List of ayatollahs

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This is a partial list of ayatollahs, a title given to high ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics. Its ranking is higher than Hujjat al-Islam, and the next higher 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, see the following articles: List of maraji; List of hujjatul Islams.[1]

## Current

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The names are ordered with age in descending order. (oldest to youngest).

No | Image | Name | Birth Date
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1  |  | Mohammad Bagher Bagheri Kani

محمدباقر باقری کنی | 1926 (age 98-99)  |  Tehran, Iran |  Iran | \-
2  |  | Ahmad Mohseni Garakani

احمد محسنی گرکانی | 1926 (age 98-99)  |  Garakan, Iran |  Iran | \-
3  |  | Ahmad Jannati

احمد جنتی‎ |  (1927-02-23) 23 February 1927 (age 98) |  Isfahan, Iran |  Iran | \-
4  |  | Seyed Ali Akbar Ghoreyshi

سید علی اکبر قریشی‎ | 1928 (age 96-97)  |  Bonab, Iran |  Iran | \-
5  |  | al-Sayyid Murtadha al-Musawi al-Qazwini

السيد مرتضى الموسوي القزويني |  (1930-08-01) 1 August 1930 (age 94) |  Karbala, Iraq |  Karbala, Iraq | \-
6  |  | Mohammad-Ali Movahedi-Kermani

محمدعلی موحدی کرمانی | 1932 (age 92-93)  |  Kerman, Iran |  Iran | \-
7  |  | Ali Akbar Masoudi Khomeini

علی‌اکبر مسعودی خمینی | 1932 (age 92-93)  |  Khomeyn, Iran |  Iran | \-
8  |  | Seyed Hassan Mortazavi Shahroudi

سید حسن مرتضوی شاهرودی |  (1933-02-22) 22 February 1933 (age 92) |  Shahrud, Iran |  Iran | \-
9  |  | Hassan Shariati Niyasar

حسن شریعتی نیاسر |  (1933-03-21) 21 March 1933 (age 92) |  Neyasar, Iran |  Iran | \-
10  |  | Zaynolabideen Ghorbani

العابدین قربانی | 1933 (age 91-92)  |  Panchah, Iran |  Iran | \-
11  |  | Seyed Mohammad Shahcheraghi

سید محمد شاهچراغی |  (1934-06-10) 10 June 1934 (age 90) |  Damghan, Iran |  Iran | \-
12  |  | Morteza Moghtadai

مرتضی مقتدایی |  (1935-10-12) 12 October 1935 (age 89) |  Isfahan, Iran |  Iran | \-
13  |  | Seyyed Mohammad Khamenei

سید محمد خامنه‌ای |  (1935-12-25) 25 December 1935 (age 89) |  Mashhad, Iran |  Iran | \-
14  |  | Abolghasem Wafi Yazdi

ابوالقاسم وافی یزدی‎ | 1935 (age 89-90)  |  Hoseynabad, Iran |  Iran | \-
15  |  | Ahmad Beheshti

احمد بهشتی | 1935 (age 89-90)  |  Fasa, Iran |  Iran | \-
16  |  |  Reza Ostadi Moghaddam

رضا استادی مقدم‎ |  (1937-09-29) 29 September 1937 (age 87) |  Tehran, Iran |  Iran | \-
17  |  | Seyyed Mohsen Kharazi

سید محسن خرازی‎ | 1937 (age 87-88)  |  Tehran, Iran |  Iran | \-
18  |  | Hashem Hashemzadeh Herisi

هاشم هاشم‌زاده هریسی‎ | 1938 (age 86-87)  |  Heris, Iran |  Iran | \-
19  |  | Seyyed Ali Shafiei

سیدعلی شفیعی‎ | 1940 (age 84-85)  |  Dezful, Iran |  Ahvaz, Iran
20  |  | Kazem Nourmofidi

کاظم نورمفیدی | 1940 (age 84-85)  |  Gorgan, Iran |  Golestan province, Iran | \-
21  |  | Sayyid Mohammad-Ali Mousavi Jazayeri

سیدمحمدعلی موسوی جزایری‎ | 1941 (age 83-84)  |  Shushtar, Iran |  Iran | \-
22  |  | Mahmoud Mar'ashi Najafi

محمود مرعشی نجفی | 1941 (age 83-84)  |  Qom, Iran |  Iran | \-
23  |  | Syed Riaz Hussain Najafi

سید ریاض حسین نجفی | 1941 (age 83-84)  |  Alipur, British India |  Lahore, Pakistan | \-
24  |  | Sayyid Mohammad Mousavi Khoeiniha

سید محمد موسوی خوئینی ها | 1942 (age 82-83)  |  Qazvin, Iran |  Iran | \-
25  |  | al-Sayyid Mujtaba al-Hussayni al-Shirazi

السيد مجتبى الحسيني الشيرازي |  (1943-08-06) 6 August 1943 (age 81) |  Karbala, Iraq |  London, United Kingdom | \-
26  |  | Ahmad Alamolhoda

احمد علم‌الهدی‎ |  (1944-09-01) 1 September 1944 (age 80) |  Mashhad, Iran |  Iran | \-
27  |  | Hossein Ansarian

حسین انصاریان |  (1944-11-09) 9 November 1944 (age 80) |  Khansar, Iran |  Iran | \-
28  |  | Seyed Yousef Tabatabai Nejad

سید یوسف طباطبایی نژاد | 1944 (age 80-81)  |  Ardestan, Iran |  Iran | \-
29  |  | Seyyed Mostafa Mousavi Faraz

سید مصطفی موسوی فراز‎ | 1945 (age 79-80)  |  Isfahan, Iran |  Iran | \-
30  |  | Mohammad Reza Naseri Yazdi

محمدرضا ناصری یزدی | 1945 (age 79-80)  |  Yazd, Iran |  Iran | \-
31  |  | Mostafa Mohaghegh Damad

مصطفی محقق داماد | 1945 (age 79-80)  |  Qom, Iran |  Iran | \-
32  |  | Morteza Sadouqi Mazandarani

