Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

birth of, 19

childhood of, 4, 19– 20

and children, 22, 41, 46–47, 62

and Christianity, 78

on corruption, 25, 37, 45

death of, 4, 70, 79–80, 88

and death of father, 20

and death of son Mustafa, 22,

46 – 47

and demonstration against

Muhammad Rheza Pahlavi,

37 – 38, 39– 40

and early contempt for Pahlavis,

24 – 25, 36, 37

and education, 20–22, 24

in exile in Iraq, 40– 42

in exile in Paris, 50–51, 63

in exile in Turkey, 3, 40

family of, 19–20, 71

followers of, 37, 41, 42

and foreign involvement in Iran,

28

and health problems, 73–74, 75

home life of, 70– 71

and Husain, 12

and Iran as Islamic republic, 41– 42

and Islamic Revolutionary Council,

53

and Israel, 35–36, 37, 39, 57, 76, 77

and journey to Mecca, 22

and Judaism, 78

as leading Shiite, 5

legacy of,4,5,79–80, 82– 89

and lifestyle, 24, 41

and marriage, 21–22, 41, 70, 71

and meaning of name, 19

and meeting public in Qom after

Revolution, 57

as militant Muslim leader, 30–31,

37 – 39

and military, 48, 53, 54– 55

Muhammad Rheza Pahlavi’s actions

against, 3, 38, 39, 40–42, 46– 47

and Muhammad Rheza Pahlavi’s

twenty-five-hundred-year Persian

anniversary celebration, 31– 32

as mystery figure, 4, 19

and opposition to Muhammad Reza

Pahlavi, 3, 4–5, 16, 25, 30–33,

35 – 42.See alsoIranian Revolution

as orphan, 20

and overthrow of Muhammad Reza

Pahlavi, 44– 55

personality of, 35

and political involvement, 25, 35, 37

on poverty, 24–25, 39, 70

in power after Revolution.See

Islamic Republic of Iran, and

Khomeini

and return to Tehran, 3–4, 53

and setting stage for Iranian Revolu-

tion, 35– 42

and Shiite education, 20– 21

and strict adherence to Qur’an,24,

78 – 79

as teacher, 19, 21, 22, 24–25, 35, 41,

42

and United States, 30–31, 35, 37, 40,

47, 62, 75–76, 78

and “White Revolution,”30, 37– 38

writings of, 36–37, 42

Khorramshahr, Iran, 64

Khuzistan, 27, 64– 65

komitehs,69, 86

Kurds, 60, 61

land ownership

and Islamic Republic of Iran, 69

and Muhammad Reza Pahlavi, 30

and Reza Shah Pahlavi, 25

Mackey, Sandra, 41, 72, 80, 82, 84–85,

88

Madraseh Faizieh, 21, 23, 24, 37, 38– 39

madreseh, 20 – 21

Majlis,14, 28, 29, 33, 60, 63, 82

Mecca

Khomeini’s journey to, 22

Muhammad Reza Pahlavi’s pilgrim-

age to, 30

media, and Islamic Republic of Iran,

61, 72

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