TIL that Ayatollah Khomeini was born in India, and wasn't even fully ethnic Persian as his paternal grandfather was born in UP. Khomeini used the the pen name of 'Hindi' in some of his ghazals. - discu.eu

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TIL that Ayatollah Khomeini was born in India, and wasn't even fully ethnic Persian as his paternal grandfather was born in UP. Khomeini used the the pen name of 'Hindi' in some of his ghazals. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ruhollah_khomeini 12 comments 2/1/2018 india