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List of hujjatul Islams

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This is a partial list of hujjatul Islams, a title given to mid ranked Twelver Usuli Shi'a Muslim clerics.[1]

The next higher clerical rank is ayatollah, followed by grand ayatollah. This list contains only the names of those who have attained the rank hojjatol Eslam/ hojjatol Eslam wa Muslimeen. To see the list of ayatollahs or grand ayatollahs,[2] see the following articles: List of ayatollahs; List of current maraji; List of deceased maraji.

Hierarchy of titles for Shia Muslim clerics:[3]

  • Grand ayatollah (marja')
  • Ayatollah
  • Hujjatol Islam

Current

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This is a list of hujjatul Islams who are alive. The list is arranged in descending order of age, (oldest to youngest).

No Image Name Birth date
CE
Birth place Residence Notes
1 Mehdi Karroubi

مهدی کروبی‎
(1937-09-26) 26 September 1937 (age 87) Pahlavi Iran Aligudarz, Iran Iran Iran Currently under house arrest[4]
2 Ghodratollah Alikhani

قدرت‌الله علیخانی
1939 (age 84–85) Pahlavi Iran Takestan County, Iran Iran Iran -
3 al-Sayyid Muhammad al-Tijani al-Samawi

السيد محمد التيجاني السماوي
(1943-02-02) 2 February 1943 (age 81) Tunisia Gafsa, Tunisia Tunisia Tunisia Ex-Sunni preacher[5]
4 Seyed Mohammad Khatami

سید محمد خاتمی
(1943-10-14) 14 October 1943 (age 81) Pahlavi Iran Ardakan, Iran Iran Iran 5th President of Iran
5 Gholamhossein Mohammadi Golpayegani

غلامحسین محمدی گلپایگانی‎
1943 (age 80–81) Pahlavi Iran Golpayegan, Iran Iran Iran -
6 Ali Akbar Nategh-Nouri

علی‌اکبر ناطق‌نوری‎
(1944-10-06) 6 October 1944 (age 80) Pahlavi Iran Nur, Iran Iran Iran -
7 Seyyed Mohammad Javad Pishvai

سید محمد جواد پیشوایی
1944 (age 79–80) Pahlavi Iran Bandar-e Anzali, Iran Iran Iran -
8 Mohsin Qara'ati

محسن قرائتی
1945 (age 78–79) Pahlavi Iran Kashan, Iran Iran Iran -
9 Abdul Hussein Mo'ezzi

عبدالحسين معزی
1945 (age 78–79) Pahlavi Iran Tehran, Iran United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Representative of Ali Khamenei in England[6]
10 Ahmad Salek

احمد سالک
1946 (age 77–78) Pahlavi Iran Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran -
11 Seyed Hadi Khamenei

سید هادی خامنه‌ای
1947 (age 76–77) Pahlavi Iran Mashhad, Iran Iran Iran Younger brother of current Supreme Leader of Iran[7]
12 Mohammad-Taghi Khalaji

محمد تقی خلجی
(1948-03-31) 31 March 1948 (age 76) Pahlavi Iran Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran Arrested in 2010[8]
13 Rasoul Montajabnia

رسول منتجب‌نیا
(1948-07-13) 13 July 1948 (age 76) Pahlavi Iran Shiraz, Iran Iran Iran Official Website
14 Hassan Rouhani

حسن روحانی
(1948-11-12) 12 November 1948 (age 75) Pahlavi Iran Sorkheh, Iran Iran Iran 7th President of Iran
15 Subhi al-Tufayli

صبحي الطفيلي
1948 (age 75–76) Lebanon Brital, Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Former leader of Hezbollah
16 Mohammad Hassan Rahimian

محمد حسن رحیمیان
1948 (age 75–76) Pahlavi Iran Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran -
17 Abdolmoghim Nasehi

عبدالمقیم ناصحی
(1949-03-11) March 11, 1949 (age 75) Pahlavi Iran Tehran, Iran Iran Iran -
18 Allahshukur Hummet Pashazadeh

Allahşükür Hümmət Paşazadə
الله شكورحمت باشازاده
(1949-08-26) 26 August 1949 (age 75) Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic Cil, Azerbaijan SSR Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Current Sheikh-ul-Islam and Grand Mufti of the Caucasus[9]
19 Ali Fallahian

