List of deceased maraji

This article provides the list of deceased maraji (plural of marja, the supreme legal authority or the source of emulation), both current and deceased, followed by Twelver (also known as Imamiyyah) Shia Muslims around the world. The concept of a marja-i taqlid (lit. source of emulation) is central to Usuli Shi'a Islam.[1] Marja-i taqlids provide religious interpretations on matters of law and rituals. Among the functions of marja-i taqlids is the collection and distribution of religious taxes (zakat and khums).

Deceased edit

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

Till 350 AH/960 CE edit

Following are ulema (who may or may not be considered maraji) who have spent their major life spans before 350 AH/960 CE:

No
Image
Name
Year of birth[2]
CE
AH
Year of death[2]
CE
AH
Birth
Education
Death
Website
Notes
1 - Aban -
Abu Sa'id Aban ibn Taghlib ibn Rubah al-Bakri al-Jurairi al-Kindi al-Rabie al-Kufi
-
-
-
758
141
  Iraq   Saudi Arabia   Saudi Arabia Biography ,[3][4]
2 - Abu Baseer -
Yehya Bin al-Qasim al-Hadhdha’
-
-
-
-
150
- - - Biography [5]
3 - Ibn Muslim -
Mohammad bin Muslim
-
-
-
-
-
- - - Biography [6]
4 - Zakariya Qummi -
Zakariya bin Adam-e-Qummi
-
-
-
-
-
- - - - ,[7][8]
5 - Yunus -
Yunus bin Abdul-Rahman
-
-
-
825-826
210
- - - - ,[9][10]
6 - Safwan -
Abu Muhammad Safwan ibn Yahya al Bajali Bayya' al-Sabiri
-
-
-
-
-
- - - - ,[10][11][12]
7 - Abu Umayr -
Muhammad bin Abu-Umayr
-
-
-
-
-
- - - - [10]
8 - Mughirah -
Abdullah bin al-Mughirah
-
-
-
-
-
- - - - [10]
9 - Ali al-Uraidhi - علي العريضي
Abu Hasan Ali al-Uraidhi ibn Ja'far al-Sadiq
-
757-
140-
835+
220+
  Saudi Arabia   Saudi Arabia   Saudi Arabia Biography -
10 - Rad -
al-Hassan bin Mahboob al-Rad (or al‑Sarrad or al‑Zarrad) al‑Kufi
-
-
-
839
224
- - - - ,[10][13][14][15]
11 - Abi-Nasr -
Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Abi-Nasr
-
-
-
-
-
- - - - [10]
12 - Uthman al-Amri -
Uthman ibn Sa’id al-Asadi
-
-
-
-
267-
- - - - [16]
13 - Abū Is’hāq -
Abū Is’hāq Ibrāhīm ibn Muhammad ibn Sa’eed ibn Hilāl Thaqafī Isfahānī
-
-
-
896+
283
  Iraq   Iraq   Iran Biography -
14 - Ahwāzī -
Abū Muhammad Husein ibn Sa’īd ibn Hamād ibn Mehrān Ahwāzī
-
-
896+
283+
  Iraq   Iraq   Iran Biography [17]
15 - Mohammad al-Amri -
Mohammad bin Saeed al-Amri
-
-
-
-
305
- - - - [18]
16 - Ummani -
al-Hasan ibn 'Ali ibn Abi `Aqil al-`Ummani
-
-
-
941
329
- - - - ,[19][20][21][22]
17 - Qummi - قمي'
Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi
علي بن القمي
-
-
941
329
- - - - [19]
18 - Kulayni - الكليني
Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
محمد بن يعقوب الكليني
864
250
941
329
  Iran   Iraq   Iraq Biography 1, Biography 2 [19]
19 - Iskāfī -
Abū Alī Muhammad ibn Humām ibn Suhail Iskāfī
-
872
258
947
336
  Iraq   Iraq   Iraq Biography -

351 AH/961 CE to 1200 AH/1785 CE edit

Following are ulema who have spent their major life span between 350 AH/961 CE & 1200 AH/1785 CE:

