Ali Khamenei

Ali Khamenei

male, 70 years old
Ali Khamenei was not a "marja" when he was elected the Supreme Leader of Iran. Since the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Iran required the...
Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

male, deceased (1989)
Grand Ayatollah Seyyed Ruhollah Mustafavi Khomeini (Persian: روح الله موسوی خمینی "Rūollāh Mūsavī Khomeynī" (September 21 1902 – June 3 1989) wa...
Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani

Grand Ayatollah Ali Al-Sistani

male, 79 years old
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Husaini al-Sistani Arabic: السيد علي الحسيني السيستاني, Persian: سید علی حسینی سیستانی;. Born approximately August...

Muhsin Al-Hakim

male
Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Muhsin al-Tabataba'i al-Hakim (1889-1970) was born into a family, the Tabatabai, renowned for its scholarship. He was always...

Grand Ayatollah Hossein-Ali Montazeri

male, 87 years old
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri, styled His Honourable Eminence, was one of the leaders of the Islamic Revolution in Iran. He is best known...

Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari

male, deceased (1986)
Ayatollah Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari, also spelled Shariat-Madari, born to an Azeri family in Tabriz, he was among the most senior leading Shia...
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Shirazi

Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Shirazi

male
Grand Ayatollah Muhammad ibn Mehdi al-Hussaini al-Shirazi was a Religious Authority, or Marja, to millions of Shi’a Muslims around the globe. A ch...
Hossein Noori Hamedani

Hossein Noori Hamedani

male
Grand Ayatollah Hossein Noori Hamedani (born in 1926) is an Iranian Shia Marja. He was born in Hamedan, Iran. After finishing elementary studies in...

Mohammad Ali Araki

male, deceased (1994)
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Ali Araki (1895-1994) was an Iranian Shia Marja. He was a teacher in the hawza of Qom. He was born in Arak, Iran and died...

Abdul Karim Haeri Yazdi

male
Grand Ayatollah Hajj Shaykh Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi was a Shia Muslim cleric and marja. He founded the important Islamic seminary (hawza) of Qom,...