مرتضی صدوقی مازندرانی |  (1946-07-22) 22 July 1946 (age 78) |  Iran |  Iran | \-
33  |  | Hossein Mousavi Tabrizi

حسین موسوی تبریزی | 1947 (age 77-78)  |  Tabriz, Iran |  Iran | \-
34  |  | al-Sayyid Hadi al-Hussayni al-Modarresi

السيد هادي الحسيني المدرسي | 1947 (age 77-78)  |  Karbala, Iraq |  Iraq | Official Website
35  |  | Zohreh Sefati

زهره صفاتی | 1948 (age 76-77)  |  Abadan, Iran |  Iran | \-
36  |  | al-Sayyid Ali al-Hussayni al-Milani

السيد علي الحسيني الميلاني | 1948 (age 76-77)  |  Najaf, Iraq |  Qom, Iran | Official Website
37  |  | al-Sayyid Ali al-Musawi al-Sabziwari

السيد علي الموسوي السبزواري | 1948 (age 76-77)  |  Najaf, Iraq |  Najaf, Iraq | \-
38  |  | Muhammad Baqir al-Irawani

محمد باقر الإيرواني | 1949 (age 75-76)  |  Najaf, Iraq |  Iraq | \-
39  |  | Ghorbanali Dorri-Najafabadi

قربانعلی دری نجف‌آبادی |  (1950-12-03) 3 December 1950 (age 74) |  Najafabad, Isfahan, Iran |  Iran | \-
40  |  | Gholamreza Mesbahi-Moghaddam

غلامرضا مصباحی مقدم |  (1951-07-11) 11 July 1951 (age 73) |  Mashhad, Iran |  Iran | \-
41  |  | Seyyed Mohammad Saeedi

سید محمد سعیدی | 1951 (age 73-74)  |  Qom, Iran |  Iran | \-
42  |  | Mohammad Taghi Vaezi

محمد تقی واعظی | 1951 (age 73-74)  |  Tehran, Iran |  Iran | \-
43  |  | Mohsen Faqihi

محسن فقیهی |  (1952-11-17) 17 November 1952 (age 72) |  Iran |  Iran | \-
44  |  | Ibrahim Yaqoub Zakzaky

ابراهیم یعقوبی زکزکی |  (1953-05-05) 5 May 1953 (age 71) |  Zaria, Nigeria |  Nigeria | \-
45  |  | Mehdi Shabzendedar Jahromi

مهدی شب‌زنده‌دار جهرمی‎ | 1953 (age 71-72)  |  Darab, Iran |  Iran | \-
46  |  | Seyyed Mahmoud Alavi

سید محمود علوی |  (1954-05-04) 4 May 1954 (age 70) |  Lamerd, Iran |  Iran | \-
47  |  | Seyed Mojtaba Hosseini

سید مجتبی حسینی‎ | 1954 (age 70-71)  |  Mashhad, Iran |  Iran | \-
48  |  | Seyed Mohammad Ali Ayazi

سید محمدعلى ايازى | 1954 (age 70-71)  |  Iran |  Iran | \-
49  |  | Seyyed Mohammad Reza Modarresi Yazdi

سید محمدرضا مدرسی یزدی | 1955 (age 69-70)  |  Yazd, Iran |  Iran | \-
50  |  | Ali Akbar Rashad

علی‌اکبر رشاد | 1955 (age 69-70)  |  Iran |  Iran | \-
51  |  | Abdol-Hamid Masoumi-Tehrani

عبدالحمید معصومی تهرانی  | 1955 (age 69-70)  |  Tehran, Iran |  Tehran, Iran | \-
52  |  | Mohsen Araki

محسن اراکی‎ | 1956 (age 68-69)  |  Najaf, Iraq |  Iran | \-
53  |  | Seyyed Hashem Hosseini Bushehri

سید هاشم حسینی بوشهری‎ | 1956 (age 68-69)  |  Bushehr, Iran |  Iran | \-
54  |  | Mohammad Taghi Pourmohammadi

محمدتقی پورمحمدی | 1956 (age 68-69)  |  Marand, Iran |  Iran | \-
55  |  | al-Sayyid Ali Akbar al-Hussayni al-Modarresi

السيد علي أكبر الحسيني المدرسي |  (1957-09-17) 17 September 1957 (age 67) |  Karbala, Iraq |  Mashhad, Iran | \-
56  |  | Mohsen Heidari Alekasir

محسن حیدری آل کثیر | 1957 (age 67-68)  |  Shush, Iran |  Iran | \-
57  |  | Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Kazemeyni Borojerdi

سید محمدحسین کاظمینی بروجردی |  (1958-08-01) 1 August 1958 (age 66) |  Qom, Iran |  Iran | \-
58  |  | al-Sayyid Riyadh Al-Hakim

السيد رياض الحكيم |  (1959-01-18) 18 January 1959 (age 66) |  Najaf, Iraq |  Iraq | \-
59  |  | Gholam Ali Safai Bushehri

غلامعلی صفایی بوشهری |  (1959-06-23) 23 June 1959 (age 65) |  Bushehr, Iran |  Iran | \-
60  |  | Malik Sakhawat Hussain

مالک سخاوت حسین |  (1959-11-05) 5 November 1959 (age 65) |  Sandral, Pakistan |  United States of America | Official Website
61  |  | Seyyed Ahmad Hosseini Khorasani

سید احمد حسینی خراسانی | 1959 (age 65-66)  |  Shirvan, Iran |  Iran | \-
62  |  | Alireza Arafi

علی رضا اعرافی‎ | 1959 (age 65-66)  |  Meybod, Iran |  Iran | \-
63  |  | Ahmad Khatami

احمد خاتمی‎ |  (1960-05-08) 8 May 1960 (age 64) |  Semnan, Iran |  Iran | \-
64  |  | Sadeq Ardeshir Larijani

صادق اردشیر لاریجانی‎ |  (1961-03-12) 12 March 1961 (age 64) |  Najaf, Iraq |  Iran | \-
65  |  | Mohammad-Mahdi Mirbagheri

محمدمهدی میرباقری | 1961 (age 63-64)  |  Qom, Iran |  Iran | \-
66  |  | Abolghasem Alidoust

