Vilayat-e Faqih

Vilayat-e Faqih (Persian: ولایت فقیه‎‎, also velāyat-e faqīh), is Persian for guardianship of Faqīh (an Islamic jurist)

For the doctrine, see Guardianship of the Islamic jurists
For the book by Ayatollah Khomeini establishing the doctrine of faqih as ruler, see Islamic Government: Governance of the Jurist
For the Vilayat-e-Faqih of the Islamic Republic of Iran, see Supreme Leader of Iran
For the current Vali-e-Faqih of Iran, see Ali Khamenei

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