Sayyid Ali al-Sistani

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Twelver_Shia
gptkb:Islamic_scholar
gptkbp:activeYears 1950s–present
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Najaf_Seminary
gptkbp:awards gptkb:King_Faisal_International_Prize_(declined)
gptkbp:birthDate 1930-08-04
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Ali_Hosseini_al-Sistani
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Mashhad,_Iran
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:Iran
gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Twelver_Shia
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Persian
gptkbp:father gptkb:Mohammad_Baqir_al-Sistani
gptkbp:field gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
Quranic exegesis
Hadith studies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sayyid Ali al-Sistani
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Iraqi_Shia_community
Iraqi politics
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Abu_al-Qasim_al-Khoei
gptkb:Muhammad_Baqir_al-Sadr
gptkb:Muhammad_Hadi_al-Milani
gptkbp:knownFor Role in post-2003 Iraq
Fatwas on nonviolence
Religious authority in Iraq
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkb:Persian
gptkb:Urdu
gptkb:Azerbaijani
gptkbp:mother daughter of Sayyid Ali al-Sistani (grandfather)
gptkbp:nationality Iraqi
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Mohammad_Ishaq_al-Fayyad
gptkb:Mohammad_Saeed_al-Hakim
gptkb:Bashir_al-Najafi
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Islamic_jurisprudence
Religious leadership in Iraq
gptkbp:positionHeld Marja' of Najaf
Religious leader of Iraqi Shia
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Resalah_Amaliyah
Islamic legal treatises
Islamic rulings (fatwas)
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Najaf,_Iraq
gptkbp:signature Ali al-Sistani signature.svg
gptkbp:studentOf gptkb:Abu_al-Qasim_al-Khoei
gptkb:Muhammad_Hadi_al-Milani
Muhammad Baqir al-Ruhani
gptkbp:teacherOf many Shia clerics
gptkbp:title Grand Ayatollah
gptkbp:website https://www.sistani.org/
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sayyid_Muhammad_Baqir_Sadr
gptkb:Mohammad_Ishaq_al-Fayyad
gptkb:seminary_of_Najaf
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7