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Ruhollah Khomeini: References & Edit History

Researcher's Note

Ruhollah Khomeini’s birth date

Little is known of Ruhollah Khomeini’s early life. Various dates are given for his birth, the most common being May 17, 1900, and Sept. 24, 1902 (also the anniversary of the birth of Fāṭimah, the Prophet Muhammad’s daughter). Although Khomeini’s birth certificate gives the year of his birth as 1900, Ayatollah Pasandideh, Khomeini’s older brother, indicated that 1902 is the correct year.

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Add new Web site: University of Toronto Press Journals - Ayatollah Ruhullah al-Musavi Khomeini's Ultimate Reality and Meaning. Sep 17, 2024
Add new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The Politics of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Jul 25, 2024
Anniversary information added. May 30, 2024
Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - Ayatollah Khomeini: A rare encounter with a true revolutionary. May 10, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 19, 2024
Added cross-reference. Feb 21, 2024
Anniversary information added. Sep 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Counter Extremism Project - Ruhollah Khomeini. Jul 05, 2023
Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Biography of Ayatollah Sayyid Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini. May 19, 2023
Media added. Jan 12, 2023
Corrected display issue. Jan 31, 2020
Top Questions updated. Sep 13, 2019
Revised the discussion of his early life, clerical activism, and leadership in the establishment of the Islamic republic. Feb 11, 2019
Replaced photograph. Mar 30, 2017
Corrected Khomeini's original name. Nov 04, 2016
Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Biography of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Aug 18, 2013
Add new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Biography of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini. Aug 18, 2013
Add new Web site: Iran Chamber Society - Ayatollah Khomeini. Aug 18, 2013
Changed birth date from May 17, 1900 to Sept. 24, 1902. Jul 01, 2009
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Biography of Ayatollah Khomeini.
  • Gaurav Shukla
 Apr 30, 2007
Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation World Service - The Story of the Revolution. Jul 18, 2006
Added new Web site: TIME 100: Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. May 10, 2006
Article revised. Jun 06, 2005
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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