ابوالقاسم علیدوست | 1961 (age 63-64)  |  Yazd, Iran |  Iran | \-
67  |  | Seyed Hassan Ameli

سید حسن عاملی‎ |  (1962-06-05) 5 June 1962 (age 62) |  Ardabil, Iran |  Iran | \-
68  |  | Mostafa Boroujerdi

مصطفی بروجردی |  (1962-08-01) 1 August 1962 (age 62) |  Qom, Iran |  Iran | \-
69  |  | al-Sayyid Muhammad Ridha al-Hussayni al-Sistani

السيد محمد رضا الحسيني السيستاني |  (1962-08-18) 18 August 1962 (age 62) |  Najaf, Iraq |  Iraq | \-
70  |  | Abbas Ka'bi

عباس کعبی | 1962 (age 62-63)  |  Ahvaz, Iran |  Iran | \-
71  |  | Lotfallah Dejkam

لطف‌الله دژکام | 1962 (age 62-63)  |  Jahrom, Iran |  Iran | \-
72  |  | Abbas Tabrizian

عباس تبریزیان‎ | 1962 (age 62-63)  |  Najaf, Iraq |  Iran | \-
73  |  | Reza Ramezani Gilani

رضا رمضانی گیلانی | 1963 (age 61-62)  |  Rasht, Iran |  Iran | \-
74  |  | Syed Aqeel-ul-Gharavi

سيد عقيل الغروى |  (1964-02-02) 2 February 1964 (age 61) |  Banaras, India |  London, United Kingdom | Official Website Archived 1 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine
75  |  | Abdul Karim Farhani

عبدالکریم فرحانی | 1964 (age 60-61)  |  Ahvaz, Iran |  Iran | \-
76  |  | al-Sayyid Ali al-Hakim

السيد علي الحكيم | 1964 (age 60-61)  |  Najaf, Iraq |  Lebanon | \-
77  |  | al-Sayyid Murtadha al-Hussayni al-Shirazi

السيد مرتضى الحسيني الشيرازي | 1964 (age 60-61)  |  Karbala, Iraq |  Najaf, Iraq | \-
78  |  | al-Sayyid Muntazir Mehdi al-Razavi

السید منتظر مهدی الرضوی | 1965 (age 59-60)  |  Allahabad, India |  Qom, Iran | \-
79  |  | al-Sayyid Jafar al-Hakim

السيد جعفر الحكيم | 1965 (age 59-60)  |  Najaf, Iraq |  Najaf, Iraq | \-
80  |  | Seyyed Nasir Hosseini

سید نصیر حسینی | 1967 (age 57-58)  |  Yasuj, Iran |  Iran | \-
81  |  | Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei

سید مجتبی حسینی خامنه‌ای‎ |  (1969-09-08) 8 September 1969 (age 55) |  Mashhad, Iran |  Iran | Son of current Supreme Leader of Iran (Ali Khamenei)[2]
82  |  | Syed Ali Naqi Naqvi Qumi

سيد علي نقي نقوي |  (1970-05-09) 9 May 1970 (age 54) |  Sahiwal, Pakistan |  Lahore, Pakistan | \-
83  |  | al-Sayyid Hussein al-Hussayni al-Shirazi

السید حسین الحسیني الشیرازي | 1970 (age 54-55)  |  Karbala, Iraq |  Qom, Iran | \-

## Deceased

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The names are ordered by date of death (descending) as an arbitrary standard.

No | Image | Name | Year of Birth
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1  |  | al-Sayyid Muhammad Saeed al-Habboubi

السيد محمد سعيد الحبوبي | 1849 (1849) | 1915 (aged 65-66)  |  Najaf, Baghdad Eyalet |  Nasiriyah, Basra vilayet | \-
2  |  | Seyed Ali Tabrizi

سید علی تبریزی | 1844 (1844) | 7 December 1917(1917-12-07) (aged 72–73)  |  Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia |  Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia | \-
3  |  | Mohammad Aghazadeh Khorasani

محمد آقازاده خراسانی | 1877 (1877) | 1937 (aged 59-60)  |  Najaf, Baghdad vilayet |  Rey, Imperial State of Iran | \-
4  |  | Najm al-Hasan

نجم الحسن | (1863-05-25)25 May 1863  | 18 April 1938(1938-04-18) (aged 74)  |  British India |  Lucknow, British India | \-
5  |  | Abdul Karim Kho'ini Zanjani

عبدالکریم خوئینی زنجانی | 1874 (1874) | 1938 (aged 63-64)  |  Khoein, Sublime State of Persia |  Qazvin, Imperial State of Iran | \-
6  |  | Bibi Khanum

بی بی خانوم | Unknown?  | 1950 (1951) |  Baghdad vilayet |  Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq | \-
7  |  | Mirza Mahdi Ashtiani

میرزا مهدی آشتیانی | 1888 (1888) | 23 April 1953(1953-04-23) (aged 64–65)  |  Tehran, Sublime State of Persia |  Qom, Imperial State of Iran | \-
8  |  | Syed Ahmed Rizvi Kashmiri

سید احمد رضوی کشمیری | 1898 (1898) | 9 July 1964(1964-07-09) (aged 65–66)  |  Srinagar, British India |  Srinagar, British India | [3][4][5][6]
9  |  | Haj Mohammad-Hassan Jazayeri

حاج محمد حسن جزایری | 1892  | 1965(1965-00-00) (aged 72–73)  |  Qom, Sublime State of Persia |  Ahvaz, Imperial State of Iran | \-
10  |  | Abdulkarim Zanjani

عبدالکریم زنجانی | 1888 (1888) | 1968 (aged 79-80)  |  Zanjan, Sublime State of Persia |  Imperial State of Iran | \-
11  |  | Seyed Mohammad Reza Saeedi

سید محمدرضا سعیدی | 1929 (1929) | 10 June 1970(1970-06-10) (aged 40–41)  |  Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Imperial State of Iran | \-
12  |  | Seyed Sultan al-Wa'izin Shirazi