علی فلاحیان
(1949-10-23) 23 October 1949 (age 74) Pahlavi Iran Najafabad, Iran Iran Iran Second Minister of Intelligence of Iran
20 Mohammad Jafar Montazeri

محمدجعفر منتظری
1949 (age 74–75) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Iran Iran Iran Current Attorney General of Iran
21 Hadi Ghaffari

هادی غفاری
(1950-06-25) 25 June 1950 (age 74) Pahlavi Iran Azarshahr, Iran Iran Iran Alleged killer of Amir-Abbas Hoveyda[10]
22 Abdollah Noori

عبدالله نوری
1950 (age 73–74) Pahlavi Iran Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran -
23 Mohammad Yazbek

محمد يزبك
1950 (age 73–74) Lebanon Bodai, Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon One of the founders of Hezbollah[11]
24 Kazem Seddiqi

کاظم صدیقی‎
(1951-03-04) 4 March 1951 (age 73) Pahlavi Iran Abhar, Iran Iran Iran Current temporary Friday prayer leader in Tehran
25 Syed Jawad Naqvi

سید جواد نقوی
(1952-03-05) 5 March 1952 (age 72) Pakistan Haripur, Pakistan Pakistan Pakistan Official Website
26 Seyed Mohammad Ali Mosavi

سیدمحمدعلی موسوی
1952 (age 71–72) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
27 Seyed Mohammad Hassan Aboutorabi Fard

سید محمدحسن ابوترابی‌فرد
(1953-01-30) 30 January 1953 (age 71) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
28 Mahmoud Salavati

محمود صلواتی
(1953-03-21) 21 March 1953 (age 71) Pahlavi Iran Khomeyni Shahr, Iran Iran Iran -
29 Mohammad Ali Rahmani

محمدعلی رحمانی
(1953-03-25) 25 March 1953 (age 71) Pahlavi Iran Quchan, Iran Iran Iran -
30 Mohsen Rohami

محسن رهامی
(1953-05-24) 24 May 1953 (age 71) Pahlavi Iran Khodabandeh, Iran Iran Iran -
31 Naim Qassem

نعيم قاسم
1953 (age 70–71) Lebanon Kfar Fila, Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon Deputy Secretary-General of Hezbollah
32 Majid Ansari

مجید انصاری‎
(1954-03-30) 30 March 1954 (age 70) Pahlavi Iran Khanuk, Iran Iran Iran -
33 Ali Qazi Askar

علی قاضی عسکر
(1954-05-26) 26 May 1954 (age 70) Pahlavi Iran Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran -
34 Abdolvahed Mousavi Lari

عبدالواحد موسوی لاری
1954 (age 69–70) Pahlavi Iran Mohr, Iran Iran Iran -
35 Hadi Ghabel

هادی قابل
(1955-06-27) 27 June 1955 (age 69) Pahlavi Iran Torbat-e Jam, Iran Iran Iran -
36 Ali Younesi

علی یونسی
(1955-08-26) 26 August 1955 (age 69) Pahlavi Iran Nahavand, Iran Iran Iran Fourth Minister of Intelligence in Iran
37 Abdul Mahdi al-Salami

عبد المهدي السلامي
1955 (age 68–69) Kingdom of Iraq Karbala, Iraq Iraq Karbala, Iraq Representative of Ali al-Sistani in Iraq[12]
38 Gholam-Hossein Mohseni-Eje'i

غلامحسین محسنی اژه‌ای
(1956-09-29) 29 September 1956 (age 68) Pahlavi Iran Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran Fifth Minister of Intelligence in Iran
39 Seyyed Abdul-Nabi Mousavi Fard

سید عبدالنبی موسوی فرد
1956 (age 67–68) Pahlavi Iran Jahrom, Iran Iran Iran Current Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in Khuzestan & Friday prayer leader in Ahvaz
40 Jalal al-Din Ali al-Saghir

جلال الدين علي الصغير
(1957-09-14) 14 September 1957 (age 67) Kingdom of Iraq Najaf, Iraq Iraq Iraq -
41 Heydar Moslehi

حیدر مصلحی
1957 (age 66–67) Pahlavi Iran Shahreza, Iran Iran Iran Sixth Minister of Intelligence in Iran
42 Abdul Fattah Nawab

