![]() Khomeini published his first tract on spiritual philosophy at age twenty-seven. Both sons died under mysterious circumstances: His eldest son Mustafa in Najaf in 1977 and his youngest son Ahmad died in Tehran in 1995. In 1932 he married the daughter of a prominent Tehran cleric and had seven children, five of whom survived infancy. Khomeini’s residence in Qom coincided with the rise of Reza Shah, who curtailed the influence of the clergy as he centralized authority. ![]() After Ha’iri’s death in 1937, he became an assistant to Ayatollah Husayn Boroujerdi, one of the leading Shi’ite authorities of the day. Upon completing his education, Khomeini taught Islamic philosophy and jurisprudence. Khomeini followed Ha’iri to the Fayzieh madrasa (religious college) in Qom the following year, where Khomeini distinguished himself in ethics and religious philosophy. His older brother Sayyid Murtaza (later known as Ayatollah Pasandida) assumed responsibility for Khomeini’s education after their mother died in 1918.Īt nineteen, Khomeini traveled to nearby Arak, where he studied religion under Ayatollah Abd al-Karim Ha’iri, a well-known Islamic scholar. His father Mustafa was murdered by bandits when Khomeini was five months old. He was born on September 24, 1902, in the western Iranian town of Khomein to a clerical family. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini was the leader of the Islamic Revolution in Iran.
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