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:

S 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 1301 AH/1884 CE to 1400 AH/1980 CE

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	Education	Death	Website	Notes
1	-	Khalkhali Ardabaili Syed Murtaza Khalkhali Ardabaili	- -	- 1317	Iran	Iraq	Iraq	[27][28]	-
2		Mirza Ashtiyani Mirza Mohammad Hasan Ashtiyani		1900 1318	Iran	Iraq	Iran		[19]
3		Muhaddis Noori Mirza hussain Noori ibn e Mohammed Taqi Noori Tabrisi	1838 1254	1902 1320	Iran	Iraq	Iraq	Biography	[19]
4		Aqa Hamadani Reza Hamadani		1904 1322	Iran	Iraq	Iraq		[19]
5	-	Najafi Mohammad Taha Najafi	1825 1241	1905 1323	Iraq	Iraq	Iraq		[19]
6	-	Kashmiri Sayed Murtaza Kashmiri	1851 1268	1905 1323	India				[29]
7		Shaikh Behari Mohammad Behari		1907 1325	Iran	Iran	Iran		[19]
8		Mirza Khalili Mirza Hossein Khalili	1815 1230	1908 1326	Iraq	Iraq	Iraq		[30]
9		Shaikh Noori Fazlullah Noori	1843 1259	1909 1327	Iran	Iraq	Iran		[19]
10		Hakeem Qashqai Jahangir Khan Qashqai	1827 1243	1910 1328	Iran	Iran	Iran		[19]
11		Abutaleb Zanjani Seyyed Mirza Abutaleb Zanjani	1843 1259	1911 1329	Iran	Iraq	Iran		[31]
12		Mulla Khurasani Mohammad Kazim Khurasani	1839 1255	1911 1329	Iran	Iraq	Iraq		[19]
13	-	Tabrizi Reza Tabrizi	1848 1265	1912 1331					-
14	-	Karbala'i Seyed Ahmad Tehrani Karbala'i		1913 1332				[32]	-
15		Shaikh Behari Mohammad Baqir Behari		1914 1333	Iran	Iraq	Iran		[19]
16		Rashti Mohammad Ali Rashti	1836 1252	1915 1334					-
17		Ayatullah Yazdi Sayyed Mohammad Kazim Tabatabai Yazdi		1918 1337	Iran	Iraq	Iraq		[19]
18		Allamah Sadr Sayyed Isma’il Sadr		1920 1338	Iran	Iraq	Iraq		[19]
19		Mirza Shirazi Mirza Mohammad Taqi Shirazi		1920 1338					[19]
20	-	Sheikh ol-Shari'a Esfahani Fat'hullah Namazi Shirazi	1849 1266	1921 1339	Iran	Iraq	Iraq		[19]
21		Mulla Kashani Habibullah Shareef Kashani		1922 1340	Iran	Iran	Iran		[19]
22	-	Aqa Iraqi Nuruddin Iraqi		1923 1341					[19]
23	-	Durcheye Sayyed Mohammad Baqir Durcheye		1924 1342					[19]
24		Khalessi Mohammad Mahdi Khalessi		1925 1343					[19]
25		Aqa Tabrizi Mirza Jawad Malelki Tabrizi	1875 1292	3 July 1925 11 Zilhijjah 1343	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Biography	[19]
26		Isfahani Nurullah Isfahani		1927 1345					[19]
27	-	Lari Sayyed Abdul Husain Lari		1928 1346					[19]
28		Baqer ul Uloom Mohammad Baqer Rizvi Lucknowi		1928	India	Iraq	Iraq		[19]
29	-	Allamah Balaghi		1934 1352					[19]
30		Dehkurdi Sayyed Abul Qasim Dehkurdi		1934 1353					[19]
31		Qazwini Sayyed Moosa Zarabadi Qazwini		1934 1353					[19]
32		Hasan al-Sadr Sayyed Hasan Sadr		1935 1354					[19]
33		Mirza Naini Ayatollah Mirza Hussein Naini	1860	1936 1355	Iran	Iran Iraq	Iraq	Biography	[19]
34		Shaikh Haeri Abdul Kareem Haeri	1850 1274	1936 17 Zilqad 1355	Iran	Iran	Iran	Biography	[19]
