on 12 December 1930. He was the eldest son of Ayatollah Khomeini...
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    Ayatollah Sayyed Abbas Almohri (Arabic: آية الله سيد عباس المهري; 1912–1988) was one of the first Kuwaiti Shia scholars based in Kuwait. He was born in...
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    conservative" and "hardline." His rank has been given both as Hojjatoleslam and Ayatollah. He is the Friday Prayer leader in Mashhad, Iran and is also that city's...
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  • Palestine from the Perspective of Ayatollah Khamenei (Persian: فلسطین از منظر آیت‌الله خامنه‌ای; Felestin Az Manzar-e Ayatollah Khamenei) is a 2011 book excerpting...
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