S No
Image
Name
Year of birth[2]
CE
AH
Year of death[2]
CE
AH
Birth
Education
Death
Website
Notes
1 - Ibn-e Qūliwayh -
Sheikh Abul-Qāsim Ja’far ibn Muhammad son of Ja’far ibn Mūsā ibn Masrūr ibn Qūliwayh-e Qummī
-
-
-
0977
367
  Iran   Iran   Iran Biography -
2 - Ayyashi - عياشي
Ayyashi al-Samarqandi
عياشي السمرقندي
-
-
0978
368
- - - - [19]
3 - Abū Ghālib Zurārī
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Suleimān ibn Hasan ibn Jahm ibn Bukair ibn A’yun Shaybānī Kūfī Baghdadi
-
898
285
0978
368
  Iraq   Iraq   Iraq Biography -
4 - Iskafi -
Ibn Junayd al-Iskafi
-
-
-
0991
381
- - - - [19]
5 - Shaykh Saduq - شيخ صدوق
Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Babawayh al-Qummi
أبو جعفر محمد ابن علي ابن بابويه القمي
918
305
0993
383
  Iran   Iraq   Iran - -
6 - Saheb, Al Kafat - صاحب
Ismail ibne Ibad
صاحب بن عباد
-
-
0993
383
  Iran   Iran   Iran Biography [19]
7 - Al-Sharif al-Radi or Razi - الرضي
Sayyid al-Razi
الشريف الرضي
970
359
1015
406
  Iraq   Iraq   Iraq - [19]
8 - Shaykh Mufid - شيخ مفيد
Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn al-Nu'man al-'Ukbari al-Baghdadi
أبو عبد الله محمد بن محمد بن النعمان البغدادي
948
336
1022
413
  Iraq   Iraq   Iraq - [19]
9 Ibn Sīnā - ابن سینا
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh ibn Sīnā
-
980
Safar 370
1037
4 Ramadan 428
  Iran   Iran   Iran Biography -
10 - Sayyid Murtadhā - سيد مرتضى
Abu al-Qāsim ‘Alī ibn Husayn al-Syyid al-Murtadhā Alam al-Huda
أبو القاسم علي بن الحسين السيد المرتضى علم الهدى
965
355
1044
436
- - - - ,[19][23]
11 - Halabi - حلبي
Abu al-Salah al-Halabi
أبو الصلاح الحلبي
-
-
1055
447
- - - - [19]
12 - Najjashi - النجاشي
Ahmad ibn Ali al-Najjashi
احمد بن علي النجاشي
-
-
1058
450
- - - [19]
13 - Shaykh Tusi - شیخ طوسی
Abu Jafar Muhammad ibn Hasan Tusi
ابوجعفر محمد بن حسن طوسی
995
385
1068
460
- - - [19]
14 - Ibn Barraj - بن براج
Qazi Abdul-Aziz al-Halabi
قاضي عبد العزيز الحلبي
-
-
1088
481
- - - [19]
15 - Hākim Haskāni, Ibn-e-Haddād -
Qāzi Hākim AbulQāsīm Ubeidullāh Ibn Abdullāh Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn Haskāni Qurashī Āmirī Neishābūrī
-
-
1097
490
- - - Biography -
16 - Allamah Tabarsi - العلامة الطبرسي
Amin al-Islam Abu Ali Fadal ibn Hassan ibn al-Fadl al-Tabarsi
أمين الإسلام الطبرسي
1074
468
1153
548
- - - Biography [19]
17 - Rawandi
Qutubuddin Rawandi
-
-
-
1177
573
- - - - [19]
18 - Ibne Ashob
Ibne Shahr Ashob
-
-
-
1177
588
- - - - [19]
19 - Hilli
Muhammad Ibn Idrees Hilli
-
1148
543
1202
598
  Iraq   Iraq   Iraq Biography [19]
20 - KASHMIRI
Sayyed Hussain Qummi
  Iran   Iran   India [19]
21 - Muntajabuddīn
Muntajabuddīn Alī Ibn Ubaidullāh Ibn Hasan Ibn Bābiwayh Qummī
-
-
504
1204
600
  Iran   Iran   Iran Biography -
21 - Ibn Taoos
Syed Razi Al Deen Abul Qasim Ali Ibn Moosa Ibn Jafar Ibn Taoos
-
-
5 Moharrum 579
1266
664
  Iraq   Iraq   Iraq Biography [19]
22 - Nasiruddin Toosi
Khwajah Nasiruddin Toosi
-
-
597
1274
673
- - - - ,[19][23]
23 - Ghayas ud Deen
Syed Abd al Karim Ibn Jamal ud Deen Ahmed Ibn Moosa Ibn Jafar ibn Taoos
-
1250
648
1294
693
- - - Biography -
24 - Muhaqqiq al-Hilli
Jafar ibne Yahya ibn Hasan ibne Saeed
-
1204
602
1277
676
- - - Biography -
25 - Irbeli
Abul Hasan Ali ibne Isā ibne Abulfath Irbeli
-
-
-
1294
693
- - - Biography -
26 - Allamah Hilli
Abu Mafsoor Hasan ibn Yusuf ibne Ali ibn Mazaher
-
1250
19 Ramadan 648
1326
11 Muharram 726
- - - Biography [19][23]
27 - Mahaqqeqeen Hilli
Fakhrul Mahaqqeqeen Hilli
-
-
-
1368
771
- - - https://en.wikishia.net/view/Muhammad_b._al-Hasan_al-Hilli [19]
28 - Shaheed Awwal
Abu Abd Allah Shams ud Deen Mohammed ibn Jamal ud Deen Makki
-
1334
734
1384
786
  Lebanon   Saudi Arabia   Syria - [19]
29 - Miqdad
Fazil Miqdad
-
-
-
1423
826
- - - - [19] -
30 - Asadi
Ahmed bin Fahd Hilli Asadi
-
-
757
1437
841
- - - [19]
31 - Bayādhi
Ali bin Yūnus Nabāti Bayādhi
-
1402
804
1472
877
- - - Biography -
32 - Kaf’ami
Taqiyuddin Ibrahim Kaf’ami
-
-
-
1500
905
- - - - [19]
33 - Muhaqqiq al-Karaki
Nuraddin Ali ibn Abdul-Aal al-Karki
-
-
870
1533
940
- - - - [23]
34 - Shaheed Saani
Jamal ud Deen ibn Noor ud Deen Ali ibn Fazil Ahmed ibn jamal ud Deen ibn Taqi ibn Mohammed Saleh
-
1505
911
1559
966
  Lebanon   Iraq   Saudi Arabia - [19]
35 - Muqaddas Ardebili
Mohammed ibn Ahmed Ardebili
-
-
-
1585
Safar 993
  Iran   Iraq   Iraq Biography [19]
36 - Shaheed Salis
Qazi Nurullah Shustari
-
1549
956
1610
1019
  Iran   Iraq   India - [19]
37 - Shaykh Bahai
Mohammed bin Hasan al Harthi Jeehi Amili Bahai
-
1546
17 Moharram 953
1622
12 Shawwal 1031
  Lebanon   Iran   Iran Biography [19]
38 - Mulla Sadra
Ṣadr ad-Dīn Muḥammad Shīrāzī
-
1571/2
1640
1050
- - - - [19]
39 - Allameh Majlisi Awwal
Mohammad Taqi Majlisi
-
-
-
1660
1070
- - - - [19]
40 - Mulla Mazandarani
Saleh Mazandarani
-
-
-
1670
1081
- - - - [19]
41 - Muhaqqiq Sabzwari
Muhammad Baqir Sabzwari
-
-
-
1679
1090
- - - - [24]
42 - Mulla Faiz Kashani
Mohammed Mohsin Faiz Kashani
-
1599
1007
1680
1091
  Iran   Iran   Iran Biography [19]
43   Muhaqqiq Khwansari
Husain Khwansari
-
- 1607
-
1687
1098
- - - - [24]
44 - Shaykh Ameli
Shaykh Hurr Ameli
-
-
8 Rajab 1033
1693
21 Ramadan 1104
- - - Biography [19]
45 - Allamah Bahrani
Sayyed Hashim Bahrani
-
-
-
1696
1107
- - - - [19]
46   Allamah Majlisi Sani
Mohammad Baqir Majlisi
-
1628
1037
1699
1111
  Iran   Iran   Iran Biography [19]
47 - Jazaeri
Sayyed Ne’matullah Jazaeri
-
-
-
1700
1112
- - - - [19]
48 - Aqa Khunsari
Jamaluddin Mohammad Khunsari
-
-
-
1713
1125
- - - - [19]
49 - Mirza Afandi
Mirza Abdullah Isfahani Afandi
-
-
-
1718
1130
- - - - [19][25]
50 - 'Fazil-e-Hindi
Muhammad Bahauddin Fazil bin Hasan bin Muhammad Isfahani
-
-
1062
1725
1137
- - - Biography ,[19][24]
51 - Sahib Hadaeq
Yusuf bin Ahmed
-
-
-
1772
1186
- - - - [19]
52 - Wahid Al-Bihbahani
Muhammad Baqir bin Muhammad Akmal
-
-
1118
1793
1207
- - - - ,[19][23]
53 - Mulla Naraqi
Mohammad Mahdee Naraqi
-
1716
1128
1794
1209
  Iran   Iran   Iran Biography [19]
54 - Allamah Bahrul Uloom
Sayyed Mohammad Mahdi Bahrul Uloom
-
1742
Shawwal 1155
1797
1212
  Iraq   Iraq   Iraq Biography [19]

