Al-Mubarrad

Al-Mubarrad

male, deceased (898)
Al-Mubarrad became the leader of the Basran grammarians against the Kufan school. His judgment, however, was independent, as is shown by his attack...
Shaykh Tabarsi

Shaykh Tabarsi

male
Shaykh Tabarsī was a 12-century Persian Shia scholar. He died in 548 AH in Mazandaran. His main work is "Majma'-al-bayān", a commentary ("...

Faisal Fulad

male
Faisal Hassan Fulad is a member of Kingdom of Bahrain's upper chamber of parliament, the Consultative Council, since 1996. Fulad was appointed to...

Khalilullah I

male
Khalilullah I (Halil) (1417-1465), ruler of Shirvan and son of Ibrahim I of Shirvan. He was succeeded by Shirvanshah Farrukh Yassar, his son. At...

Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim

male, deceased (2007)
Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim (1970 - January 29, 2007), also known as al-Ali bin Ali bin Abi Talib, claimed to be from Hilla, Iraq, was the leader of an...

Mahdi Al-Hafez

male
Mahdi al-Hafez was Minister of Planning in the cabinet appointed by the Interim Iraq Governing Council in September 2003 and in the Iraqi Interim...

Ayatollah Yousef Sanei

male, 82 years old
Grand Ayatollah Yousof al-Sanei is an Iranian reformist Ayatollah and a Grand Marja of Shia Islam. Born in Isfahan in 1927, he quickly rose to high...

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...
Mohammad Taghi Bahjat Foumani

Mohammad Taghi Bahjat Foumani

male
Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Taghi (Taqi) Bahjat Foumani (born in 1917) is an Iranian Shia Marja. He was born in Fouman, Gilan Province, Iran. At the...

Abdel-Karim Mahoud Al-Mohammedawi

male
Abdel-Karim Mahoud al-Mohammedawi was a member of the Interim Iraq Governing Council created following the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq. A...