35		Shaheed Mudaress Sayyid Hassan Mudaress		1937 1355					[19]
36		Muhaddis Qummi Shaykh Abbas Ibne Muhammad Reza Abul Qasim Qummi	1290	1940 23 Zilahjj 1359	Iran	Iraq	Iraq	Biography	[19]
37		Hasanali Isfahani Shaykh Hasanali Isfahani Gharawi	1279 1862	1941 17 Sha’ban 1361	Iran	Iran - Iraq	Iran	Biography	[19]
38		Araki Aqa Ziyauddin Araki		1942 1360					[19]
39	-	Mufti Ash-Shia Ardbaili Syed Muhammad Taqi Mufti Ash-Shia Ardbaili	- -	- 1361	Iran	Iraq	Iraq	[27]	[33]
40	-	Durcheye Sayyed Mohammad Mahdi Durcheye		1945 1364					[19]
41		Mirza Isfahani Mirza Mahdi Isfahani		1946 1365					[19]
42		Aqa Qummi Husain Qummi Tabatabei		1946 1365					[19]
43		Isfahani Sayyed Abul Hasan Isfahani	1860	1946 1365	Iran	Iraq	Iraq	Biography	[19]
44		Shirazi Sheikh Muhammad Kazem Shirazi	1875 1292	1946 1365	Iran	Iraq	Iran	-
45		Aqa Qazi Tabatabei Sayyed Ali Aqa Qazi Tabatabei	1866 1283	1947 1366	Iran	Iraq	Iraq	-
46		Shahabadi Mohammad Ali Shahabadi	1875	1950 1368					[19]
47		Shaikh Nahawandi Ali Akbar Nahawandi		1950 1369					[19]
48		Ayatullah Khunsari Sayyed Mohammad Taqi Khunsari	1274	1951 1371	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Biography	[19]
49		Kabuli Sardar Kabuli		1952 1371	Afghanistan				[19]
50		Mohsin al-Ameen Sayyed Mohsin Ameen		1952 1371	Lebanon	Iraq	Lebanon		[19]
51		Kuh Kamari Sayyid Muhammad Hujjat Hussain Kuh-Kamari	1892 1310	1952 1371	Iran	Iraq	Iran	-
52		Sadr al-Din Sadr al-Din al-Sadr	1882 1299	1954 1373	Iraq	Iran	Iran	-
53		Shaikh Kashif al-Ghita Mohammed Hussain Kashif al-Ghita	1872 1214	1954 1373	Iraq	Iraq	Iraq	Biography	[19]
54		Gulpaygani Sayyed Jamaluddin Gulpaygani		1957 1377					[19]
55		Ameli Sayyed Sharafuddin Ameli		1958 1377					[19]
56		Mahdi Shirazi - Sayyid Mirza Mahdi Hussaini Shirazi سيد ميرزا مهدى حسيني شيرازي	1887 1304	1960 1380	Iraq	Iraq	Iraq	Biography
57		Borujerdi Seyyed Hossein Borujerdi	1875 1292	30 March 1961 13 Shawaal 1381	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Biography	[19]
58		Kashani Sayyed Abul Qasim Kashani	1882	1961 1381	Iran	Iraq	Iran		[19]
59		Shirazi Sayyid Abdul Hadi Hussaini Shirazi	1887 1305	1962 1382	Iraq	Iraq	Iraq	-
60	-	Shaikh Muzaffar Mohammad Reza Muzaffar		1963 1382					[19]
61	-	Shahrestani Hibatuddin Shahrestani		1966 1385					[19]
62		Aqa Buzurg Tehrani Mohammed Hassan Razi	1875	1969 1388	Iran	Iraq	Iraq		[19]
63		Mohsin-ul-millat Syed Mohsin Nawab Rizvi سید محسن نواب رضوی	1901	1969 1388	India	India - Iraq	India		[34]
64		Mohsin al-Hakeem Sayyed Mohsin Hakeem	1889	1970 1389	Lebanon	Iraq	Iraq	Biography	[19]
65		Allamah Amini Abdul Hossein Amini		1970 1389					[19]
66	-	Shaikh Kuhistani Mohammad Kuhistani		1972 1392					[19]
67	-	Allamah Sha’rani		1973 1393					[19]
68		Shahroudi Sayyed Mahmood Husseini Shahroudi		1974 1394					[19]
69	-	Behbahani Sayyed Ali Musawi Behbahani		1975 1395					[19]