Between 1201 AH/1786 CE and 1300 AH/1883 CE edit

Following are ulema (who may or may not be considered maraji) who have spent their major life span after 1201 AH/1785 CE & 1300 AH/1883 CE:

S No
Image
Name
Year of birth Year of death Birth
Education
Death
Website
Notes
1 - Ayatullah Ameli
Sayyed Jawad Husainee Ameli

1811
1226
- [19]
2 - Ayatullah Kashifal Ghita
Shaikh Ja’far Kashifal Ghita

1813
1228
- [26]
3 - Mirza-ye Qomi
Mirza Abolghasem Gilani
1739
1815
1231
[19]
4 - Tabatabai
Sayyed Ali Tabatabai

1816
1231
[19]
5 - Ghufraan Ma'ab - غفران ماب
Syed Dildar Ali Naqvi Naseerabadi
سيد دلدار على نصيرابادى
1753
17 Rabi-us-sani 1166
3 May 1820
19 Rajab-ul-Murajjab1235
  India   India -   Iran -   Iraq   India Biography 1, Biography 2 -
6 - Mulla Naraqi II
Mulla Ahmad Naraqi
1771
1185
1826+
1241+
  Iran   Iran   Iran Biography -
7 - Ayatullah Mujahid
Sayyed Mohammad Mujahid

1827
1242
[19]
8 - Shabbar
Sayyed Abdullah Shabbar

1827
1242
[19]
9 - Mirza Mujtahid
Mirza Maseeh Mujtahid

1830
1245
[19]
10 - Shafti
Sayyed Mohammad Baqir Shafti

1844
1260
  Iran   Iraq   Iran Biography [19]
11 - Mulla Barghani
Mohammad Taqi Barghani

1847-48
1264
[19]
12 - Sadr al-Din
Sadr al-Din bin Saleh
1779
1194
1848
1264
  Lebanon   Iraq   Iran -
13   Saheb e Jawahir - Najafi
Sheikh Muhammad Hassan Najafi
1785
1200
1850
1265
  Iraq   Iraq   Iraq - [19]
14 - Aalam-ul-ulama
Sayyed Sibt-e-Hussain

1868
1952
15   Mulla Sabzewari
Hadi Sabzewari

1872
1289
  Iran   Iran   Iran [19]
16   Shaikh Ansari
Murtaza bin Muhammad Amin Ansari
-
1799
1214
1880
1298
  Iran   Iraq   Iraq Biography [19]
17   Mulla Keni
Ali Keni

1889
1306
[19]
18 - Meer Husain
Meer Hamid Husain Musavi

1889
1306
[19]
19 - Mulla Hamadani
Husain Quli Hamadani

1893
1311
[19]
20   Mirzaye Shirazi
Sayyed Mohammad Hassan Shirazi

1894
1312
  Iran   Iraq   Iraq [19]
21 - Mirza Rashti
Mirza Habibullah Rashti

1894
1312
  Iran   Iraq   Iraq [19]
22 - Abul Hasan Kaskmiri
Allama Abul Hasan Rizvi Kashmiri Lucknowi


1313
  India   India-  Iraq   Iraq [19]
23   Mirza Jilweh
Mirza Abul Hasan Jilweh

1896
1314
  Iran   Iran   Iran [19]
24   Allamah Ashrafi
Mulla Muhammad Ashrafi
1804
1219
1898
1315
  Iran   Iran -   Iraq   Iran

ويكي

[19]
25   Allamah Assadabadi
Sayyed Jamaluddin Assadabadi

1896
1314
[19]

Between 1900-1980 CE (1318-1400 AH) edit

Following are ulema (who may or may not be considered maraji) who have spent their major life span after 1301 AH/1884 CE to 1400 AH/1980 CE:

S No
Image
Name
Year of birth Year of death Birth
Death
Notes
1   Mirza Mohammad Hasan Ashtiyani

میرزا محمدحسن آشتیانی
1832 (1832) 1900 (aged 67–68)   Ashtian, Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Sublime State of Persia [19]
2   Mirza Muhammad Baqir Sharif Tabatabaei

میرزا محمدباقر شریف طباطبایی
(1823-10-14)14 October 1823 5 November 1901(1901-11-05) (aged 78)   Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia   Jandagh, Sublime State of Persia -
3   Mirza Husain Noori Tabarsi

میرزا حسین نوری طبرسی
1838 (1838) 1902 (aged 63–64)   Pichdeh Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet Biography [19]
4   Aqa Reza Hamedani

آقا رضا همدانی
1834 (1834) 1904 (aged 69–70)   Sublime State of Persia   Baghdad vilayet [19]
5   Mohammad Taha Najafi [ar]

محمد طه نجف
1825 (1825) 1905 (aged 79–80)   Najaf, Baghdad Eyalet   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet [19]
6 Sayed Murtaza Razavi Kashmiri

سیدمرتضی رضوی کشمیری
1851 (1851) 1905 (aged 53–54)   British India   Baghdad vilayet [27]
7   Sheikh Mohammad Behari [fa]

شیخ محمد بهاری
1849 (1849) 1907 (aged 57–58)   Bahar Sublime State of Persia   Bahar Sublime State of Persia [19]
8 Mohammad Bagher Estahbanati

محمد باقر اصطهباناتی
1837 (1837) 8 March 1908(1908-03-08) (aged 70–71)   Estahban, Sublime State of Persia   Shiraz, Sublime State of Persia -
9   Mirza Hossein Khalili Tehrani

میرزا حسین خلیلی تهرانی
1815 (1815) 4 November 1908(1908-11-04) (aged 92–93)   Najaf, Baghdad Eyalet   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet [28]
10   Sheikh Fazlollah Noori

شيخ فضل‌الله نوری
(1843-12-24)24 December 1843 31 July 1909(1909-07-31) (aged 65)   Mazandaran Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Sublime State of Persia [19]
11   Seyyed Abdollah Behbahani

سیدعبدالله بهبهانی
1840 (1840) 15 July 1910(1910-07-15) (aged 69–70)   Najaf, Baghdad Eyalet   Tehran, Sublime State of Persia -
12   Hakeem Mirza Jahangir Khan Qashqai [fa]

حکیم میرزاجهانگیرخان قشقایی
1827 (1827) 16 September 1910(1910-09-16) (aged 82–83)   Kezen, Sublime State of Persia   Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia [19]
13   Mirza Abutaleb Zanjani

میرزا ابوطالب زنجانی
(1843-12-10)10 December 1843 16 March 1911(1911-03-16) (aged 67)   Zanjan Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Sublime State of Persia [29]
14   Mola Mohammad Kazem Khorasani

ملا محمد کاظم خراسانی
1839 (1839) 12 December 1911(1911-12-12) (aged 71–72)   Mashhad, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet [19]
15   Allameh Ali Asghar Mazandarani

