Private photos of Ayatollah Khomeini

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During their rule they extensively invited, and received, a steady stream of Persian scholars, poets, jurists, architects, and painters.The family eventually settled in the small town of Kintoor, near Lucknow, the capital of Awadh. Ayatollah Khomeini’s paternal grandfather, Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, was born in Kintoor.

 

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