70		Milani Sayyed Mohammad Hadi Milani	1892 1313	1975 1395	Iraq	Iraq	Iran		[19]
71		Aqa Arbab Raheem Arbab	1880 1297	1976 1396	Iran	Iran	Iran		[19]
72		Ustad Shaheed Mutahhari Murtaza Mutahhari مرتضی مطهری	1920	1979 1399	Iran	Iran	Iran	Biography	[19]
73		Mustanbat Najafi Sayyid Ahmed Mustanbat Najafi سيد أحمد مستنبط نجفي	1925 1324	1979 1399	Iran	Iraq	Iraq	-
74		Shaheed Khamis, Baqir al-Sadr Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr	1935	1980 1400	Iraq	Iraq	Iraq		[19]
75	-	Shaikh Mugni’ah Mohammad Jawad Mugni’ah		1980 1400					[19]

After 1400 AH/1980 CE

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	Education	Death	Website	Notes
1	-	Shaheed Madani		1981 1401					[19]
2		Allamah Tabatabai - علامه طباطبائی Sayyid Muhammad Husayn Tabatabaei سید محمد حسین طباطبائی	16 March 1904 29 Dhul-Hijja 1321	7 November 1981 18 Muharram 1402	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Official website, Biography	[19]
3		Dastghaib Shirazi Abul-Husayn Dastghaib Shirazi		11 December 1981 18 Muharram 1402	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Biography 1, Biography 2
4	-	Khadmi Syed Hassan Moosavi Khadmi Asfahani		1984 1404					,[19][35][36]
5	-	Shirazi Sayyed Abdullah Shirazi		1984 1405					[19]
6		Shirazi - شيرازى Sayyid Abdullah Shirazi	1892	1985 1405	Iran	Iraq	Iran		[19]
7		Shariatmadari شريعت مدرى Sayyid Mohammad Kazem Shariatmadari	1904	1986 1406	Iran	Iraq	Iran		[19]
8		Allamah Naq'qan Sayyed Ali Naqi Naqvi	1905	1988 1408	India	India - Iraq	India		[19]
9		Khomeini - خمینی Sayyid Ruhollah Mousavi Khomeini سيد روح الله موسوی خمینی	1902	1989 1409	Iran	Iran	Iran	Official website	[19]
10		Mar’ashi - مرعشى Sayyid Abul Ma'ali Shahab ad-Din Muhammad Hussain Mar’ashi Najafi		1990 1411	Iraq	Iraq	Iran	Biography	[19]
11	-	Agha Janab Allama Syed Hasan Al-Rizvi Hindi Lucknowi		1991	India	India- Iraq	Iraq		[19]
12		Khoei - خوئي Seyyid Abul Qasim Musawi Khoei سيد ابولقاسم موسوي الخوئي	19 November 1899 15 Rajab 1317	8 August 1992 1412	Iran	Iraq	Iraq	Official website, Biography	[19]
13		Hashem Amoli - هاشم آملى Mirza Hashem Amoli ميرزا هاشم آملى	1899 1316	1993 1413	Iran	Iran	Iran	-
14		Sabzwari- سبزوارى Sayyid Abd al A'la al-Sabzwari السيد عبد الأعلى السبزوارى	10 December 1911 1329	13 August 1993 1414	Iran	Iraq	Iraq	-
15		Golpaygani Sayid Mohammad Reza Golpaygani	1898	9 December 1993 1413	Iran	Iran	Iran	Biography 1, Biography 2	[19]
16		Araki - اراكى Mohammad Ali Araki	1895	1994 25th of Jumadi al-Akhar 1414	Iran	Iran	Iran	Biography	[19]
17	-	Allamah Shustari		1995 1415					[19]
18	-	Marandi Mirza Ali Akbar Marandi		1995 1415					[19]
19	-	Bahauddini Syed Radha	1909	1997 1417	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Biography	[19]
20		Allamah Ja’fari - علامه جعفرى Mohammad Taqi Ja’fari	1923	1998 1418	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Official website	[19]