علامه علی‌اصغر مازندرانی
1826 (1826) 1911 (aged 84–85)   Amirkola, Sublime State of Persia   Amirkola, Sublime State of Persia -
16   Abdallah Mazandarani

عبدالله مازندرانی
1840 (1840) 21 October 1912(1912-10-21) (aged 71–72)   Amol, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet -
17 Sheikh Reza Tabrizi

آقا رضا تبریزی
1848 (1848) 1912 (aged 63–64)   Sublime State of Persia   Baghdad vilayet Biography in Arabic.
18 Seyed Ahmad Karbala'i Tehrani

سید احمد کربلایی تهرانی
1864 (1864) 1913 (aged 48–49)   Baghdad vilayet   Baghdad vilayet Biography in Farsi [30]
19   Haj Sheikh Mohammad Baqer Behari Hamedani [fa]

حاج شیخ محمّد باقر بهاری همدانی
1859 (1859) 1914 (aged 54–55)   Bahar Sublime State of Persia   Hamadan, Sublime State of Persia [19]
20   Akhund Mullah Mohammad Kashani

آخوند ملا محمد کاشانی
1834 (1834) 3 July 1915(1915-07-03) (aged 80–81)   Kashan, Sublime State of Persia   Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia -
21 Mohammad Ali Rashti

محمدعلی رشتی
1836 (1836) 1915 (aged 78–79)   Sublime State of Persia   Sublime State of Persia -
22   Sayyed Mohammad Kazim Tabatabai Yazdi

سید محمدکاظم طباطبایی یزدی
1831 (1831) 28 April 1919(1919-04-28) (aged 87–88)   Yazd, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Mandatory Iraq [19]
23   Sayyid Ismail as-Sadr

السيد إسماعيل الصدر
1842 (1842) 29 August 1919(1919-08-29) (aged 76–77)   Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Mandatory Iraq [19]
24   Mirza Sayyed Mohammad Tabatabai

میرزا سید محمد طباطبائی
(1842-12-22)22 December 1842 28 January 1920(1920-01-28) (aged 77)   Karbala, Baghdad Eyalet   Karbala, Mandatory Iraq -
25   Mirza Muhammad-Taqi Golshan Shirazi Ha'eri

ميرزا محمدتقى گلشن شيرازى حائرى
1840 (1840) 28 August 1920(1920-08-28) (aged 79–80)   Shiraz, Sublime State of Persia   Karbala, Mandatory Iraq [19]
26   Mulla Fathullah Qaravi Shirazi Esfahani

فتح‌الله غروی اصفهانی
(1850-01-25)25 January 1850 18 December 1920(1920-12-18) (aged 70)   Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Mandatory Iraq [19]
27   Mulla Habibullah Shareef Kashani [fa]

ملا حبیب‌الله شریف کاشانی
1846 (1846) 19 February 1922(1922-02-19) (aged 75–76)   Kashan, Sublime State of Persia   Kashan, Sublime State of Persia [19]
28   Aqa Nuruddin Nori Iraqi [fa]

آقانورالدین نوری عراقی
1862 (1862) 10 January 1923(1923-01-10) (aged 60–61)   Arak, Sublime State of Persia   Arak, Sublime State of Persia [19]
29   Seyed Mohammad Baqir Durcheye [fa]

سید محمدباقر درچه‌ای
1854 (1854) 4 December 1923(1923-12-04) (aged 68–69)   Dorcheh, Sublime State of Persia   Dorcheh, Sublime State of Persia [19]
30   Seyyed Abd al-Husayn Mousavi Dezfuli Najafi Lari

سید عبدالحسین موسوی دزفولی نجفی لاری
(1848-01-10)10 January 1848 9 May 1924(1924-05-09) (aged 76)   Dezful, Sublime State of Persia   Jahrom, Sublime State of Persia [19]
31   Mohammad Khalissi Zadeh

محمد خالصی‌زاده
1868 (1868) 25 February 1925(1925-02-25) (aged 56–57)   Kadhimiya, Baghdad vilayet   Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran [19]
32   Mirza Jawad Agha Maleki Tabrizi

میرزا جواد آقا ملکی تبریزی
1857 (1857) 3 July 1925(1925-07-03) (aged 67–68)   Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Imperial State of Iran Biography [19]
33   Haj Aqa Nourollah Esfahani

حاج آقا نورالله نجفی اصفهانی
1859 (1859) 1927 (aged 67–68)   Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Imperial State of Iran [19]
34 Mohammad Baqer Rizvi Lucknowi

محمد باقر رضوی لکهنو
1928 (1929)   British India   Mandatory Iraq [19]
35   Movlazada Mahammad Hasan Ismayil oglu Shakavi
Mövlazadə Məhəmməd Həsən Ismayıl oğlu Şəkəvi
محمد مولازاده حسن اسماعیل اوغلۇ شکوی
1854 (1854) 1932 (aged 77–78)   Shaki, Russian Empire   Tbilisi, Russian Empire -
36 Sheikh Mohammad Jawad al-Balaghi al-Najafi

الشيخ محمد جواد البلاغي النجفي
1865 (1865) 10 December 1933(1933-12-10) (aged 67–68)   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet   Najaf, Mandatory Iraq [19]
37   Sayyed Musa Zarabadi Qazwini

سید موسی زرآبادی قزوینی
1877 (1877) 15 July 1934(1934-07-15) (aged 56–57)   Qazvin, Sublime State of Persia   Qazvin, Imperial State of Iran [19]
38   Seyyed Abul Qasim Hosseini Najafi Dehkurdi [fa]

سید ابوالقاسم حسینی نجفی دهکردی
1855 (1855) 12 January 1935(1935-01-12) (aged 79–80)   Dehkord, Sublime State of Persia   Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran [19]
39   Seyed Hasan Sadr [fa]

سید حسن صدر
(1856-06-02)2 June 1856 12 June 1935(1935-06-12) (aged 79)   Kadhimiya, Baghdad Eyalet   Kadhimiya, Kingdom of Iraq [19]
40   Mirza Mohammad Hossein Naini

میرزا محمدحسین نائینی
(1860-05-25)25 May 1860 14 August 1936(1936-08-14) (aged 76)   Nain Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq Biography [19]
41   Abdul-Karim Ha'eri Yazdi

عبدالکریم حائری یزدی
1859 (1859) 30 January 1937(1937-01-30) (aged 77–78)   Meybod, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Imperial State of Iran Biography [19]
42   Seyyed Hassan Modarres

سید حسن مدرس
1870 (1870) 1 December 1937(1937-12-01) (aged 66–67)   Sarabeh, Sublime State of Persia   Kashmar, Imperial State of Iran [19]
43   al-Sayyid Haydar al-Sadr