سید سلطان الواعظین شیرازی | (1894-05-12)12 May 1894  | 11 October 1971(1971-10-11) (aged 77)  |  Tehran, Sublime State of Persia |  Tehran, Imperial State of Iran | \-
13  |  | Muhammad Taqi Amoli

محمدتقی آملی | 1887 (1887) | 1971 (aged 83-84)  |  Tehran, Sublime State of Persia |  Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran | \-
14  |  | Haj Mohammad Ali Hakim Movahed Namazi Shirazi

حاج محمد علی حکیم موحد نمازی شیرازی | 1903 (1903) | 1971 (aged 67-68) (went missing)  |  Shiraz, Sublime State of Persia |  Imperial State of Iran | \-
15  |  | Mirza Mahdi Elahi Ghomshei

میرزا مهدی الهی قمشه ای | (1901-01-01)1 January 1901  | 15 May 1973(1973-05-15) (aged 72)  |  Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia |  Qom, Imperial State of Iran | \-
16  |  | Haj Mirza Mahdi Pooya Yazdi

حاج میرزا مهدی پویا یزدی | 1899 (1899) | July 17, 1973(1973-07-17) (aged 73–74)  |  Najaf, Baghdad vilayet |  Karachi, Pakistan | [7]
17  |  | al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Musawi al-Qazwini

السيد محمد باقر الموسوي القزويني | 1919 (1919) | 1974 (aged 54-55)  |  Karbala, Baghdad vilayet |  Karbala, Ba'athist Iraq | \-
18  |  | Mirza Ahmad Ashtiani

میرزا احمد آشتیانی | 1882 (1882) | 24 June 1975(1975-06-24) (aged 92–93)  |  Tehran, Sublime State of Persia |  Tehran, Imperial State of Iran | \-
19  |  | al-Sayyid Musa Sadr al-Din al-Sadr

السيد موسى صدر الدين الصدر | (1928-06-04)4 June 1928  | 31 August 1978(1978-08-31) (aged 50) (Went Missing)  |  Qom, Imperial State of Iran |  Libya | \-
20  |  | Ayatollah Seyyed Aboutaleb Pishvai

ایت الله سید ابو طالب پیشوایی | 1896  | 21 October 1978(1978-10-21) (aged 81–82)  |  Bandar-e Anzali, Sublime State of Persia |  Bandar-e Anzali, Imperial State of Iran | [8]
21  |  | Mahmoud Taleghani

محمود طالقانی‎ | (1911-03-05)5 March 1911  | 9 September 1979(1979-09-09) (aged 68)  |  Geliyard, Sublime State of Persia |  Tehran, Iran | [9]
22  |  | Seyed Mohammad-Ali Qazi Tabatabaei

سید محمدعلی قاضی طباطبایی | (1914-10-23)23 October 1914  | 2 November 1979(1979-11-02) (aged 65)  |  Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia |  Tabriz, Iran | \-
23  |  | al-Sayyid Hassan al-Hussayni al-Shirazi

السيد حسن الحسيني الشيرازي | 1935 (1935) | 2 May 1980(1980-05-02) (aged 44–45)  |  Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq |  Beirut, Lebanon | \-
24  |  | Gholam Hossein Tabrizi

غلامحسین تبریزی | 1924 (1924) | 14 June 1980(1980-06-14) (aged 55–56)  |  Vayqan, Sublime State of Persia |  Mashhad, Iran | \-
25  |  | Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Beheshti

سیّد محمد حسینی بهشتی‎ | (1928-10-24)24 October 1928  | 28 June 1981(1981-06-28) (aged 52)  |  Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | [10]
26  |  | Ali Qoddusi

علی قدوسی | (1927-08-04)4 August 1927  | 5 September 1981(1981-09-05) (aged 54)  |  Nahavand, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | \-
27  |  | Mohammad Sadoughi

محمد صدوقی‎ | (1909-03-01)1 March 1909  | 2 July 1982(1982-07-02) (aged 73)  |  Yazd, Sublime State of Persia |  Yazd, Iran | \-
28  |  | Syed Yusuf al-Moosavi al-Safavi

سید یوسف الموسوی الصفوی | 1904 (1904) | 29 August 1982(1982-08-29) (aged 77–78)  |  Budgam, British India |  Budgam, India | \-
29  |  | Ata'ollah Ashrafi Esfahani

عطاءالله اشرفی اصفهانی‎ | 1902 (1902) | 15 October 1982(1982-10-15) (aged 79–80)  |  Khomeyn, Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia |  Kermanshah, Iran | [11]
30  |  | Syed Zafr al-Hasan Rizvi

سید ظفر الحسن ریضوی | (1911-09-13)13 September 1911  | 1 January 1983(1983-01-01) (aged 71)  |  Azamgarh, British India |  India | \-
31  |  | Seyed Mohammad Ali Angaji

سید محمدعلی انگجی | 1897 (1897) | 5 June 1983(1983-06-05) (aged 85–86)  |  Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia |  Tabriz, Iran | \-
32  |  | Seyedeh Nosrat Begum Amin

سیده نصرت‌بیگم امین | 1886 (1886) | 13 June 1983(1983-06-13) (aged 96–97)  |  Isfahan, Sublime State of Iran |  Qom, Iran | \-
33  |  | Jafar Hussain

جعفر حسین | 1914 (1914) | 29 August 1983(1983-08-29) (aged 68–69)  |  British India |  Gujranwala, Pakistan | \-
34  |  | Haj Mirza Khalil Kamarah'i

حاج میرزا خلیل کمره | 1898 (1898) | 11 October 1984(1984-10-11) (aged 85–86)  |  Sublime State of Persia |  Tehran, Iran | [12]
35  |  | Mohammad Reza Tabasi

محمد رضا طبسی | 1899 (1899) | 18 January 1985(1985-01-18) (aged 85–86)  |  Mashhad, Sublime State of Iran |  Qom, Iran | \-
36  |  | Morteza Haeri Yazdi

مرتضی حائری یزدی‎ | (1916-10-12)12 October 1916  | 16 March 1986(1986-03-16) (aged 69)  |  Arak, Sublime State of Persia |  Qom, Iran | \-
37  |  | Seyyed Javad Khamenei

