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  2. Ayatollah - Wikipedia

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    When an ayatollah gains a significant following and they are recognized for religiously correct views, they are considered a Marja'-e-Taqlid, which in common parlance is "grand ayatollah". [24] Usually as a prelude to such status, a mujtahid [ note 1 ] is asked to publish a juristic treatise in which he answers questions about the application ...

  3. List of ayatollahs - Wikipedia

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    India Jawad-ul-Ulama Ayatollah Syed Ali Jawad Al-Husaini, Zangipur/Banaras (1857-1920) – Mu'aasir wa Ham-Jama'at Sahib-e-Abaqaat [45] India Munaitiq-e-Zaman Ayatullah Syed Mohammad Sajjad Al-Husaini – Founder Jamia Jawadia, Banaras (1928) [45] India Qudwat-ul-Fuqaha Ayatullah Syed Sibte Husain, Jaunpur [45] India Ayatollah Syed Ali Shah ...

  4. Music of Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Loba is a dramatic form of Pashto folk song, often a dialogue that tells romantic stories or allegorical tales. Shaan is a celebratory song performed during significant life events, such as marriages or the birth of a child. Badala, is an epic poem set to music and accompanied by instruments like the harmonium, drums, and tabla.

  5. Islamic fundamentalism in Iran - Wikipedia

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    Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the then Shah of Iran, and his allies, however, took the pacifism of clerics such as Shariatmadari as a sign of weakness. The Shah's government declared a ban on Muharram commemorations hoping to stop revolutionary protests. After a series of severe crack downs on the people and the clerics and the killing and arrest of ...

  6. Royal Salute (anthem) - Wikipedia

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    The "Royal Salute", [a] also known as the "Health of the Shah", [b] was the royal and national anthem of Qajar Iran between 1873 and 1909. The French musician Alfred Jean Baptiste Lemaire composed this anthem in 1873 on the orders of Naser al-Din Shah .

  7. Music of Bengal - Wikipedia

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    Bauls traveled and sang in search of the internal ideal, Moner Manush (Man of the Heart or the inner being), and described "superfluous" differences between religions. Lalon Fakir, alternatively known as Lalon Shah, who lived in the 19th century in and around Kushtia, is considered to be the greatest of all bauls.

  8. Shah - Wikipedia

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    Shah (/ ʃ ɑː /; Persian: شاه, Šāh, lit. ' king ') is a royal title that was historically used by the leading figures of Iranian monarchies. [1] It was also used by a variety of Persianate societies, such as the Ottoman Empire, the Kazakh Khanate, the Khanate of Bukhara, the Emirate of Bukhara, the Mughal Empire, the Bengal Sultanate, historical Afghan dynasties, and among Gurkhas. [2]

  9. Alevism - Wikipedia

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    Haji Bektash Veli Complex. Alevism (/ æ ˈ l ɛ v ɪ z ə m /; Turkish: Alevilik; Kurdish: Elewîtî [11] [failed verification]) is a syncretic [12] Islamic tradition, whose adherents follow the mystical Islamic teachings of Haji Bektash Veli, who taught the teachings of the Twelve Imams, whilst incorporating some traditions from Tengrism. [13]