سید عبدالفتاح نواب
1957 (age 66–67) Pahlavi Iran Shahreza, Iran Iran Iran -
43 Abbas Amirifar

عباس امیری‌فر
1957 (age 66–67) Pahlavi Iran Iran Iran Iran -
44 Mohammad-Ali Abtahi

محمدعلی ابطحی
(1958-09-29) 29 September 1958 (age 66) Pahlavi Iran Mashhad, Iran Iran Iran -
45 Morteza Aghatehrani

مرتضی آقاتهرانی
1958 (age 65–66) Pahlavi Iran Isfahan, Iran Iran Iran -
46 Ahmad Marvi

احمد مروی
1958 (age 65–66) Pahlavi Iran Mashhad, Iran Iran Iran -
47 Mohammad Nasser Saghaye-Biria

محمدناصر سقای بی‌ریا
1958 (age 65–66) Pahlavi Iran Kermanshah, Iran Iran Iran -
48 Abdol Hassan Navab

سید ابوالحسن نواب
1958 (age 65–66) Pahlavi Iran Shahreza, Iran Iran Iran -
49 Qasem Ravanbakhsh

قاسم روانبخش
1958 (age 65–66) Pahlavi Iran Meybod, Iran Iran Iran -
50 Mohsen Kadivar

محسن کدیور
(1959-06-08) 8 June 1959 (age 65) Pahlavi Iran Fasa, Iran Iran Iran Research professor of Islamic Studies at Duke University[13]
51 Asgar Dirbaz

عسگر دیرباز
1959 (age 64–65) Pahlavi Iran Mianeh, Iran Iran Iran -
52 Mohammad Sadegh Salehimanesh

محمدصادق صالحی‌منش
1959 (age 64–65) Pahlavi Iran Yazd, Iran Iran Iran -
53 Ali Banaei

علی بنایی
1959 (age 64–65) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
54 Mostafa Pourmohammadi

مصطفی پورمحمدی‎
(1960-03-09) 9 March 1960 (age 64) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Iran Iran Iran Official Website
55 Seyed Hassan Eslami Ardakani

سید حسن اسلامی اردکانی
(1960-12-23) 23 December 1960 (age 63) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Karbala, Iraq Iran Iran -
56 Seyed Mohammad Reza Mirtajodini

سید محمدرضا میرتاج‌الدینی
(1960-12-30) 30 December 1960 (age 63) Pahlavi Iran Tabriz, Iran Iran Iran -
57 Mohsen Qomi

محسن قمی‎
1960 (age 63–64) Pahlavi Iran Pakdasht, Iran Iran Iran Current member of the Assembly of Experts
58 Habib Boromand Dashghapu

حبیب برومند داشقاپو
(1961-03-21) 21 March 1961 (age 63) Pahlavi Iran Germi, Iran Iran Iran -
59 Seyed Mohammad Bagher Kharazi

سید محمدباقر خرازی
(1961-06-26) 26 June 1961 (age 63) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
60 Ahmad Mazani

احمد مازنی
1961 (age 62–63) Pahlavi Iran Bandar-e Gaz, Iran Iran Iran -
61 Seyed Mir Ghesmat Mosavi Asl

سید میرقسمت موسوی‌اصل
1961 (age 62–63) Pahlavi Iran Germi, Iran Iran Iran -
62 al-Sayyid Mustafa al-Musawi al-Qazwini

السيد مصطفى الموسوي القزويني
1961 (age 62–63) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Karbala, Iraq United States Orange County,United States of America -
63 Syed Fida Hussain Bukhari

سید فدا حسین بخاری
1961 (age 62–63) Pakistan Punjab, Pakistan United Kingdom United Kingdom -
64 Seyed Esmaeil Khatib

سید اسماعیل خطیب
1961 (age 62–63) Pahlavi Iran Qaen, Iran Iran Iran Current Minister of Intelligence in Iran
65 Mansour Leghaei

منصور لقائى
(1962-05-14) 14 May 1962 (age 62) Pahlavi Iran Abadan, Iran Australia Sydney, Australia Official Website
66 Seyed Mehdi Ghoreishi