سید جواد خامنه‌ای‎ | (1895-12-07)7 December 1895  | 5 July 1986(1986-07-05) (aged 90)  |  Khameneh, Sublime State of Persia |  Mashhad, Iran | \-
38  |  | Abdul Rahman Heidari Ilami

عبدالرحمن حیدری ایلامی‎ | 1925 (1925) | 1 January 1987(1987-01-01) (aged 61–62)  |  Ilam, Imperial State of Iran |  Qom, Iran | [13]
39  |  | Ruhollah Khatami

روح الله خاتمی | (1906-10-28)28 October 1906  | 27 October 1988(1988-10-27) (aged 81)  |  Yazd, Sublime State of Persia |  Yazd, Iran | [14]
40  |  | Ayatollah Sayyed Abbas Almohri

آية الله سيد عباس المهري‎ | 1915 (1915) | 15 February 1988(1988-02-15) (aged 72–73)  |  Mohr, Sublime State of Persia |  Tehran, Iran | \-
41  |  | Hasan Ali Nejabat Shirazi

حسنعلی نجابت شیرازی | 1917 (1917) | 28 April 1989(1989-04-28) (aged 71–72)  |  Shiraz, Sublime State of Persia |  Shiraz, Iran | \-
42  |  | Hossein Lankarani

حسین لنکرانی | 1895 (1895) | 8 June 1989(1989-06-08) (aged 93–94)  |  Tehran, Sublime State of Persia |  Tehran, Iran | \-
43  |  | Syed Safdar Hussain Najafi

سید صفدر حسین نجفی | 1932 (1932) | 3 December 1989(1989-12-03) (aged 56–57)  |  Muzaffargarh, British India |  Lahore, Pakistan | \-
44  |  | Muhammad Yar Shah

محمد یار شاه | 1913 (1913) | 20 December 1990(1990-12-20) (aged 76–77)  |  Alipur, British India |

Lahore, Pakistan

| \-
45  |  | Seyed Mohammad Sadegh Lavasani

سید محمدصادق لواسانی |  (2025-03-24UTC20:42:33) | 1990 (1991) |  Najaf, Baghdad vilayet |  Mehr, Iran | \-
46  |  | Hussain Bakhsh Jarra

حسین بخش جاڑا | 1919 (1919) | 1990 (aged 70-71)  |  British India |  Pakistan | \-
47  |  | Mohammed Kadhim al-Modarresi

محمد كاظم حسينى مدرسى‎ | 1921 (1921) | 5 April 1994(1994-04-05) (aged 72–73)  |  Mashhad, Sublime State of Persia |  Tehran, Iran | \-
48  |  | al-Sayyid Muhammad Kadhim al-Musawi al-Qazwini

السيد محمد كاظم الموسوي القزويني | (1930-03-13)13 March 1930  | 17 November 1994(1994-11-17) (aged 64)  |  Karbala, Mandatory Iraq |  Qom, Iran | \-
49  |  | Mahmoud Ansari Qomi

محمود انصاری قمی | 1921 (1921) | 12 March 1999(1999-03-12) (aged 77–78)  |  Qom, Sublime State of Persia |  Qom, Iran | \-
50  |  | Seyed Mohammad Jafar Moravej

سید محمد جعفر مروج | (1902-07-27)27 July 1902  | 13 March 1999(1999-03-13) (aged 96)  |  Shushtar, Sublime State of Persia |  Qom, Iran | \-
51  |  | Mahdi Haeri Yazdi

مهدی حائری یزدی‎ | 1923 (1923) | 8 July 1999(1999-07-08) (aged 75–76)  |  Qom, Sublime State of Persia |  Tehran, Iran | \-
52  |  | Hadi Rohani

حادی روحانی | (1924-03-03)3 March 1924  | 13 October 1999(1999-10-13) (aged 75)  |  Kalleh Bast, Sublime State of Persia |  Babol, Iran | \-
53  |  | Seyed Mahdi Hosseini Rohani

سید مهدی حسینی روحانی | (1925-07-15)15 July 1925  | 23 November 2000(2000-11-23) (aged 65)  |  Qom, Sublime State of Persia |  Qom, Iran | \-
54  |  | Mohammad Mehdi Shamseddine

محمد مهدي شمس الدين | 1936 (1936) | 10 January 2001(2001-01-10) (aged 64–65)  |  Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq |  Beirut, Lebanon | \-
55  |  | Seyed Hossein Ayatollahi

سید حسین آیت‌اللهی | 1931 (1931) | 14 January 2001(2001-01-14) (aged 69–70)  |  Jahrom, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | \-
56  |  | Khalil Boyukzadeh

خلیل بیوک‌زاده‎ | (1930-09-18)18 September 1930  | 16 April 2001(2001-04-16) (aged 70)  |  Ardabil, Imperial State of Iran |  Ardabil, Iran | [15]
57  |  | Syed Mustafa al-Moosavi al-Safavi

سید مصطفی الموسوی الصفوی | (1918-02-02)2 February 1918  | 21 August 2002(2002-08-21) (aged 84)  |  Budgam, British India |  Budgam, India | \-
58  |  | Seyed Esmaeil Mousavi Zanjani

سیداسماعیل موسوی زنجانی | 1928 (1928) | 18 December 2002(2002-12-18) (aged 73–74)  |  Pari, Imperial State of Iran |  Ardabil, Zanjan | \-
59  |  | Seyed Abolfazl Mousavi Tabrizi

سید ابوالفضل موسوی تبریزی‎ | 1935 (1935) | 14 April 2003(2003-04-14) (aged 67–68)  |  Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran |  Tabriz, Iran | \-
60  |  | al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Hakim

السيد محمد باقر الحكيم | 1939 (1939) | 29 August 2003(2003-08-29) (aged 63–64)  |  Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq |  Najaf, Iraq | \-
61  |  | Mohammed Sadegh Sadeghi Givi Khalkhali

محمد صادق صادقی گیوی خلخالی | (1926-07-27)27 July 1926  | 26 November 2003(2003-11-26) (aged 77)  |  Givi, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | \-
62  |  | Hasanali Morvarid

