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grand ayatollah
آية الله العظمى ar آیتالله العظمی fa
Highest clerical rank in Usuli Twelver Shia Islam.
Overview
highest clerical rank in Usuli Twelver Shia Islam.Wikidata record description. Read Grand ayatollah in the Wikipedia reader.
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Who held it, in order
A sequence of office-holders, not a family genealogy.
- 13 holders
- 13 undated
No dates recorded 13
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Dates unrecorded Morteza Motahhari Iranian politician (1919-1979) -
Dates unrecorded Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani Iranian Grand Ayatollah -
Dates unrecorded Al Sayed Musa al-Sadr Lebanese Shiite jurist and political activist -
Dates unrecorded Hossein Borujerdi Iranian Grand Ayatollah (1875-1961) -
Dates unrecorded Mohammad Fazel Lankarani Iranian grand ayatollah (1931–2007) -
Dates unrecorded Ali Meshkini Iranian cleric (1922-2007) -
Dates unrecorded Hossein Noori Hamedani Iranian Grand ayatollah -
Dates unrecorded Mostafa Mohaqeq Damad Iranian cleric -
Dates unrecorded Naser Makarem Shirazi Iranian Mujtahid and author -
Dates unrecorded Abdollah Javadi Amoli Iranian politician - Dates unrecorded Reza Hosseini Nassab Iranian grand ayatollah
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Dates unrecorded Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani Iranian Ayatollah (1931–2014)
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Dates unrecorded Abdolkarim Haeri Yazdi Iranian Grand Ayatollah (1859–1937)
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