سید مهدی قریشی
1963 (age 60–61) Pahlavi Iran Urmia, Iran Iran Iran Current Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in West Azerbaijan and Friday Prayer leader in Urmia
67 Ahmad Vaezi

احمد واعظی
1963 (age 60–61) Pahlavi Iran Rey, Iran Iran Iran -
68 Hossein Taeb

حسین تائب
1963 (age 60–61) Pahlavi Iran Tehran, Iran Iran Iran Current head of the IRGC's Intelligence Organisation[14]
69 Mojtaba Zonnour

مجتبی ذوالنور
1963 (age 60–61) Pahlavi Iran Malayer, Iran Iran Iran -
70 Hamid Hawali Shahriari

حمید حوالی شهریاری
1963 (age 60–61) Pahlavi Iran Tehran, Iran Iran Iran -
71 Rasul Jafarian

رسول جعفریان
(1964-06-30) 30 June 1964 (age 60) Pahlavi Iran Khvorasgan, Iran Iran Iran Official Website
72 al-Sayyid Hassan al-Musawi al-Qazwini

السيد حسن الموسوي القزويني
(1964-10-16) 16 October 1964 (age 60) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Karbala, Iraq United States Dearborn Heights, United States of America Official Website
73 Alireza Qaeminia

علیرضا قائمی‌نیا
1964 (age 59–60) Pahlavi Iran Urmia, Iran Iran Iran -
74 Alireza Salimi

علیرضا سلیمی
1964 (age 59–60) Pahlavi Iran Mahallat County, Iran Iran Iran -
75 Sayyid Hashem Safieddine

سید هاشم صفي الدين
1964 (age 59–60) Lebanon Deir Qanoun En Nahr, Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon -
76 Nasrollah Pejmanfar

نصرالله پژمان‌فر
1964 (age 59–60) Pahlavi Iran Tehran, Iran Iran Iran -
77 Seyed Mohammad Vaez Mousavi

سید محمد واعظ موسوی
1964 (age 59–60) Pahlavi Iran Shabestar, Iran Iran Iran Official Website
78 Alireza Panahian

علیرضا پناهیان
(1965-04-17) 17 April 1965 (age 59) Pahlavi Iran Tehran, Iran Iran Iran Official Website
79 Ali Salman Ahmed Salman

علي سلمان أحمد سلمان
(1965-10-30) 30 October 1965 (age 58) Bahrain Bilad Al Qadeem, Bahrain Bahrain Bahrain Currently facing life in prison[15]
80 Mohammad Ali Shomali

محمدعلى شمالى
(1965-12-22) 22 December 1965 (age 58) Pahlavi Iran Tehran, Iran Iran Iran -
81 Muhammad Javad Haj Ali Akbari

محمدجواد حاج‌علی‌اکبری‎
1965 (age 58–59) Pahlavi Iran Damavand, Iran Iran Iran One of the Temporary Friday Prayer leaders in Tehran
82 Seyyed Mostafa Hosseini Khamenei

سید مصطفی حسینی خامنه‌ای‎
1965 (age 58–59) Pahlavi Iran Mashhad, Iran Iran Iran Eldest son of the Current Supreme Leader in Iran (Ali Khamenei)[16]
83 Mohammad Hassan Ghadrdan Gharamaleki

محمد حسن قدردان قراملکی
1965 (age 58–59) Pahlavi Iran Tabriz, Iran Iran Iran -
84 Seyed Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi

سید احمدرضا شاهرخی
1966 (age 57–58) Pahlavi Iran Khorramabad, Iran Iran Iran Current Representative of the Supreme Leader of Iran in Lorestan & Friday Prayer leader in Khorramabad
85 Syed Kalbe Jawad Naqvi

سید کلب جواد نقوی
1966 (age 57–58) India Lucknow, India India India -
86 Mohammad Hadi Mofatteh

محمدهادى مفتح
(1967-04-09) 9 April 1967 (age 57) Germany Hamburg, Germany Germany Hamburg, Germany Head of Islamic Centre Hamburg
87 Mir Ahmad Reza Hajati

میراحمدرضا حاجتی
1967 (age 56–57) Pahlavi Iran Masjed Soleyman, Iran Iran Iran -
88 Ali Shirazi

علی شیرازی
(1969-11-22) 22 November 1969 (age 54) Pahlavi Iran Rafsanjan, Iran Iran Iran -
89 Seyed Sajjad Izdehi

