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Ayatollah (UK: /ˌaɪəˈtɒlə/, also US: /ˌaɪəˈtoʊlə/; Arabic: اية الله, romanized: ʾāyatu llāh; Persian: آیتالله, romanized:
âyatollâh [ɒːjjætˌolˈlɒːh])...
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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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older brother.
Khomeini was a high
ranking cleric in
Twelver Shi'ism, an
ayatollah, a marja' ("source of emulation"), a
mujtahid or faqīh (an
expert in sharia)...
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hawza of Mashhad,
under mentors such as
Sheikh Hashem Qazvini and
Ayatollah Milani. Then, he went to Najaf, Iraq, in 1957, but soon
returned to Mashhad...
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Iranian Islamic scholar and the dean of the
Hawza of
Najaf in Iraq. A
Grand Ayatollah and marja,
Sistani is
considered one of the
leading religious leaders...
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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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Grand Ayatollah Hussein-Ali
Montazeri (Persian: حسینعلی منتظری [hosejnæˈliːje montæzeˈɾiː] ; 24
September 1922 – 19
December 2009) was an
Iranian Shia...
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government of
Mohammad Reza
Pahlavi was su****ded by the
theocratic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a
religious cleric who had
headed one of the rebel...
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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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grand ayatollah.
Someone who follows/"imitates" a marja' (who
performs taqlid) is
known as a muqallid.
Ayatollahs The
title of an
ayatollah is bestowed...