حسنعلى مرواريد‎‎ | 1911 (1911) | 5 October 2004(2004-10-05) (aged 92–93)  |  Mashhad, Sublime State of Persia |  Mashhad, Iran | \-
63  |  | Mohammad Va'ez Abaee-Khorasani

محمد واعظ عبایی خراسانی | 1940 (1940) | 13 October 2004(2004-10-13) (aged 63–64)  |  Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | \-
64  |  | Seyed Jalalodin Ashtiani

سید جلال‌الدین آشتیانی | 1925 (1925) | 23 March 2005(2005-03-23) (aged 79–80)  |  Ashtian, Sublime State of Persia |  Mashhad, Iran | \-
65  |  | Nematollah Salehi Najafabadi

نعمت‌الله صالحی نجف‌آبادی | 1923 (1923) | 6 May 2006(2006-05-06) (aged 82–83)  |  Najafabad, Sublime State of Persia |  Tehran, Iran | \-
66  |  | Mohammad-Hadi Ma'refat

محمدهادی معرفت | 1931 (1931) | 19 January 2007(2007-01-19) (aged 75–76)  |  Karbala, Mandatory Iraq |  Qom, Iran | \-
67  |  | Abdul Karim Haghshenas

عبدالکریم حق‌شناس‎ | 1919 (1919) | 24 July 2007(2007-07-24) (aged 87–88)  |  Tehran, Sublime State of Persia |  Tehran, Iran | \-
68  |  | Ali Akbar Feyz Aleni

علی‌اکبر فیض آلنی‎ | (1921-12-02)2 December 1921  | 30 July 2007(2007-07-30) (aged 85)  |  Meshgin, Sublime State of Persia |  Tehran, Iran | \-
69  |  | al-Sayyid Murtadha Sharif al-Askari

السيد مرتضى العسكري | (1914-05-14)14 May 1914  | 16 September 2007(2007-09-16) (aged 93)  |  Samarra, Baghdad vilayet |  Tehran, Iran | \-
70  |  | Ahmad Mojtahedi Tehrani

احمد مجتهدی تهرانی | (1923-10-02)2 October 1923  | 13 January 2008(2008-01-13) (aged 84)  |  Tehran, Sublime State of Persia |  Tehran, Iran | \-
71  |  | Mohammad-Reza Tavassoli

محمدرضا توسلی‎ | 1931 (1931) | 16 February 2008(2008-02-16) (aged 76–77)  |  Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | [16]
72  |  | al-Sayyid Muhammad Ridha al-Hussayni al-Shirazi

السيد محمد رضا الحسيني الشيرازي | 1959 (1959) | 1 June 2008(2008-06-01) (aged 48–49)  |  Karbala, Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) |  Qom, Iran | \-
73  |  | al-Sayyid Muhammad Ali al-Hakim

السيد محمد علي الحكيم | 1911 (1911) | 27 February 2011(2011-02-27) (aged 99–100)  |  Najaf, Baghdad vilayet |  Najaf, Iraq | \-
74  |  | Abbas-Ali Amid Zanjani

عباسعلی عمید زنجانی | (1937-03-30)30 March 1937  | 30 October 2011(2011-10-30) (aged 74)  |  Zanjan, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | \-
75  |  | Mohammed Taqi Morvarid

محمد تقى مرواريد‎ | 1921 (1921) | 22 October 2012(2012-10-22) (aged 90–91)  |  Mashhad, Sublime State of Persia |  Ilam, Iran | \-
76  |  | Seyed Karamatollah Malek Hosseini

سید کرامت‌الله ملک‌حسینی | 1924 (1924) | 2 November 2012(2012-11-02) (aged 87–88)  |  Gusheh-ye Shahzadeh Qasem, Sublime State of Persia |  Yasuj, Iran | \-
77  |  | Azizollah Khoshvaght

عزیزالله خوشوقت‎ | 1926 (1926) | 19 February 2013(2013-02-19) (aged 86–87)  |  Tehran, Imperial State of Iran |  Mecca, Saudi Arabia | \-
78  |  | Seyed Mojtaba Mosavi Lari

سید مجتبی موسوی لاری | 1925 (1925) | 9 March 2013(2013-03-09) (aged 87–88)  |  Lar, Imperial State of Iran |  Iran | \-
79  |  | Abd al-Hadi al-Fadli

عبد الهادي الفضلي | (1935-12-06)6 December 1935  | 8 April 2013(2013-04-08) (aged 77)  |  Basra, Kingdom of Iraq |  Qatif, Saudi Arabia | \-
80  |  | Gholamreza Rezvani

غلامرضا رضوانی | (1922-09-24)24 September 1922  | 19 April 2013(2013-04-19) (aged 90)  |  Sublime State of Persia |  Iran | \-
81  |  | Seyyed Jalaleddin Taheri Esfahani

سید جلال‌الدین طاهری اصفهانی | (1926-01-01)1 January 1926  | 2 June 2013(2013-06-02) (aged 87)  |  Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran |  Isfahan, Iran | [17]
82  |  | Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani

محمد محمدی گیلانی‎ | (1928-08-31)31 August 1928  | 9 July 2014(2014-07-09) (aged 85)  |  Imperial State of Iran |  Iran | \-
83  |  | Mohammad-Reza Mahdavi Kani

محمدرضا مهدوی کنی‎ | (1931-08-06)6 August 1931  | 21 October 2014(2014-10-21) (aged 83)  |  Kan District, Tehran, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | [18]
84  |  | al-Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Musawi al-Muhri

السيد محمد باقر الموسوي المهري | (1948-12-25)25 December 1948  | 4 July 2015(2015-07-04) (aged 66)  |  Kuwait City, Kuwait |  Jabriya, Kuwait | \-
85  |  | Abolghasem Khazali Boroujerdi

ابوالقاسم خزعلی بروجردی‎ | (1925-03-21)21 March 1925  | 16 September 2015(2015-09-16) (aged 90)  |  Borujerd, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | \-
86  |  | Nimr Baqir al-Nimr

