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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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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Khomeini. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Sep 20, 2026 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 30, 2026 | ||
| Cross-reference added. | Mar 06, 2026 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Feb 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Encyclopaedia Iranica - Khomeini. | Nov 26, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - How Ayatollah Khomeini changed Iran. | Apr 15, 2025 | ||
| Questions and answers added. | Feb 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC Sounds - Heroes Or Villains - Ayatollah Khomeini. | Dec 18, 2024 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al Jazeera - 40 years on: Khomeinis return from exile and the Iran revolution. | May 10, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 19, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference. | Feb 21, 2024 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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: Iran Chamber Society - Ayatollah Khomeini. | Aug 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Jewish Virtual Library - Ruhollah Khomeini. | Aug 18, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: LookLex Encyclopaedia - Biography of Ayatollah Ruhollah 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. |
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| 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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