Marja (other)
Marja may refer to: * Marja (name), a Finnish and Dutch female given name * Marjah, Afghanistan, an unincorporated agricultural district in Nad Ali District, Helmand Province * Marja', a Shia authority See also * Maarja Maarja is an Estonian feminine given name. It is considered to be the Estonian form of the name ''Maria'' (and therefore ''Mary''). The name is common in Estonia, and may refer to any of the following persons: *Maarja-Liis Ilus (born 1980; some ...

Marja (name)
Marja is a female given name, a Finnish, Sámi and Dutch form of Mary. It also means "berry" in Finnish. In Finnish the normal form of Mary is Maria; the pronunciations of Maria mariaand Marja marjaare identical, if the /-ria/ is pronounced as diphthong in as usual in rapid speech: ari̯a As of December 2012, 53,000 people are registered with this name in Finland. In Finland, the nameday for Marja is the 15th of August. Notable people Some notable people with the name Marja are: *Marja van Bijsterveldt (born 1961), Dutch politician * Marja Heikkilä (born 1977), Finnish freestyle swimmer *Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (born 1955), Finnish cross country skier *Marja Kok (born 1944), Dutch actress * Marja Lahti (1901–1967), Finnish politician * Marja Lehto (born 1959), Finnish diplomat * Marja Lehtonen (born 1968), Finnish bodybuilder *Marja Lubeck (born 1965), Dutch-born New Zealand politician * Marja Merisalo (born 1965), Finnish choreographer, dancer and director * Marja Mikkonen ( ...
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Marjah, Afghanistan
Marjah (also spelled Marjeh; Pashto/ fa, ) is an agricultural town in southern Afghanistan. It has been reported to have a population between 80,000 and 125,000, but some sources argue that its population is much smaller and is spread across 80 to 125 km2, an area larger than Cleveland or Washington, D.C. Another source described Marjah as "a cluster of villages" and "a community of 60,000 persons". The town sits in Nad Ali District of Helmand Province, southwest of the provincial capital Lashkar Gah. Operation Moshtarak (or the Battle of Mariah) took place in the area. Population and economy Marjah is geographically situated in one of Afghanistan's major belts of poppy fields, which are a source of funds for the Taliban. According to one figure, 10% of global illicit opium production in the year 2000 originated from the Marjah/Nad-i-Ali area. During the 1950s and 1960s the United States funded a scheme, run by the Helmand and Arghandab Valley Authority, to irrigate the f ...
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Marja'
Marji ( ar, مرجع, transliteration: ''marjiʿ''; plural: ''marājiʿ''), literally meaning "source to follow" or "religious reference", is a title given to the highest level of Twelver Shia authority, a Grand Ayatollah with the authority given by a hawzah to make legal decisions within the confines of Islamic law for followers and lower-ranking clerics. The highest ranking ''marjiʿ'' is known as the ''marja al-mutlaq'' or ''marja al-taqlid al-mutlaq''. Sources differ as to when the institution of the marja˓ emerged, with Murtadha al-Ansari (d. 1864) and Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni (d. 940 or 941 CE) both being called the first marja'. Title Currently, maraji' are accorded the title ''Grand Ayatollah'' ( ar, آية ‌الله العظمی ''ʾĀyatullāh al-ʿUẓmā''). Previously, the titles of Allamah (such as Allameh Tabatabaei, Allameh Majlesi, Allameh Hilli) and Imam (such as Imam Khomeini, Imam Rohani, Imam Shirazi and Imam Sadr) have also been used. Someo ...
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