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).
On these timelines: Persia and Iran, Master, People, Islam, Major Religions
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- Iranian Revolution (1978)
- Cyrus the Great (600 BCE)
- Sassanid Empire (224)
- Fall of the Sasanian Empire (651)
- Safavid Empire (1501)
- Alexander's conquest of the Persian Empire (334 BCE)
- Safavid Iran converts to Twelver Shi'ism (1501)
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