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After the death of Ayatollah Burujirdi, Marja'iyya was not concentrated in one and the same person. There were a number of Shiite authorities in Iran and Iraq in this period. Although in the early years of this period, [[Sayyid Muhsin Hakim]] (d. 1390/1970) in Najaf was more outstanding than others, late in this period of 33 years, [[Sayyid Ruh Allah Khomeini]] (d. 1409/1989), the founder of the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]], turned into the most widely accepted Shiite authority in Iran and [[Sayyid Abu l-Qasim Khu'i]] turned into the most influential Najaf-based Shiite authority.

After the death of Sayyid Abu l-Qasim Khu'i in 1413/1992, for three years the global Shiite authority was concentrated in Qom. This was because of the death of Shiite authorities in Najaf, the deportation of many Iranian scholars in the Islamic Seminary of Najaf, and the restrictions imposed by the ruling [[Ba'ath Party]] in Iraq. The compulsory migration of Najaf-based Iranian scholars led to the thriving of the Islamic Seminary of Qom and the weakness of the Islamic Seminary of Najaf. In this rather short period, [[Sayyid Muhammad Rida Gulpayigani]] and [[Muhammad 'Ali Araki]] were the most prominent Shiite authorities.

The period of the contemporary Marja'iyya began after the death of Muhammad 'Ali Araki (1415/1994). In this period, a number of mujtahids in Iran, Iraq, [[Lebanon]], and [[Pakistan]] have been the Shiite authorities.

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