نمر باقر النمر | (1959-06-21)21 June 1959  | 2 January 2016(2016-01-02) (aged 56)  |  Al-Awamiyah, Saudi Arabia |  Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | \-
87  |  | Abbas Vaez-Tabasi

عباس واعظ طبسی‎ | (1935-06-25)25 June 1935  | 4 March 2016(2016-03-04) (aged 80)  |  Tabas, Imperial State of Iran |  Mashhad, Iran | [19]
88  |  | Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani

اکبر هاشمی رفسنجانی‎ | (1934-08-25)25 August 1934  | 8 January 2017(2017-01-08) (aged 82)  |  Bahreman, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | [20]
89  |  | Nasrallah Shah Abadi

نصرالله شاه آبادی | (1930-09-24)24 September 1930  | 12 March 2018(2018-03-12) (aged 87)  |  Qom, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | \-
90  |  | Asadollah Imani

اسد‌الله ایمانی | 1947 (1947) | 6 May 2018(2018-05-06) (aged 70–71)  |  Kazerun, Imperial State of Iran |  Shiraz, Iran | [21]
91  |  | Gholamreza Hassani

غلامرضا حسنی‎ | (1927-07-21)21 July 1927  | 21 May 2018(2018-05-21) (aged 90)  |  Urmia, Imperial State of Iran |  Urmia, Iran | [22]
92  |  | Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi

سید محمود هاشمی شاهرودی‎ | (1948-08-15)15 August 1948  | 24 December 2018(2018-12-24) (aged 70)  |  Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq |  Tehran, Iran | [23]
93  |  | Mir Ebrahim Seyyed Hatami

میرابراهیم سیدحاتمی‎ | 1924 (1924) | 6 January 2019(2019-01-06) (aged 94–95)  |  Ardabil, Sublime State of Persia |  Qom, Iran | [24]
94  |  | Mohammad Momen

محمد مؤمن | (1938-01-13)13 January 1938  | 21 February 2019(2019-02-21) (aged 81)  |  Qom, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | [25]
95  |  | Seyyed Hadi Khosroshahi

سید هادی خسروشاهی‎ | 1939 (1939) | 27 February 2020(2020-02-27) (aged 80–81)  |  Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | \-
96  |  | Reza Mohammadi Langroudi

رضا محمدی لنگرودی‎ | (1928-08-03)3 August 1928  | 5 March 2020(2020-03-05) (aged 91)  |  Langarud, Imperial State of Iran |  Langarud, Iran | [26]
97  |  | Sayyid Hashem Bathaie Golpayegani

سید هاشم بطحایی گلپایگانی‎ | 1941 (1941) | 16 March 2020(2020-03-16) (aged 78–79)  |  Guged, Imperial State of Iran |  Qom, Iran | [27]
98  |  | Ebrahim Amini

ابراهیم امینی | (1925-06-30)30 June 1925  | 24 April 2020(2020-04-24) (aged 94)  |  Najafabad, Imperial State of Iran |  Qom, Iran | [28]
99  |  | Mohammad-Ali Taskhiri

محمد علی تسخیر | (1944-10-19)19 October 1944  | 18 August 2020(2020-08-18) (aged 75)  |  Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq |  Tehran, Iran | \-
100  |  | Abdol Javad Alamolhoda

سید عبدالجواد علم الهدی | 1930 (1930) | 20 August 2020(2020-08-20) (aged 89–90)  |  Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran |  Mashhad, Iran | [29]
101  |  | Mohammad Yazdi

محمد یزدی‎ | (1931-07-02)2 July 1931  | 9 December 2020(2020-12-09) (aged 89)  |  Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran |  Qom, Iran | [30]
102  |  | Mohammad-Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi

محمدتقی مصباح‌ یزدی‎ | (1935-01-31)31 January 1935  | 1 January 2021(2021-01-01) (aged 85)  |  Yazd, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | [31]
103  |  | Seyyed Mohammad Ziaabadi

سید محمد ضیاءآبادی‎ | 1928 (1928) | 8 February 2021(2021-02-08) (aged 92–93)  |  Ziaabad, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | [32]
104  |  | Fakhreddin Mousavi Naneh Karani

فخرالدین موسوی ننه‌کرانی‎ | 1930 (1930) | 18 September 2021(2021-09-18) (aged 90–91)  |  Ardabil, Imperial State of Iran |  Ardabil, Iran | [33]
105  |  | Hassan Hassanzadeh Amoli

حسن حسن‌زاده آملی‎ | (1929-02-10)February 10, 1929  | 25 September 2021(2021-09-25) (aged 92)  |  Larijan, Imperial State of Iran |  Amol, Iran |

[34]

106  |  | Mohsen Mojtahed Shabestari

محسن مجتهد شبستری‎ | 1937 (1937) | 17 November 2021(2021-11-17) (aged 83–84)  |  Shabestar, Imperial State of Iran |  Tehran, Iran | \-
107  |  | al-Sayyid Razi al-Hussayni al-Shirazi

السيد رضي الحسيني الشيرازي | (1927-03-29)29 March 1927  | 1 December 2021(2021-12-01) (aged 94)  |  Najaf, Mandatory Iraq |  Tehran, Iran | \-
108  |  | Mohammad Reyshahri

محمد ری‌‌شهری‎ | (1946-10-29)29 October 1946  | 21 March 2022(2022-03-21) (aged 75)  |  Rey, Iran |  Tehran, Iran | \-
109  |  | Seyed Mohammad Faghie

سید محمد فقیه | (1942-04-10)10 April 1942  | 22 March 2022(2022-03-22) (aged 79)  |  Neyriz, Imperial State of Iran |  Shiraz, Iran | \-
110  |  | Mohammad Feyz Sarabi

محمد فیض سرابی | (1928-08-23)23 August 1928  | 11 April 2022(2022-04-11) (aged 93)  |  Sarab, Iran |  Iran | \-
111  |  | Seyyed Abdollah Fateminia

سید عبدالله فاطمی‌نیا | (1946-08-14)14 August 1946  | 16 May 2022(2022-05-16) (aged 75)  |  Tabriz, Iran |  Iran | \-
112  |  | Mohammad Ali Naseri