سید سجاد ایزدهی
1970 (age 53–54) Pahlavi Iran Mazandaran, Iran Iran Iran -
90 Sayyid Ammar al-Hakim

سید عمار الحكيم
1971 (age 52–53) Ba'athist Iraq Najaf, Iraq Iraq Iraq Official Website
91 Mohammad Bagheri

محمد باقری
1971 (age 52–53) Ba'athist Iraq Najaf, Iraq Iran Iran -
92 Seyed Kazem Seyed Bagheri

سید کاظم سیدباقری
1971 (age 52–53) Pahlavi Iran Kerman, Iran Iran Iran -
93 Sayyed Hassan Khomeini

سيد حسن خمينی‎
(1972-07-23) 23 July 1972 (age 52) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Iran Iran Iran Grandson of the First Supreme Leader of Iran (Ruhollah Khomeini)

Official Website

94 Reza Nouri

رضا نوری
1972 (age 51–52) Pahlavi Iran Bojnord, Iran Iran Iran -
95 Ruhollah Beigi Eilanlu

روح‌الله بیگی ئیلانلو
1973 (age 50–51) Pahlavi Iran Miandoab, Iran Iran Iran -
96 Qais Hadi Sayyid Hassan al-Khazali

قيس هادي سيد حسن الخزعلي
(1974-06-20) 20 June 1974 (age 50) Ba'athist Iraq Sadr City, Iraq Iraq Iraq -
97 al-Sayyid Muqtada al-Sadr

السید مقتدى الصدر
(1974-08-04) 4 August 1974 (age 50) Ba'athist Iraq Najaf, Iraq Iraq Iraq Leader of the Sadrist Movement[17]
98 Seyed Masoud Hosseini Khamenei

سید مسعود حسینی خامنه‌ای
1974 (age 49–50) Pahlavi Iran Mashhad, Iran Iran Iran Son of current Supreme Leader of Iran (Ali Khamenei)[18]
99 Hassan Namazi

حسن نمازی
1975 (age 48–49) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
100 Syed Ali Raza Rizvi

سيد على رضا رضوى
1976 (age 47–48) Pakistan Lahore, Pakistan United Kingdom London, United Kingdom -
101 Seyed Abbas Mousavi Motlagh

سید عباس موسوی مطلق
(1977-01-20) 20 January 1977 (age 47) Pahlavi Iran Dorud, Iran Iran Iran Official Website
102 al-Sayyid Mohammad al-Mahdi al-Husseini al-Modaressi

السید محمد المهدي الحسيني المدرسي
1977 (age 46–47) Kuwait Kuwait United States United States of America Official Website
103 Mohammad Qomi

محمد قمی
1980 (age 43–44) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
104 Syed Ali Nasir Saeed Abaqati

سید علی ناصر سعيد عبقاتی
Unknown? India Lucknow, India India India -
105 Syed Hamid al-Hassan

سید حمید الحسن
Unknown? India Lucknow, India India Lucknow, India -

Deceased

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This is a list of hujjatul Islams that have died. The list is arranged in descending order of their date of passing.

No Image Name Year of birth
CE
Year of death
CE
Place of birth Place of death Notes
1 Syed Ahmad Musavi Hindi

سيد احمد موسوى هندى
1800 (1800) 1869 (aged 68–69) India Kintoor, India Qajar Iran Khomeyn, Iran Paternal Grandfather of Ruhollah Khomeini
2 Mirza Hasan Tahirzadeh

میرزا حسن طاهرزاده
(1837-05-30)30 May 1837 21 June 1893(1893-06-21) (aged 56) Russian Empire Shusha, Russian Empire Russian Empire Tbilisi, Russian Empire Fourth Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus
3 Mirza Reza Kermani

میرزا رضا کرمانی
1854 (1854) 10 August 1896(1896-08-10) (aged 41–42) Qajar Iran Kerman, Iran Qajar Iran Tehran, Iran Assassinated Nasser al-Din Shah Qajar[19]

Was executed by hanging.[19]

4 Akhundzadeh Abd al-Salam

آخونــدزاده عبدالســلام
(1843-01-13)13 January 1843 18 November 1907(1907-11-18) (aged 64) Russian Empire Salyan, Russian Empire Russian Empire Tbilisi, Russian Empire Fifth Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus
5 Seyed Jamalodin Vaeiz Esfahani

