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The Most Learned of the Shia: The Institution of the Marjaiyya

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Divinity Atlas. "The Most Learned of the Shia: The Institution of the Marjaiyya." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-most-learned-of-the-shia-the-institution-of-the-marjaiyya.

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Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). The Most Learned of the Shia: The Institution of the Marjaiyya. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-most-learned-of-the-shia-the-institution-of-the-marjaiyya

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  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {The Most Learned of the Shia: The Institution of the Marjaiyya},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://dev-divinity.interactiveatlas.org/sources/the-most-learned-of-the-shia-the-institution-of-the-marjaiyya},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
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This is a scholarly edited volume with contributions from named specialists in Shia Islam, addressing the marja al-taqlid, the institution of the most senior Shia clerical authorities, from their own documented history and function within Twelver Shia religious authority rather than from one editor's secondhand summary. Its real evidentiary basis is that contributor by contributor specialist method, each chapter grounded in its own author's research. This record states its own limit honestly: coverage of any specific aspect of the marjaiyya depends on which chapter addresses it directly. Use it for established scholarly facts about the marjaiyya as a religious legal institution that a chapter directly covers; a claim about a specific living marja's current rulings needs a more current source alongside it.

Facts

Assessment

Reliability Tier

A scholarly edited volume on the marja al-taqlid, the institution of the most senior Shia clerical authorities, published by Oxford University Press.

Notes

Scholarly edited volume on the marja al-taqlid, the institution of the most senior Shia clerical authorities, covering its history and function within Twelver Shia religious authority. Use for established facts about the marjaiyya as a religious-legal institution.

Citation

Author

Linda S. Walbridge (ed.)

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Publication Year

2001

Source Type

academic monograph

Claims Backed By This Source (94 claims)

This source backs 94 claims across the atlas. As facts: 57 well-attested, 2 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 18 holds, 1 connected. Plus 16 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

Cities, 19 claims: 8 well-attested, 8 holds, 3 general references.
Articles, 16 claims: 13 well-attested, 1 connected, 2 general references.
Doctrines, 15 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 2 holds, 3 general references.
Religious Roles & Titles, 8 claims: 6 well-attested, 1 holds, 1 general references.
Schools of Religious Law, 7 claims: 2 well-attested, 4 holds, 1 general references.
Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
Beliefs & Restrictions, 6 claims: 5 well-attested, 1 general references.
Denominations, 6 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 3 holds, 1 general references.
Religious Organization & Structure, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
Practices, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
Figures, 1 claims: 1 general references.
Scriptures & Texts, 1 claims: 1 general references.