21		Rouhani - روحانى Sayyid Muhammad Rohanai	1919 1338	1998 1418	Iran	Iran Iraq	Iran	-
22	-	Azari Ahmad Azari-Qomi-Bigdeli	1925	1999 1419	Iran	Iran	Iran	-	-
23		Sadeq al-Sadr صادق الصدر Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr	1943	1999 1419	Iraq	Iraq	Iraq	-	[19]
24		Gharavi Sheikh Ali Gharavi	1931 1349	1999 1419	Iran	Iran Iraq	Iraq	-
25		Shirazi - شيرازى Sayyed Mohammad Hussaini Shirazi	1928	2001 1421	Iraq	Iraq		Official website	[19]
26		Movahed Abtahi Sayyed Muhammad Ali Movahed Abtahi	1922 1340	2002 1422	Iran	Iran	Iran	-
27		Kokabi Sayyid Abul Qasim al-Kokabi	1926 1334	2005 1425	Iran	Iran Iraq	Iran	-
28		Tabrizi - تبريزى Mirza Javad Tabrizi	1926	2006 1426	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Official website	[19]
29		Qomi - قمى Hassan Tabatabaei Qomi	1917 1335	2007 1427	Iran	Iraq	Iran	-	-
30		Shaykh Lankarani - الشيخ لنكرانى Mohammad Fazel Lankarani	1931	2007 1427	Iran	Iran	Iran	Official website, Biography	-
31	-	Bahlool Ayatullah Shaykh Muhammad Taqi Bahlool	1908	2008 1429	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Biography 1, Biography 2	-
32		Bahjat - بهجت Mohammad Taghi Bahjat Foumani	1917	2009 1430	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Official website	-
33		Montazeri - منتظري Hossein Ali Montazeri حسين علي منتظري	1922 1340	2009 1431	Iran	Iran	Iran	Official website	-
34		Golpaygani - گلپایگانی Ali Safi Golpaygani علی صافی گلپایگانی	1913 1331	2010 1431	Iran	Iran	Iran	Official website	-
35		Mousavi - موسوي Sayyid Mohammad Mofti al-Shi'a Mousavi السيد محمد مفتي الشيعة موسوي	1928 1347	2010 1431	Iran	Iran & Iraq	Iran	Official Website	-
36		Fadlallah - فضل الله Sayyid Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah السيد محمد حسين فضل الله	1935 1353	2010 1431	Iraq	Iraq	Lebanon	Official Website	-
37		Kashani - کاشانی Sayyid Abbas Hosseini Kashani السید عباس حسيني کاشانی	1931 1350	2010 1431	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Official Website	-
38		Faqih - فقيه Mirza Mohammad Hassan Ahmadi Faqih ميرزا محمد حسن احمدى فقيه	1951 1370	2010 1431	Iran	Iran	Iran	Official Website	-
39		Tehrani - تهرانی Mohammad Sadeqi Tehrani محمد صادقی تهرانی	1926 1345	2011 1432	Iran	Iran	Iran	Official Website	-
40	-	Ansari - انصاري Mohammad Ebrahim Ansari محمد إبراهيم الأنصاري	1936 1355	19 February 2011 1432	Iraq	Iraq	Iraq	Biography	-
41		Koochebaghi - کوچه باغی Mohsen Koochebaghi Tabrizi محسن کوچه باغی تبریزی	1924 1343	2011 1432	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Official Website	-
42		Tehrani - تهراني Mojtaba Tehrani مجتبي تهراني	1933 1352	2013 1434	Iran	Iran	Iran	Official Website	-
43		Zanjani - زنجانی Sayyid Mohammad Ezodin Hosseini Zanjani سید محمد عزالدین حسيني زنجانی	1921 1340	2013 1434	Iran	Iran & Iraq	Iran	Official Website	-
