Javad Khamenei
سید جواد خامنه‌ای‎
Personal
Born	(1895-12-07)7 December 1895 Najaf, (now Iraq)
Died	5 July 1986(1986-07-05) (aged 90) Mashhad, Iran
Religion	Islam
Spouse	Khadijeh Mirdamadi
Children	8, including Mohammad, Ali, Hadi and Badri Khamenei
Denomination	Shia
Jurisprudence	Ja`fari
Creed	Usuli
Alma mater	Qom Seminary
Relatives	Mostafa Khamenei (grandson) Mojtaba Khamenei (grandson) Masoud Khamenei (grandson)

Sayyid Javad Khamenei (Persian: سید جواد خامنه‌ای; 7 December 1895 – 5 July 1986)^[1][2] was an Iranian Shia cleric. He was the father of Iran's current supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.^[3]

Early life

He was an ethnic Iranian Azeri from the city of Khameneh. He attended seminary in Najaf, Qom and Mashhad. After finishing his studies, he settled in the vicinity of Ali ibn Musa (al-Ridha) shrine in Mashhad. He was the imam of the Mashhad in an Azeri mosque ^{[citation needed]}. He had three daughters from his first marriage, named Alaviyeh, Batoul and Fatemeh Soltan. After the death of his first wife, he married Khadijeh Mirdamadi, an ethnic Persian, with whom he had one daughter (Badri Khamenei) and four sons (Mohammad Khamenei, Ali Khamenei, Hadi Khamenei and Mohammad Hassan Khamenei).^[4][5]

Death

Javad Khamenei died on 5 July 1986. He was buried at the portico, behind Imam Reza Shrine, next to Dar-al-Feiz.^[6]

See also

• Khamenei family
• Sayyid
• Family tree of Ali
• Ali Khamenei
• Mohammad Khiabani

References