محمدعلی ناصری | (1930-11-25)25 November 1930  | 26 August 2022(2022-08-26) (aged 91)  |  Dolat Abad, Iran |  Isfahan, Iran | [35]
113  |  | Seyed Hassan Saadat Mostafavi

سید حسن سعادت مصطفوی | (1936-05-22)22 May 1936  | 28 August 2022(2022-08-28) (aged 86)  |  Qaen, Iran |  Tehran, Iran | [36]
114  |  | Ali Moradkhani Arangeh

علی مرادخانی ارنگه | (1926-04-22)22 April 1926  | 19 October 2022(2022-10-19) (aged 96)  |  Tehran, Iran |  Iran | [37]
115  |  | Abbas Ali Akhtari

عباسعلی اختری | (1939-12-07)7 December 1939  | 31 October 2022(2022-10-31) (aged 82)  |  Sorkheh, Iran |  Iran | [38]
116  |  | Abbas Ali Soleimani

عباسعلی سلیمانی | (1947-05-25)25 May 1947  | 26 April 2023(2023-04-26) (aged 75)  |  Mazandaran, Iran |  Iran | [39]
117  |  | Ali Orumian

علی ارومیان | 1932 (1932) | 23 January 2024 (aged 92)  |  Maragheh, Iran |  Iran | [40]
118  |  | Abdolnabi Namazi

عبدالنبی نمازی | 1948 (1948) | 28 January 2024(2024-01-28) (aged 75–76)  |  Dashti, Bushehr, Iran |  Iran | [41]
119  |  | Mohammed Emami-Kashani

محمد امامی کاشانی‎ | (1931-10-03)3 October 1931  | 2 March 2024(2024-03-02) (aged 92)  |  Kashan, Iran |  Iran | [42]
120  |  | Ali al-Kourani

علي الكوراني | (1944-11-22)22 November 1944  | 19 May 2024(2024-05-19) (aged 79)  |  Yater, Lebanon |  Qom, Iran | [43]
121  |  | Seyed Ebrahim Raisol-Sadati

سید ابراهیم رئیس‌الساداتی‎ | (1960-12-14)14 December 1960  | 19 May 2024(2024-05-19) (aged 63)  |  Mashhad, Iran |  Iran | The then President of Iran died in a helicopter crash
122  |  | Seyed Mohammad Ali Ale-Hashem

سید محمدعلی آل‌هاشم | 1962 (1962) | 19 May 2024(2024-05-19) (aged 61–62)  |  Tabriz, Iran |  Iran | Was alongside Raisi in the helicopter crash
123  |  | Hassan Raza Ghadeeri

حسن رضا غدیری | (1952-08-14)14 August 1952  | 21 August 2024(2024-08-21) (aged 72)  |  Lahore, Pakistan |  London, United Kingdom | [44]
124  |  | al-Sayyid Fadhil al-Hussayni al-Milani

السيد فاضل الحسيني الميلاني | (1944-05-30)30 May 1944  | 2 September 2024(2024-09-02) (aged 80)  |  Karbala, Iraq |  London, United Kingdom | \-
125  |  | al-Sayyid Mohammad Ali al-Shirazi

السيد محمد علی الشيرازي | 1948 (1948) | 19 December 2024(2024-12-19) (aged 75–76)  |  Najaf, Iraq |  Iraq | \-
126  |  | Monireh Gorji

منیره گرجی | 1929 (1929) | 12 January 2025(2025-01-12) (aged 95–96)  |  Tehran, Iran |  Tehran, Iran | \-

* India Al-Allamah, Al-Faqeeh, Al-Adeeb Ayatollah Shaikh Ali Hazeen Lahiji (17th century)[45]
* India Ayatollah Aga Syed Mehdi Kashmiri (d.1892)[7]
* India Ayat-ul-Ilm-e-wat-Tuqa Ayatullah Syed Imdad Ali – First Ameed Jamia-e-Imania, Banaras[45]
* India Jawad-ul-Ulama Ayatollah Syed Ali Jawad Al-Husaini, Zangipur/Banaras (1857-1920) – Mu'aasir wa Ham-Jama'at Sahib-e-Abaqaat[45]
* India Munaitiq-e-Zaman Ayatullah Syed Mohammad Sajjad Al-Husaini – Founder Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (1928)[45]
* India Qudwat-ul-Fuqaha Ayatullah Syed Sibte Husain, Jaunpur[45]
* India Ayatollah Syed Ali Shah Rizvi Kashmiri[45]
* India Alam-ul-Aalaam Ayatullah Syed Muzaffar Husain Al-Husaini – First Haadi (Supreme Authority) Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (d.1944)[45]
* India Ayatollah Syed Mohammad Abul Hasan Rizvi Kashmiri – Founder of Sultanul Madaris son of Ayatollah Syed Ali Shah Rizvi Kashmiri[45]
* India Ayatollah Syed Mohammad Mosawi Ichgami Kashmiri (1910 - 1959)[46]
* Saudi Arabia Ayatollah Sheikh Muhammad Ali al-Amri[47]
* India Fakhr Ul Islam Alhaj Allama Syed Taqi Hasan Naqvi Wafa Sahab Qibla known as Raees Ul Fuqaha (1921-1998) President of Idara E Jaferia, Principal of Madarsa and Hawza Ilmia Jaferia (Qadeem) and founder of Jaferia Technical Institute

## See also

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* Shia Islam portal
* politics portal

* List of current maraji
* List of deceased maraji
* List of hujjatul Islams

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## External links

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* "Ayatollah Khonsari, 98, Dies - A Noted Iranian Theologian". The New York Times. Reuters. 20 January 1985. Retrieved 29 January 2014.

## Further reading

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* The book "Durr-e-Mansoor dar Halaat-e-Ulama-e-Zangipur"[full citation needed]
* The research work of Dr. Inayet Ali on "life of Jawad-ul-Ulama" from Aligarh Muslim University.[full citation needed]
* The booklet "Haqnuma" published Jamia-Imania, Banaras.[full citation needed]