Ruhollah Khomeini
1902–1989 · Person
Shia cleric and architect of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution; first Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic, establishing clerical rule (velayat-e faqih).
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- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
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- Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire (334 BCE)
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