السید حيدر الصدر
1891 (1891) 1937 (aged 45–46)   Samarra, Baghdad vilayet   Kadhimiya, Kingdom of Iraq -
44   Abbas Mohaddith Qomi

عباس محدث قمی
1877 (1877) 21 January 1941(1941-01-21) (aged 63–64)   Qom, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq Biography [19]
45   Hassan Ali Nokhodaki Isfahani

حسنعلی نخودکی اصفهانی
(1863-05-04)4 May 1863 29 August 1942(1942-08-29) (aged 79)   Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia   Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran Biography [19]
46   Aqa Ziyauddin Araki

آقا ضیاءالدین عراقی
1861 (1861) 7 December 1942(1942-12-07) (aged 80–81)   Arak Sublime State of Persia   Najaf Kingdom of Iraq [19]
47   Mohammad Hossein Gharavi Esfahani

محمد حسين الغروي الأصفهاني
(1878-12-18)18 December 1878 14 December 1942(1942-12-14) (aged 63)   Kadhimiya, Baghdad vilayet   Najaf Kingdom of Iraq -
48 Sayyid Mohammad Taqi Ibn Sayyid Morteza al-Mosawi Mofti al-Shia

السيّد محمّد تقي ابن السيّد مرتضى الموسوي مفتي الشيعة
1865 (1865) 14 December 1942(1942-12-14) (aged 76–77)   Sublime State of Persia   Kingdom of Iraq [31][32]
49   Mohammad Nezam Al Olama Estahbanati

محمدنظام العلما اصطهباناتی
(1849-01-06)6 January 1849 20 December 1942(1942-12-20) (aged 93)   Estahban Sublime State of Persia   Estahban, Imperial State of Iran -
50   Seyed Mohammad Hassan Hosseini Quchani

سید محمد حسن حسینی قوچانی
1878 (1878) 28 April 1944(1944-04-28) (aged 65–66)   Khosraviyeh, Sublime State of Persia   Quchan, Imperial State of Iran -
51   Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Durcheye

سید محمدمهدی درچه ای
1862 (1862) 22 February 1945(1945-02-22) (aged 82–83)   Dorcheh Sublime State of Persia   Imperial State of Iran [19]
52   Sayyed Abul Hassan Mosawi Esfahani

سید ابوالحسن موسوی اصفهانی
1861 (1861) 4 November 1946(1946-11-04) (aged 84–85)   Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia   Kadhimiya, Kingdom of Iraq Biography [19]
53   Mirza Mohammad Mahdi Gharavi Esfahani Khorasani [fa]

میرزا محمد مهدی غروی اصفهانی خراسانی
1886 (1886) 12 November 1946(1946-11-12) (aged 59–60)   Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia   Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran [19]
54   Allameh Sayyed Ali Aqa Qazi Tabatabaei Tabrizi

علامه سید علی آقا قاضی طباطبایی تبریزی
(1866-04-29)29 April 1866 28 January 1947(1947-01-28) (aged 80)   Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq -
55   Seyed Hossein Tabatabaei Qomi [fa]

سید حسین طباطبایی قمی
(1865-12-17)17 December 1865 7 March 1947(1947-03-07) (aged 81)   Qom, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq [19]
56   Sheikh Muhammad Kadhim Ibn Haydar al-Shirazi [ar]

الشيخ محمد كاظم بن حيدر الشيرازي
1875 (1875) 1947 (aged 71–72)   Shiraz, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq -
57   Mirza Mohammad Ali Shahabadi [fa]

میرزامحمدعلی شاه‌آبادی
1875 (1875) 24 November 1949(1949-11-24) (aged 73–74)   Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Imperial State of Iran [19]
58   Sheikh Ali Akbar Nahawandi

شیخ علی اکبر نهاوندی
1861 (1861) 6 February 1950(1950-02-06) (aged 88–89)   Sublime State of Persia   Imperial State of Iran [19]
59   Sayyid Mohsin al-Amin al-Ameli

السيد محسن الأمين العاملي
1867 (1867) 29 March 1952(1952-03-29) (aged 84–85)   Jabal Amil, Lebanon   Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq [19]
60   Seyed Mohammad Taqi Mosawi Khonsari [fa]

سید محمدتقی موسوی خوانساری
1888 (1888) 27 August 1952(1952-08-27) (aged 63–64)   Khansar Sublime State of Persia   Hamadan, Imperial State of Iran Biography [19]
61   Seyyed Mohammad Hojjat Hossein Kuh-Kamari

سید محمد حجت کوه کمره ای
1892 (1892) 18 January 1953(1953-01-18) (aged 60–61)   Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Imperial State of Iran -
62   Sardar Kabuli [fa]

سردار کابلی
(1876-02-14)14 February 1876 17 June 1953(1953-06-17) (aged 77)   Kabul, Afghanistan   Kermanshah, Imperial State of Iran [19]
63   Sadr al-Din al-Sadr

سید صدرالدین صدر
1882 (1882) 26 November 1953(1953-11-26) (aged 70–71)   Kadhimiya, Baghdad vilayet   Qom, Imperial State of Iran -
64 Sheikh Mohammed Hussain Kashif al-Ghita

الشيخ محمد حسين كاشف الغطاء
1877 (1877) 19 July 1954(1954-07-19) (aged 76–77)   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet   Kerend-e Gharb, Imperial State of Iran Biography [19]
65   Mohammad Hossein Esheni Qudejani

محمد حسین اشنی قودجانی
1868 (1868) 5 May 1956(1956-05-05) (aged 87–88)   Qudejan Sublime State of Persia   Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran -
66   Seyed Jamaluddin Gulpaygani [fa]

سید جمال‌الدین گلپایگانی
1878 (1878) 26 August 1957(1957-08-26) (aged 78–79)   Saidabad Sublime State of Persia   Golpayegan, Imperial State of Iran [19]
67   Abd al-Husayn Sharaf al-Din al-Musawi

عبدالحسين شرف الدين الموسوي
1872 (1872) 31 December 1957(1957-12-31) (aged 85)   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet   Tyre, Lebanon [19]
68   Mirza Mahdi al-Hosseini al-Shirazi

الميرزا مهدي الحسيني الشيرازي
(1887-05-08)8 May 1887 14 February 1961(1961-02-14) (aged 73)   Karbala, Baghdad vilayet   Karbala, Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Biography
69   Seyyed Hossein Tabatabaei Borujerdi

سید حسین طباطبایی بروجردی
(1875-03-23)23 March 1875 30 March 1961(1961-03-30) (aged 86)   Borujerd, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Imperial State of Iran Biography [19]
70   Seyyed Abol Qasem Kashani

سید ابوالقاسم کاشانی
(1882-11-19)19 November 1882 14 March 1962(1962-03-14) (aged 79)   Tehran, Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Imperial State of Iran [19]
71   Sayyid Abdul Hadi Hussaini Shirazi