سید جمال‌الدین واعظ اصفهانی
1862 (1862) 4 June 1908(1908-06-04) (aged 45–46) Qajar Iran Hamadan, Iran Qajar Iran Tehran, Iran Killed by a hitman ordered by Mohammad Ali Shah Qajar
6 Mirza Ali Aqa Tabrizi

میرزا علی‌آقا تبریزی
(1861-01-19)19 January 1861 31 December 1911(1911-12-31) (aged 50) Qajar Iran Tabriz, Iran Qajar Iran Tabriz, Iran -
7 Sheikh Mohammad Khiabani

شیخ محمد خیابانی‎
1879 (1879) 1920 (aged 40–41) Qajar Iran Khameneh, Iran Qajar Iran Tabriz, Iran -
8 Mohammad Pishnamaz Zadeh

محمد پیشنماززاده
(1853-05-15)15 May 1853 1937 (aged 83–84) Russian Empire Ganja, Russian Empire Soviet Union Ganja, Soviet Union Seventh Sheikh ul-Islam of the Caucasus
9 Bachir Moustafa Hammoud

بشیر مصطفی حمود
1906 (1906) 1945 (aged 38–39) Lebanon Choukine, Lebanon Lebanon Choukine, Lebanon -
10 Ahmad Rida

أحمد رضا
1872 (1872) 1953 (aged 80–81) Lebanon Nabatieh, Ottoman Syria Lebanon Nabatieh, Lebanon -
11 Seyed Mojtaba Mir-Lohi

سيد مجتبی میرلوحی
1924 (1924) 18 January 1956(1956-01-18) (aged 31–32) Qajar Iran Tehran, Iran Pahlavi Iran Tehran, Iran Founder of Fada'iyan-e Islam[20]

Was executed by firing squad[21]

12 Ahmed Aref El-Zein

أحمد عارف الزين
(1884-07-10)10 July 1884 13 October 1960(1960-10-13) (aged 76) Lebanon Shhur, Lebanon Pahlavi Iran Khorasan, Iran -
13 Seyed Esmail Balhki

سید اسماعیل بلخی
1918 (1918) 14 July 1968(1968-07-14) (aged 49–50) Afghanistan Balkhab, Afghanistan Afghanistan Kabul, Afghanistan -
14 Seyed Mostafa Khomeini

سید مصطفی خمینی
(1930-12-12)12 December 1930 23 October 1977(1977-10-23) (aged 46) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Iran Ba'athist Iraq Najaf, Iraq Son of first Supreme Leader of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini.
15 Muhammad Latif Ansari

محمد لطیف انصاری
(1887-09-30)30 September 1887 1979 (aged 91–92) British Raj British India Kenya Kenya -
16 Abbas Mohammad Montazeri

عباس محمد منتظری
(1944-03-21)21 March 1944 28 June 1981(1981-06-28) (aged 37) Pahlavi Iran Najafabad, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran Assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq, alongside Mohammad Beheshti and 31 others[22]
17 Mohammad-Javad Bahonar

محمدجواد باهنر‎‎
(1933-09-05)5 September 1933 30 August 1981(1981-08-30) (aged 47) Pahlavi Iran Kerman, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran Assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq[23]
18 Habibollah Ashouri

حبیب‌الله آشوری
1936 (1936) 18 September 1981(1981-09-18) (aged 44–45) Pahlavi Iran Gonabad, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran Executed by firing squad
19 Seyed Abdolkarim Hasheminejad

سید عبدالکریم هاشمی‌نژاد
1932 (1932) 30 September 1981(1981-09-30) (aged 48–49) Pahlavi Iran Behshahr, Iran Iran Mashhad, Iran Assassinated by Mujahideen-e Khalq
20 Seyed Hassan Emami

سید حسن امامی
1903 (1903) 1981 (aged 77–78) Pahlavi Iran Tehran, Iran Switzerland Lausanne, Switzerland Fled Iran after the Iranian Revolution, was connected with the Shah
21 Syed Arif Hussain al-Hussaini

