Javad Khamenei

Sayyid Javad Khamenei (Persian: سید جواد خامنه‌ای; 7 December 1895 – 5 July 1986)[1][2] was an Iraqi Shia. He was the father of Iran's current supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.[3]

Javad Khamenei
سید جواد خامنه‌ای‎
Personal
Born(1895-12-07)7 December 1895
Najaf,
(now Iraq)
Died5 July 1986(1986-07-05) (aged 90)
Mashhad, Iran
ReligionIslam
SpouseKhadijeh Mirdamadi
Children8, including Mohammad, Ali, Hadi and Badri Khamenei
DenominationShia
JurisprudenceJa`fari
CreedUsuli
Alma materQom Seminary
RelativesMostafa Khamenei (grandson)
Mojtaba Khamenei (grandson)
Masoud Khamenei (grandson)

Early life

He was an ethnic Iranian Azeri from the city of Khameneh. He attended seminary in Najaf, Qom and Mashhad. After finishing his studies, he settled in the vicinity of Ali ibn Musa (al-Ridha) shrine in Mashhad. He was the imam of the Mashhad in an Azeri mosque (without source). He had three daughters from his first marriage, named Alaviyeh, Batoul and Fatemeh Soltan. After the death of his first wife, he married Khadijeh Mirdamadi, an ethnic Persian, with whom he had one daughter (Badri Khamenei) and four sons (Mohammad Khamenei, Ali Khamenei, Hadi Khamenei and Mohammad Hassan Khamenei).[4][5]

Death

Javad Khamenei died on 5 July 1986. He was buried at the portico, behind Imam Reza Shrine, next to Dar-al-Feiz.[6]

See also

References
  1. "فرازی از زندگی‌نامه پدر رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی". خبرگزاری مهر | اخبار ایران و جهان | Mehr News Agency (in Persian). 2017-07-05. Retrieved 2019-08-14.
  2. "Biography -- Iran's supreme leader". defapress.ir. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  3. "Biography of Seyyed Javad Khamenei". tasnimnews.com. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
  4. Parents know the Supreme Leader + Photos.
  5. shakhsiatnegar. Ayatollah Seyed Javad Khamenei.
  6. "Life of Ayatollah Seyyed Javad Khamenei". tebyan.net. 22 July 2017. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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