السيد عبد الهادي الحسيني الشيرازي
1888 (1888) 13 July 1962(1962-07-13) (aged 73–74)   Samarra, Baghdad vilayet   Najaf, Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) -
72   Muhammad Rida al-Muzaffar

محمد رضا المُظَفَّر
(1904-10-10)10 October 1904 30 January 1964(1964-01-30) (aged 59)   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet   Najaf, Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) [19]
73 Seyyed Hibatuddin Shahrestani

سید هبة الدین شهرستانی
(1884-05-20)20 May 1884 7 February 1967(1967-02-07) (aged 82)   Samarra, Baghdad vilayet   Baghdad, Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) [19]
74   Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi

سید محسن نواب رضوی
(1911-04-14)14 April 1911 26 August 1969(1969-08-26) (aged 58)   Lucknow, British India   Lucknow, India [33]
75   Aqa Bozorg Tehrani

آقابزرگ تهرانی
(1876-04-05)5 April 1876 19 February 1970(1970-02-19) (aged 93)   Tehran, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Republic of Iraq [19]
76   Sayyid Mohsin al-Tabatabai al-Hakeem

السيد محسن الطبابائي الحكيم
(1889-05-31)31 May 1889 2 June 1970(1970-06-02) (aged 81)   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet   Najaf, Republic of Iraq Biography [19]
77   Abdul Hosein Amini

عبدالحسین امینی
1902 (1902) 3 July 1970(1970-07-03) (aged 67–68)   Sarab, Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Imperial State of Iran [19]
78 Seyyed Mohammad Taqi Ghazanfari

سید محمدتقی غضنفری
1886 (1886) 26 March 1971(1971-03-26) (aged 84–85)   Khansar, Sublime State of Persia   Khansar, Imperial State of Iran -
79 Sheikh Mohammad Kuhistani [fa]

شیخ محمد کوهستانی
1888 (1888) 28 April 1972(1972-04-28) (aged 83–84)   Kuhestan, Sublime State of Persia   Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran [19]
80 Mirza Abol Hassan Sharani

میرزا ابوالحسن شعرانی
1902 (1902) 3 November 1973(1973-11-03) (aged 70–71)   Tehran, Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Imperial State of Iran [19]
81   Seyed Mahmood Husseini Shahroudi [fa]

سید محمود حسینی شاهرودی
1883 (1883) 5 September 1974(1974-09-05) (aged 90–91)   Shahroud, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Republic of Iraq [19]
82   Mir Seyyed Ali Bahbahani [fa]

میر سید علی بهبهانی
1885 (1885) 21 November 1975(1975-11-21) (aged 89–90)   Behbahan, Sublime State of Persia   Ahvaz, Imperial State of Iran [19]
83   Sayyid Mohammad Hadi al-Milani

السيد محمد هادي الحسيني الميلاني
(1895-07-01)1 July 1895 7 August 1975(1975-08-07) (aged 80)   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet   Mashhad, Imperial State of Iran [19]
84   Haj Aqa Rahim Arbab

حاج آقا رحیم ارباب
1880 (1880) December 10, 1976(1976-12-10) (aged 95–96)   Chermahin, Sublime State of Persia   Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran [19]
85 Noureddin Esheni Qudejani

نورالدین اشنی قودجانی
1903 (1903) 14 October 1978(1978-10-14) (aged 74–75)   Eshen, Sublime State of Persia   Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran -
86   Morteza Motahhari

مرتضی مطهری
(1919-01-31)31 January 1919 1 May 1979(1979-05-01) (aged 60)   Fariman, Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Iran Biography [19]
87   Sayyid Ahmed Ibn Razi al-Musawi al-Tabrizi al-Mustanbit [ar]

أحمد بن رضي الموسوي التبريزي المستنبط
(1907-05-24)24 May 1907 31 May 1979(1979-05-31) (aged 72)   Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Republic of Iraq -
88   Sayyid Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr

السيد محمد باقر الصدر
(1935-03-01)1 March 1935 9 April 1980(1980-04-09) (aged 45)   Kadhimiya, Kingdom of Iraq   Baghdad, Republic of Iraq [19]

After 1980 CE (1400 AH) edit

Following are ulema (who may or may not be considered maraji) who have spent their major life span after 1400 AH/1980 CE:

S No
Image
Name
Year of birth Year of death Birth
Death
Notes
1   Mir Asadollah Madani

میر اسدالله مدنی
1914 (1914) 11 September 1981(1981-09-11) (aged 66–67)   Azarshahr, Sublime State of Persia   Tabriz, Iran [19]
2   Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei

سید محمد حسین طباطبائی
(1904-03-16)16 March 1904 7 November 1981(1981-11-07) (aged 77)   Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Iran Official website
Biography [19]
3   Seyed Abdol Hossein Dastgheib Shirazi

سید عبدالحسین دستغیب شیرازی
(1913-12-08)8 December 1913 11 December 1981(1981-12-11) (aged 68)   Shiraz, Sublime State of Persia   Shiraz, Iran Biography 1, Biography 2
4   Seyed Abdollah Musawi Shirazi

سید عبدالله موسوی شیرازی
(1892-02-25)25 February 1892 24 September 1984(1984-09-24) (aged 92)   Shiraz, Sublime State of Persia   Mashhad, Iran [19]
5 Seyed Ahmad Khonsari

سید احمد خوانساری
(1891-08-24)24 August 1891 20 January 1985(1985-01-20) (aged 93)   Khansar, Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Iran -
6   Mohammad-Taher Shubayr al-Khaqani

محمد طاهر شبير الخاقاني
(1911-11-30)30 November 1911 28 January 1986(1986-01-28) (aged 74)   Ahwaz, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Iran -
7   Seyed Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari

سید محمدکاظم شریعتمداری
(1906-01-05)5 January 1906 3 April 1986(1986-04-03) (aged 80)   Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Iran [19]
8   Seyed Ali Naqi Naqvi

سید علی‌نقی نقوی
(1905-12-26)26 December 1905 18 May 1988(1988-05-18) (aged 82)   Lucknow, British India   Lucknow, India [19]
9   Seyed Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini

سيد روح الله موسوی خمینی
(1900-05-17)17 May 1900 3 June 1989(1989-06-03) (aged 89)   Khomeyn, Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Iran [19]
10   Sayyid Shahab ad-Din Mar'ashi Najafi

سید شهاب‌الدین مرعشی نجفی
(1897-07-21)21 July 1897 29 August 1990(1990-08-29) (aged 93)   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet   Qom, Iran Biography [19]
11   Seyed Abul Qasim Musawi Khoei

سيد ابولقاسم موسوي الخوئي
(1899-11-19)19 November 1899 8 August 1992(1992-08-08) (aged 92)   Khoy, Sublime State of Persia   Kufa, Republic of Iraq Official website
Biography [19]
12   Mirza Hashem Amoli Larijani