44		Tabrizi - تبریزی Sayyid Yousef Madani Tabrizi السيد يوسف مدنی تبریزی	1928 1347	2013 1434	Iran	Iran	Iran	Official Website	-
45		Malakouti - ملكوتی Moslem Malakouti مسلم ملكوتی	1923 1341	2014 1435	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Official Website	-
46		Shirazi - شيرازي Sayyid Mohammad Baqer Shirazi السيد محمد باقر شيرازي	1931 1350	2014 1435	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Official Website	-
47		Fayaz - فياض Sayyid Morteza Hosseini Fayaz السيد مرتضى الحسيني فياض	1928 1347	2014 1435	Iraq	Iraq	Iraq	Biography	-
48		Movahed Abtahi - موحد ابطحي Sayyid Muhammad Baqir Movahed Abatahi سيد محمد باقر موحد ابطحي	1928 1346	2014 1435	Iran	Iran & Iraq	Iran	-
49		Sharbiani - شربياني Sheikh Abdul Hameed Sharbiani	-	2015 1436	Iran	Iran	Iran	[Official Website]	[39]
50		Qomi - قمي Sayyid Taqi Tabatabaei Qomi السيد تقي طباطبايي قمي	1923 1341	2016 1437	Iran	Iraq	Iraq	-	-
51		Mousavi Ardebili - موسوي اردبيلي Sayyid Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili السيد عبدالكريم موسوي اردبيلي	1926 1344	2016 1437	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Official Website	-
52	-	Fatmi Tabrezi - فاطمي تبريزى Sayyid Jawad Fatmi Tabrezi	-	2016 1437	Iran	Iran	Iran	[Official Website]	[40]
53		Kashani - كاشانى Houssein Rasti Kashani حسين راستى كاشانى	1927 1346	2017 1438	Iran	Iran	Iran	[Official Website]	[41] [42]
54		Tabatabaei Hassani - طباطبائي حسني Sayyid Mohammad Ali Tabatabaei Hassani السيد محمد علي الطباطبائي الحسني	1945 1364	2017 1438	Iraq	Iraq	Iraq	Official Website	-
55		Tehrani - تهرانى Morteza Tehrani مرتضى تهرانى		2018 1439	Iran	Iran	Iran	Official Website	[43][44]
56		Esmailpour Qomsheiy - اسماعيلپور قمشه اي Mohammad Ali Esmailpour Qomsheiy محمد علي اسماعيلپور قمشه اي	1940 1359	11 August 2018 1439	Iran	Iran	Iran	Official Website	[45] [46]
57		Gharavi Aliari - غروي علياري Mirza Javad Gharavi Aliari ميرزا جواد غروي علياري	1935 1353	6 September 2018 1439	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Official Website	[47]
58		Shahroudi - شاهرودي Sayyid Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi السيد محمود شاهرودي	1948 1367	24 December 2018 1439	Iraq	Iraq	Iran	Official Website	[48]
59		Kaboli - كابلى Mohaqeq Kaboli محقق كابلى	1928 1346	11 June 2019 1440	Afghanistan	Afghanistan Iraq	Iran	Official Website	[49]
60		Shahroudi - شاهرودي Sayyid Mohammad Shahroudi السيد محمد شاهرودي	1925 1343	7 July 2019 1440	Iraq	Iran	Iran	Official Website	[50]
61		Mohseni - محسني Mohammad Asif Mohseni محمد آصف محسني	1936 1354	5 August 2019 1440	Afghanistan	Iraq	Afghanistan	[Official Website]	[51]
62		Bathaei Golpayegani - بطحایی گلپایگانی Sayyid Hashem Bathaei Golpayegani السيد هاشم بطحایی گلپایگانی	1941 1360	16 March 2020 1441	Iran	Iran	Iran	Official Website

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)