سید عارف حسين الحسينى
(1946-11-25)25 November 1946 5 August 1988(1988-08-05) (aged 41) British Raj Parachinar, India Pakistan Peshawar, Pakistan -
22 Sayyid Abbas al-Musawi

سید عباس الموسوي
(1952-10-26)26 October 1952 16 February 1992(1992-02-16) (aged 39) Lebanon Al-Nabi Shayth, Lebanon Lebanon Nabatieh Governorate, Lebanon Co-founder of Hezbollah. Assassinated by Israel
23 Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini

سید احمد خمینی‎
(1946-03-14)14 March 1946 17 March 1995(1995-03-17) (aged 49) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran Son of first Supreme Leader of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini
24 Syed Hassan Naqvi

سید حسن نقوى
1935 (1935) 18 October 1996(1996-10-18) (aged 60–61) British Raj Lucknow, India India Lucknow, India -
25 Syed Ali Akhtar Rizvi

سید علی اختر رضوی
(1948-09-19)19 September 1948 10 February 2002(2002-02-10) (aged 53) British Raj Bihar, India India Bihar, India -
26 Syed Saeed Akhtar Rizvi

سيد سعيد اختر رضوي
(1927-01-05)5 January 1927 20 June 2002(2002-06-20) (aged 75) British Raj Bihar, India Tanzania Dar es Salaam, Tanzania -
27 al-Sayyid Abd al-Majid al-Musawi al-Khoei

السید عبد المجيد الموسوي الخوئي
(1962-08-16)16 August 1962 10 April 2003(2003-04-10) (aged 40) Iraqi Republic (1958–1968) Najaf, Iraq Iraq Najaf, Iraq -
28 Ahmed al-Waeli al-Laithi al-Kinani

أحمد الوائلي الليثي الكناني
1928 (1928) 14 July 2003(2003-07-14) (aged 74–75) Kingdom of Iraq Najaf, Iraq Iraq Kadhimiya, Iraq Known for his presentation style in Iraq
29 Allama Hassan Turabi

علامہ حسن ترابی
1953 (1953) 14 July 2006(2006-07-14) (aged 52–53) Pakistan Shigar, Pakistan Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan -
30 Abdul Amir al-Jamri

عبدالأمير الجمري
(1938-03-01)1 March 1938 18 December 2006(2006-12-18) (aged 68) BahrainBani Jamra, Bahrain Bahrain Manama, Bahrain -
31 Ali Davani

علی دوانی
(1929-09-27)27 September 1929 8 January 2007(2007-01-08) (aged 77) Pahlavi Iran Davan, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran -
32 Sayyid Abd al-Aziz al-Hakim

سید عبد العزيز الحكيم
1952 (1952) 26 August 2009(2009-08-26) (aged 56–57) Kingdom of Iraq Najaf, Iraq Iran Tehran, Iran 66th Prime Minister of Iraq
33 Ali Golzadeh Ghafouri

علی گلزاده غفوری
(1923-05-14)14 May 1923 1 January 2010(2010-01-01) (aged 86) Pahlavi Iran Qazvin, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran -
34 Abdullah al-Dahdouh

عبد الله الدهدوه
1966 (1966) 12 March 2012(2012-03-12) (aged 45–46) Morocco Tangier, Morocco Belgium Brussels, Belgium An ex-Sunni convert to Shia Islam, was murdered by Moroccan Sunnis in Belgium.
35 Ahmad Ghabel

احمد قابل
1954 (1954) October 22, 2012(2012-10-22) (aged 57–58) Pahlavi Iran Torbat-e Jam, Iran Iran Mashhad, Iran Sentenced to prison, died while under hospital arrest
36 Hassan bin Mohammad bin Shehata bin Musa al-Anani

حسن بن محمد بن شحاتة بن موسى العناني
(1946-11-10)10 November 1946 23 June 2013(2013-06-23) (aged 66) Egypt Sharqia Governorate, Egypt Egypt Giza Governorate, Egypt An ex-Sunni scholar who converted to Shia Islam, was murdered by an angry mob of Sunnis in front of his home in Egypt alongside 4 others.
37 Muhammad Musa Shariefi

محمد موسی شریفی
1942 (1942) 11 December 2013(2013-12-11) (aged 70–71) British Raj Kargil, India India Kargil, India -
38 Mirza Mohammed Athar

