Ahmad Hindi | |
|---|---|
سید احمد موسوی هندی | |
| Personal | |
| Born | 1800 |
| Died | 1869 |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Shia |
| Jurisprudence | Ja'fari (Usuli) |
| Creed | Twelver |
| Relatives | Khomeini family |
Syed Ahmad Musavi Hindi (Persian: سید احمد موسوی هندی; 1800–1869) was an Indian-born Iranian Twelver Shia Muslim cleric. He was the paternal grandfather of the supreme leader of the Islamic republic of Iran, Ruhollah Khomeini.
Biography[edit | edit source]
India[edit | edit source]
His family migrated towards the end of the 18th century from Nishapur, Iran to Oudh in northern India.[1][2][3] They settled in the town of Kintoor, Barabanki district.[4][5][6] Zayn al-'Abidin al-Musavi, who was progenitor of Syeds of Kintoor, was the great-great-grandfather of Syed Ahmad.[7] He was born in Kintoor.[4][5][8]
Iraq[edit | edit source]
In about 1830, he permanently left India, initially on a pilgrimage to the tomb of Ali in Najaf, Iraq.[5][6][8] According to Moin, this movement was to escape colonial rule.[9]
Iran[edit | edit source]
He visited Iran in 1834 and bought a house in Khomeyn.[4] He later purchased more land in and around Khomeyn, including an orchard and caravanserai. These properties remained in the family up to modern times.[6][8]
By 1841, he had married three wives: Shirin Khanum, Bibi Khanum, and Sakineh (his friend Yusuf Khan Kamareh'i's sister), all from Khomeyn. He had five children, including a son named Mostafa (father of Ruhollah Khomeini), who was born in 1856 in Sakineh.[4]
Death[edit | edit source]
He died in 1869 and was buried in Karbala.[4]
The Hindi nisba (title)[edit | edit source]
He continued to be known by the nisba (title) Hindi (i.e. from Hind or India), indicating his stay there. Even Ruhollah Khomeini used Hindi as a pen name in some of his ghazals.[6] Ruhollah Khomeini's brother was known by the name Nur ed-Din Hindi.[5]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Algar, Hamid (2010). "A short biography". In Koya, Abdar Rahman (ed.). Imam Khomeini: Life, Thought and Legacy. Islamic Book Trust. p. 19. ISBN 978-9675062254.
- ↑ Sacred space and holy war: the politics, culture and history of Shi'ite Islam By Juan Ricardo Cole
- ↑ Art and culture: endeavours in interpretation By Ahsan Jan Qaisar, Som Prakash Verma, Mohammad Habib
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 From Khomein, A biography of the Ayatollah, 14 June 1999, The Iranian
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Khomeini: life of the Ayatollah, Volume 1999 By Baqer Moin
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 Ruhollah Khomeini's brief biography by Hamid Algar
- ↑ Islam, Politics, and Social Movements By Edmund Burke, III, Ervand Abrahamian
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 The Columbia world dictionary of Islamism By Olivier Roy, Antoine Sfeir
- ↑ Moin, Baqer (2000). Khomeini: Life of the Ayatollah. St. Martin's Press. p. 18. ISBN 0-312-26490-9.
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- Iranian Shia clerics
- Iranian Shia scholars of Islam
- People from Nishapur
- 19th-century Muslim scholars of Islam
- Iranian expatriates in India
- People from Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh
- Khomeini family
- Scholars from Lucknow
- Musawis
- Indian people of Iranian descent
- 19th-century Indian Muslims
- Indian Shia clerics
- 1800 births