Khomeini family

Khomeini family خاندان خمینی Khomeinis
Earlier spellings	Nishapuri Hindi Musawi
Founded	1834(1834)inKhomeyn
Founder	Ahmad Hindi
Current head	Hassan Khomeini
Heirlooms	Mausoleum of Khomeini

TheKhomeini family(Persian:خاندان خمینی,romanized:Khumaynī,IPA:[xomejˈniː]), also transliterated asKhomeyni,is anIranianreligiousShiafamily that migrated fromNishapur,toAwadhin the 18th-century, and then finally settling inKhomeynin the early 19th-century.They claim descent from the seventh Shiite Imam,Musa al-Kadhim,and hence are aMusawifamily.

History and lineage

The family did not hold a specific surname before 1921, they would normally go byHindi,which meant "fromIndia",since their grandfather had migrated from there. However, after the1921 Persian coup d'état,whenReza Shahpassed a law ordering all Iranians to take a surname;Ruhullahchose for himself the surname Khomeini (from Khomeyn), whilst his brother Morteza chosePasandideh(transl. Pleasant), and Nur al-Din chose Hindi.

The lineage of the Khomeini family is as follows:

RuhullahbinMustafabinAhmadbinDīn Ali ShahbinSafdarbinAmīr al-DīnbinḤasanbinYaḥyabinʿAbd al-HadībinNowroozbinḤasanbinʿAbd al-GhanībinMuḥammadbinḤaydarbinḤamzabinMusa al-KāzimbinJaʿfar as-SādiqbinMuḥammad al-BāqirbinʿAli al-SajjadbinḤusayn al-ShahidbinʿAli Ibna Abi Talib.

Notable members

First generation

• Ahmad Hindi(1800-1869) was the son of Din Ali Shah, he was analim.He left India, escaping colonial rule in 1830, migrating toNajaf,and then finally settling in Khomeyn in 1834.

Second generation

• Mustafa Musawi(1862–1903) was the son of Ahmad Hindi, he was a cleric, and was killed months after the birth of his son Ruhollah, over his activism targeting wealthy landowners.

Third generation

• Morteza Pasandideh(1898–1986) was the son of Mustafa Musawi, he was a scholar and poet.
• Nur al-Din Hindi(1898–1986) was the son of Mustafa Musawi, he was an alim and lead the prayers in the Abbas shrine. He is buried in the Husayn shrine.
• Ruhollah Khomeini(1900–1989) was the son of Mustafa Musawi, he was an Iranian politician, revolutionary, and cleric. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran,Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's Supreme Leader, a position created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic as the highest-ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death.

Fourth generation

• Mostafa Khomeini(1930–1977) was the son of Ruhullah Khomeini, he died before theIranian revolution.
• Ahmad Khomeini(1946–1995) was the son of Ruhullah Khomeini, he was the main assistant of his father before, during and after the Iranian Revolution. He acted as the link between his father and the officials and people. He had several decision-making positions.

Fifth generation

• Hussain Khomeini(born 1959) is the son of Mostafa Khomeini, he is a cleric, and is considered aliberalsecularistand an outspoken critic of thetheocraticgovernment in Iran.
• Hassan Khomeini(born 1972) is the son of Ahmad Khomeini, he is a cleric and was appointed caretaker of the Mausoleum of Khomeini in 1995 where his grandfather and father are buried. He pursued a political career in 2015, and ran for theAssembly of Expertsin the2016 election.His nomination, however was rejected by theGuardian Council.
• Yasser Khomeiniis the son of Ahmad Khomeini, he is a cleric and orator.
• Ali Khomeiniis the son of Ahmad Khomeini

Sixth generation

• Ahmad Khomeini(born 1997) is the son of Hassan Khomeini. He is a cleric. It is said that he is often targeted, for being the son of Hassan Khomeini, someone Iran's conservative institutions are suspicious of due to their perceived sympathy for reformers.

Pictures

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  L to R:Hassan Khomeini,Imam Khomeini,Yasser Khomeini,Ahmad Khomeini

Family tree

Ruhollah Khomeini family tree
Seyyed Ahmad Musavi (c. 1800–1869) Sakineh Kamareh'i Farqahani Seyyed Mostafa Musavi (1862–1903) Hajar Ahmadi 'Abdolkarim Hâ'eri Yazdi (1859–1937) Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini (1902–1989) Khadijeh Saqafi (1913–2009) Seyyed Nur al-Din Hindi (1898–1976) Seyyed Morteza Pasandideh (1896–1996) Morteza Ha'eri Yazdi (1916–1986) Fatemeh Soltani Tabataba'i (b. 1954) Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini (1946–1995) Farideh Mostafavi (b. 1943) Mohammad Hassan A'arabi (1924–2010) Sadiqeh Mostafavi (b. 1941) Mahmoud Boroujerdi (1934–2010) Zahra Mostafavi (b. 1940) Seyyed Mostafa Khomeini (1930–1977) Masoumeh Ha'eri Yazdi (b. 1937) Seyyed Ali Khomeini (b. 1985) Seyyed Yaser Khomeini Seyyed Hassan Khomeini (b. 1972) Fereshteh A'arabi Masih Boroujerdi Leili Boroujerdi (b. 1963) Maryam Khomeini (b. 1962) Seyyed Hussein Khomeini (b. 1959) Neda Bojnourdi (b. 1975) Shahab al-Din Eshraqi (1923–1981) Seyyed Mehdi Khomeini Seyyed Ali Khomeini Seyyed Mohammad Khomeini Seyyed Ahmad Khomeini Nargess Khomeini Fereshteh Khomeini Morteza Eshraqi (b. 1977) Ali Eshraqi Mohammad Taqi Eshraqi Na'eemeh Eshraqi (b. 1965) Nafiseh Eshraqi Atefeh Eshraqi Zahra Eshraghi (b. 1964) Seyyed Mohammad Reza Khatami (b. 1959)
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