میرزا هاشم آملی لاریجانی
(1899-02-26)26 February 1899 25 February 1993(1993-02-25) (aged 93)   Larijan Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Iran -
13   Seyed Abd al-A'la al-Sabziwari

سید عبدالاعلی سبزواری
(1910-12-21)21 December 1910 16 August 1993(1993-08-16) (aged 82)   Sabzevar, Sublime State of Persia   Najaf, Republic of Iraq -
14   Seyed Mohammad Reza Golpaygani

سید محمدرضا گلپایگانی
(1899-03-20)20 March 1899 9 December 1993(1993-12-09) (aged 94)   Isfahan, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Iran Biography 1, Biography 2 [19]
15   Mirza Ali Akbar Marandi [fa]

میرزا علی اکبر مرندی
1897 (1897) 29 March 1994(1994-03-29) (aged 96–97)   Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia   Marand, Iran [19]
16   Mohammad Ali Araki

محمدعلی اراکی
(1894-12-22)22 December 1894 24 November 1994(1994-11-24) (aged 99)   Arak, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Iran Biography [19]
17   Mohammad-Taqi Shoushtari

محمد تقی شوشتری
1903 (1903) 19 May 1995(1995-05-19) (aged 91–92)   Najaf, Baghdad vilayet   Shushtar, Iran [19]
18   Seyed Reza Bahaadini

سید رضا بهاءالدینی
(1908-03-29)29 March 1908 19 July 1997(1997-07-19) (aged 89)   Qom, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Iran Biography [19]
19 Seyed Mohammad Rohani [fa]

سید محمد روحانی
(1920-05-11)11 May 1920 21 August 1997(1997-08-21) (aged 77)   Qom, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Iran -
20   Ali Gharavi [ar]

علي الغروي
1931 (1931) 18 June 1998(1998-06-18) (aged 66–67)   Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran   Karbala, Republic of Iraq -
21   Allameh Mohammad-Taqi Ja'fari

علامه محمد تقی جعفری
(1925-08-15)15 August 1925 16 November 1998(1998-11-16) (aged 73)   Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran   London, United Kingdom Official website [19]
22 Ahmad Bigdeli Azari-Qomi

احمد بیگدلی آذری قمی
1924 (1924) 31 January 1999(1999-01-31) (aged 74–75)   Qom, Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Iran -
23   Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr

مُحمّد صادق الصدر
(1943-02-23)23 February 1943 19 February 1999(1999-02-19) (aged 55)   Kadhimiya, Kingdom of Iraq   Najaf, Republic of Iraq [19]
24   Seyed Mohammad Hussaini Shirazi

سید محمد حسینی شیرازی
(1928-08-31)31 August 1928 17 December 2001(2001-12-17) (aged 73)   Najaf, Mandatory Iraq   Qom, Iran Official website [19]
25 Seyed Muhammad Ali Movahed Abtahi [fa]

سید محمدعلی موحد ابطحی
1930 (1930) 20 September 2002(2002-09-20) (aged 71–72)   Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran   Tehran, Iran -
26 Mohammad Taqi Bahlool [fa]

محمدتقی بهلول
(1910-06-17)17 June 1910 29 July 2005(2005-07-29) (aged 95)   Gonabad, Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Iran Biography 1, Biography 2
27   Seyed Abolqasem Kokabi [ar]

سید ابوالقاسم کوکبی
1926 (1926) 20 December 2005(2005-12-20) (aged 78–79)   Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran   Qom, Iran -
28 Mirza Javad Tabrizi

ميرزا جواد تبريزى
1926 (1926) 20 November 2006(2006-11-20) (aged 79–80)   Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran   Qom, Iran Official website [19]
29 Seyed Hassan Tabatabaei Qomi

سید حسن طباطبایی قمی
1912 (1912) 7 June 2007(2007-06-07) (aged 94–95)   Mashhad, Sublime State of Persia   Karaj, Iran -
30   Mohammad Fazel Lankarani

محمد فاضل لنکرانی
1931 (1931) 16 June 2007(2007-06-16) (aged 75–76)   Qom, Imperial State of Iran   Qom, Iran Official website
Biography
31   Mohammad-Taqi Bahjat Foumani

محمدتقی بهجت فومنی
(1916-08-24)24 August 1916 17 May 2009(2009-05-17) (aged 92)   Fouman, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Iran Official website
32   Hussein-Ali Montazeri

حسینعلی منتظری
(1922-09-24)24 September 1922 19 December 2009(2009-12-19) (aged 87)   Najafabad, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Iran Official website
33   Ali Safi Golpaygani

علی صافی گلپایگانی
1913 (1913) 3 January 2010(2010-01-03) (aged 96–97)   Golpayegan Sublime State of Persia   Golpayegan, Iran -
34   Sayyid Mohammad Mofti al-Shi'a Mousavi

السيد محمد مفتي الشيعة موسوي
1928 (1928) 19 May 2010(2010-05-19) (aged 81–82)   Ardabil, Imperial State of Iran   Qom, Iran Official Website
35   Sayyid Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah

السيد محمد حسين فضل الله
(1935-11-16)16 November 1935 4 July 2010(2010-07-04) (aged 74)   Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq   Beirut, Lebanon Official Website
36   Sayyid Abbas Hosseini Kashani

السید عباس حسيني کاشانی
1931 (1931) 18 July 2010(2010-07-18) (aged 78–79)   Karbala, Mandatory Iraq   Iran Official Website
37   Mirza Mohammad Hassan Ahmadi Faqih

ميرزا محمد حسن احمدى فقيه
1951 (1951) 29 August 2010(2010-08-29) (aged 58–59)   Yazd, Imperial State of Iran   Yazd, Iran Official Website
38 Mohammad Ebrahim Ansari

محمد إبراهيم الأنصاري
1936 (1936) 19 February 2011(2011-02-19) (aged 74–75)   Kingdom of Iraq   Iraq Biography
39 Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani

محمد صادقی تهرانی
(1926-03-21)21 March 1926 21 March 2011(2011-03-21) (aged 85)   Tehran, Imperial State of Iran   Qom, Iran Official Website
40   Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi

محسن کوچه باغی تبریزی
(1924-01-09)9 January 1924 3 August 2011(2011-08-03) (aged 87)   Tabriz, Sublime State of Persia   Tabriz, Iran Official Website[permanent dead link]
41   Mojtaba Tehrani

مجتبي تهراني
(1937-03-30)30 March 1937 2 January 2013(2013-01-02) (aged 75)   Tehran, Imperial State of Iran   Tehran, Iran Official Website
42   Seyed Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani

