Imam's ancestors were of Iranian origin who kept migrating across the region for the purpose of preaching the divine teachings of pure Islam.
Imam's Iranian religious Shia family once migrated from Nishapur, to Kashmir and Awadh in the 18th-century to spread Islam
Imam's family then also migrated to the holy Iraqi city of Najaf and settled there for a while.
Born in Khomein, in what is now Iran's Markazi province, his father was murdered in 1903 when Imam Khomeini was just two years old.
Imam led Islamic Revolution which toppled the US-backed monarchy in 1979.