میرزا محمد اظر
(1937-01-01)1 January 1937 26 February 2016(2016-02-26) (aged 79) British Raj Lucknow, India India New Delhi, India -
39 Jafar Shojouni

جعفر شجونی
1932 (1932) 6 November 2016(2016-11-06) (aged 83–84) Pahlavi Iran Fuman, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran [24]
40 Qasim Umar Sokoto

قاسم عمر سوکوتو
Unknown? (2018-02-05)5 February 2018 Nigeria Sokoto, Nigeria Nigeria Sokoto, Nigeria -
41 Seyyed Mehdi Tabatabaei Shirazi

سید مهدی طباطبایی شیرازی‎
(1936-03-21)21 March 1936 17 May 2018(2018-05-17) (aged 82) Pahlavi Iran Rafsanjan, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran [25]
42 Ahmad Ahmadi

احمد احمدی
(1933-09-06)6 September 1933 8 June 2018(2018-06-08) (aged 84) Pahlavi Iran Malayer, Iran Iran Tehran,Iran -
43 Seyed Ali Akbar Mousavi Hosseini

سید علی‌اکبر موسوی حسینی
1939 (1939) 21 June 2018(2018-06-21) (aged 78–79) Pahlavi Iran Tehran, Iran Iran Tehran, Iran -
44 Hussayn bin al-Haj Muhammad Qasim al-Kurani al-Yateri al-Ameli

حسين بن الحاج محمد قاسم الكوراني الياطري العاملي
1955 (1955) 12 September 2019(2019-09-12) (aged 63–64) Lebanon Yater, Lebanon Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon -
45 Talib Jauhari

طالب جوہری
(1929-08-27)27 August 1929 21 June 2020(2020-06-21) (aged 90) British Raj Patna, India Pakistan Karachi, Pakistan -
46 Ruhollah Hosseinian

روح الله حسینیان
(1956-03-05)5 March 1956 25 August 2020(2020-08-25) (aged 64) Pahlavi Iran Shiraz, Iran Iran Tehran,Iran -
47 Syed Kalbe Sadiq Naqvi

سید کلب صادق نقوی
(1939-06-22)22 June 1939 24 November 2020(2020-11-24) (aged 81) British Raj Lucknow, India India Lucknow, India -
48 Seyed Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahallati

سید محمد علی شهیدی محلاتی
(1949-07-09)9 July 1949 28 November 2020(2020-11-28) (aged 71) Pahlavi Iran Mahallat, Iran Iran Tehran,Iran -
49 Seyyed Ali Akbar Mohtashamipur

سید علی‌اکبر محتشمی‌پور‎
(1947-08-30)August 30, 1947 7 June 2021(2021-06-07) (aged 73) Pahlavi Iran Tehran, Iran Iran Tehran,Iran [26]
50 Abdillahi Nassir

عبداللهی ناصر
(1932-06-01)1 June 1932 11 January 2022(2022-01-11) (aged 89) Kenya Mombasa, Kenya Kenya Mombasa, Kenya -
51 Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi

آغا سید حامد علی شاہ موسوی
(1930-05-12)12 May 1930 25 July 2022(2022-07-25) (aged 92) British Raj Tharparkar, British India Pakistan Islamabad, Pakistan -
52 Mohammad Reza Ashtiani Araghi

محمد رضا آشتیانی عراقی
1940 (1940) 23 June 2023(2023-06-23) (aged 82–83) Pahlavi Iran Qom, Iran Iran Iran -
53 Hassan Sane'i

حسن صانعی
1934 (1934) 21 July 2023(2023-07-21) (aged 88–89) Pahlavi Iran Nikabad, Iran Iran Iran -
54 Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah

سید حسن نصرالله
(1960-08-31)31 August 1960 September 27, 2024(2024-09-27) (aged 64) Lebanon Bourj Hammoud, Lebanon Lebanon Beirut, Lebanon Former Leader of Hezbollah until 2024, after being assassinated by Israel.
55 Nabil Qaouk

نبيل قاووق
(1964-05-20)20 May 1964 28 September 2024(2024-09-28) (aged 60) Lebanon Ebba, Lebanon Lebanon Dahieh, Lebanon Former deputy head of Hezbollah's executive council. Assassinated by Israel.

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