سید محمد عزالدین حسيني زنجانی
(1921-02-01)1 February 1921 14 May 2013(2013-05-14) (aged 92)   Zanjan Sublime State of Persia   Mashhad, Iran Official Website
43   Seyed Yousef Madani Tabrizi

سيد يوسف مدنی تبریزی
1928 (1928) 16 June 2013(2013-06-16) (aged 84–85)   Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran   Qom, Iran Official Website
44   Moslem Malakouti

مسلم ملكوتی
(1924-06-05)5 June 1924 24 April 2014(2014-04-24) (aged 89)   Sarab, Sublime State of Persia   Tehran, Iran Official Website
45   Sayyid Mohammad Baqer Mosawi Shirazi

سید محمدباقر موسوی شیرازی
(1931-11-26)26 November 1931 13 May 2014(2014-05-13) (aged 82)   Shiraz, Imperial State of Iran   Tehran, Iran Official Website
46   Sayyid Morteza Hosseini Fayaz

السيد مرتضى الحسيني فياض
(1929-04-09)9 April 1929 20 August 2014(2014-08-20) (aged 85)   Najaf, Mandatory Iraq   Iraq Biography[permanent dead link]
47   Seyed Mohammad Bagher Movahed Abtahi [fa]

سید محمدباقر موحد ابطحی
1928 (1928) 5 February 2014(2014-02-05) (aged 85–86)   Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran   Tehran, Iran -
48   Abdol Hamid Sharbiani

عبدالحمید شربیانی
1927 (1927) 22 September 2015(2015-09-22) (aged 87–88)   Imperial State of Iran   Iran [36]
49 Seyed Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi

سید تقی طباطبایی قمی
(1923-02-21)21 February 1923 26 October 2016(2016-10-26) (aged 93)   Mashhad, Sublime State of Persia   Karbala, Iraq -
50   Seyed Abdol Karim Mousavi Ardebili

سید عبدالکریم موسوی اردبیلی
(1926-01-26)26 January 1926 23 November 2016(2016-11-23) (aged 90)   Ardabil, Imperial State of Iran   Tehran, Iran Official Website
51 Seyed Javad Fatemi Tabrizi

سید جواد فاطمی تبریزی
(1923-09-25)25 September 1923 8 January 2017(2017-01-08) (aged 93)   Sublime State of Persia   Iran Official Website [37]
52   Sayyid Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani

السيد محمد علي الطباطبائي الحسني
(1945-08-22)22 August 1945 1 February 2017(2017-02-01) (aged 71)   Karbala, Kingdom of Iraq   London, United Kingdom Official Website
53   Hossein Rasti Kashani [fa]

حسين راستى كاشانى
1927 (1927) 20 September 2017(2017-09-20) (aged 89–90)   Kashan, Imperial State of Iran   Tehran, Iran [38][39]
54   Morteza Tehrani [fa]

مرتضی تهرانی
1933 (1933) 21 July 2018(2018-07-21) (aged 84–85)   Tehran, Imperial State of Iran   Mashhad, Iran Official Website [40][41]
55   Mohammad Ali Esmailpour Qomsheiy

محمدعلی اسماعیل‌پور قمشه‌ای‌
1940 (1940) 11 August 2018(2018-08-11) (aged 77–78)   Imperial State of Iran   Iran Official Website [42][43]
56   Javad Gharavi Aliari

جواد غروی علیاری
1935 (1935) 6 September 2018(2018-09-06) (aged 82–83)   Tabriz, Imperial State of Iran   Qom, Iran Official Website [44]
57 Mohaqiq Kabuli

محقق كابلى
(1928-05-29)29 May 1928 11 June 2019(2019-06-11) (aged 91)   Turkman Valley, Afghanistan   Kabul, Afghanistan Official Website [45]
58 Sayyid Mohammad Shahroudi

السيد محمد شاهرودي
(1925-12-01)1 December 1925 7 July 2019(2019-07-07) (aged 93)   Najaf, Mandatory Iraq   Tehran, Iran Official Website Archived 2018-03-12 at the Wayback Machine [46]
59   Mohammad Asif Mohseni

محمد آصف محسني
(1935-04-26)26 April 1935 5 August 2019(2019-08-05) (aged 84)   Kandahar, Afghanistan   Kabul, Afghanistan [47]
60   Yousef Saanei

يوسف صانعي
(1937-10-16)16 October 1937 12 September 2020(2020-09-12) (aged 82)   Isfahan, Imperial State of Iran   Qom, Iran Official Website [48]
61   Sayyid Abbas Modaressi Yazdi

السيد عباس مدرسي يزدي
1943 (1943) 19 November 2020(2020-11-19) (aged 76–77)   Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq   Qom, Iran [49]
62   Sayyid Mohammad Sa'eed Tabatabai al-Hakeem

السيد محمد سعيد الطباطبائي الحكيم
(1936-02-01)1 February 1936 3 September 2021(2021-09-03) (aged 85)   Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq   Najaf, Iraq Official Website
63   Lotfollah Saafi Golpaygani

لطف الله صافی گلپایگانی
(1919-02-18)18 February 1919 1 February 2022(2022-02-01) (aged 102)   Golpayegan, Sublime State of Persia   Qom, Iran Official Website [50]
64   Shamsodin Mohammad Mojtahedi Najafi [fa]

شمس الدین محمد مجتهدی نجفی
(1933-03-22)22 March 1933 27 February 2022(2022-02-27) (aged 88)   Imperial State of Iran   Iran [51]
65   Sayyid Mohammad Alavi Ali Hosseini Gorgani

السيد محمد على علوى حسينى گرگانى
1940 (1940) 15 March 2022(2022-03-15) (aged 81–82)   Najaf, Kingdom of Iraq   Tehran, Iran Official Website [52]
66   Sayyid Raghib AleKamooneh Hosseini

السيد راغب آل كمونة الحسيني
1942 (1942) 16 May 2022(2022-05-16) (aged 79–80)   Kingdom of Iraq   Iraq Biography
67   Sayyid Mohammad Sadeq Hosayni Rouhani

السيد محمد صادق حسيني روحاني
(1926-07-16)16 July 1926 16 December 2022(2022-12-16) (aged 96)   Qom, Imperial State of Iran   Qom, Iran Official Website [53]
68   Muhammad Hussain Najafi

محمد حسين النجفي
(1932-04-10)10 April 1932 21 August 2023(2023-08-21) (aged 91)   Jehanian, British India   Sargodha, Pakistan Official website
69   Qasem Taei

قاسم الطائي
1960 (1960) 16 September 2023(2023-09-16) (aged 62–63)   Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)   Iraq Official Website
70 Muhammad Mahdi al-Khorasani

محمد مهدي الخراساني
(1928-12-22)22 December 1928 17 September 2023(2023-09-17) (aged 94)   Iraq   -

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  47. ^ Well known cleric Sheikh Asif Mohseni passes away
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