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

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

Till 350 AH/960 CE

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

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	-	Mohaqiq 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	-	-	-	-	[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 -		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 -	- -	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

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	-	Mirzaye Qummi		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 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		1848 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		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)

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  [ fa ] 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)

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		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]
7		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]
8		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]
9		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]
10		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]
11		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	-
12		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	-
13		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]
14		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]
15		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]
16		Mohammad-Taqi Shoushtari محمد تقی شوشتری	1903 (1903)	19 May 1995(1995-05-19) (aged 91–92)	Najaf, Baghdad vilayet	Shushtar, Iran	[19]
17		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]
18		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	-
19		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	-
20		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]
21		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	-
22		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]
23		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]
24		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	-
25		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
26		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	-
27		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]
28		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	-
29		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
30		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
31		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
32		Ali Safi Golpaygani علی صافی گلپایگانی	1913 (1913)	3 January 2010(2010-01-03) (aged 96–97)	Golpayegan Sublime State of Persia	Golpayegan, Iran	-
33		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
34		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
35		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
36		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
37		Mohammad Ebrahim Ansari محمد إبراهيم الأنصاري	1936 (1936)	19 February 2011(2011-02-19) (aged 74–75)	Kingdom of Iraq	Iraq	Biography
38		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
39		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 ]
40		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
41		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
42		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
43		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
44		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
45		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 ]
46		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	-
47		Abdol Hamid Sharbiani عبدالحمید شربیانی	1927 (1927)	22 September 2015(2015-09-22) (aged 87–88)	Imperial State of Iran	Iran	[36]
48		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	-
49		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
50		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]
51		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
52		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]
53		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]
54		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]
55		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]
56		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]
57		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]
58		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]
59		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]
60		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]
61		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
62		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]
63		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]
64		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]
65		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
66		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]
67		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
68		Qasem Taei قاسم الطائي	1960 (1960)	16 September 2023(2023-09-16) (aged 62–63)	Iraqi Republic (1958–1968)	Iraq	Official Website
69		Muhammad Mahdi al-Khorasani محمد مهدي الخراساني	(1928-12-22)22 December 1928	17 September 2023(2023-09-17) (aged 94)	Iraq		-

See also

• List of current Maraji
• List of Ayatollahs
• Marja
• Ijtihad
• Ayatollah
• Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom

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External links

• Prominent Ulamaa, prior to 100 years
• ULAMAA - TIMELINE
• Comprehensive List of Ulamaa / Jurists & their books ' An Extract from A Shiite Encyclopedia - Hasan Amini
• Indian Ulamaa list
• Leading Luminaries (ahl-ul-bayt.org)
• Ulamaa Biography (imamreza.net)
• Ulamaa Biography (imamreza.net)
• Ulamaa Biographies (Jafariyanews.com)
• Introduction to Scholars 5th / 11th century (al-islam.org)
• Scholars Info (Playandlearn.org)