I would not put too much weight on Wikipedia.
Not putting weight on Wikipedia. But in this particular case, the sources upon which their statements are grounded are solid ones. Hamid Algar for instance is an accomplished and serious academic, an expert on Iran's Islamic Revolution and a convert to Islam who had met Imam Khomeini in person.
The other source I pointed to is authoritative as well, i. e. the Institute for Compilation and Publication of Imam Khomeini's Works based in Tehran. Their word amounts to an official confirmation of sorts, since they're a dedicated foundation tasked with preserving Imam Khomeini's heritage, so they'll be well informed about his biography (and that of his immediate forebears).
Ayatollah Pasandideh, Imam’s elder brother in writing about the origins of his family says: our great grandfather, Din ‘Ali Shah, resided in Kashmir. It is said his ancestors were from India. Here, in this phrasal name ‘Shah’ means ‘Sayyid.’ (Memoirs of Ayatollah Pasandideh, Oral and Written History, The Institute for Compilation and Publication of Imam Khomeini’s Works, p. 41)
This quote from ayatollah Pasandideh happens to be from the same website I just mentioned.
However, it contradicts the website's main biographical article on Imam Khomeini of which I posted a screenshot. Which is quite peculiar.
He also adds: Sayyid Ahmad, our grandfather, known as Sayyid Ahmad Hendi, is the son of Din ‘Ali Shah based on the available documents. In the years between 1861 and 1871 Din ‘Ali Shah migrated from Kashmir and went on a pilgrimage to the holy city of Najaf in Iraq. Colonization and occupation of Indian sub-continent by Britain was perhaps a cause of his migration. (Ibid, p. 42)
This is a somewhat strange quote, because the given dates do not seem to match the biographical timelines of those involved.
Seyyed Ahmad Mousavi Hendi, the son of Deen Ali Shah, is said to have gone on a pilgrimage to Najaf in or around 1830. Hence, the notion that his father did the same 30 to 40 years later is puzzling.
In another account, narrated by Heshmatullah Riyazi Yazdi, which has been mentioned at the last part of the same source, it is said Sayyid Heydar Mousavi Safavi Ardebili, one of the Imam’s forefathers—thirteen generations back according to the family tree—was sent to Kashmir by Mir Sayyid ‘Ali Hamedani, a great mystic of the time, to promote the message of Islam in that region. History is the witness of many sacrifices made by Imam’s ancestors some of whom were even martyred in their struggles against cruelty and oppression of dictatorial rulers. Sayyid Ahmad Hendi, however, returns and resides in Khomein after years of living in different sites and cities away from the home.
Well, this here again attributes distant Iranian origins to Imam Khomeini's forefathers who it claims had settled in Kashmir.
As the world is observing the 39th anniversary of the Iranian Revolution, many in Kashmir are recounting the preparations to host the exiled leader in the Valley at the peak of the revolution. Althoug
freepresskashmir.news
This contains two references of import to the question at hand:
1) A statement by Kashmiri scholar Aga Syed Yusuf, according to whom Imam Khomeini wrote to him in a letter, that "he would have loved to come to Kashmir as it was also his ‘ancestral land’".
It is conceivable that this mention by Imam Khomeini was referencing Kashmir as a land where some of his ancestors had settled for a given period of time. It does not necessarily imply, in my opinion, that he meant to describe said ancestors as being of Kashmiri origins.
This assumption tends to be supported by the article's second relevant point, namely:
2) In reply to a subsequent letter from Aga Yusuf asking Imam Khomeini to elaborate on his connection to Kashmir, the latter replied that his grandfather Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hendi "came to Najaf from India or Kashmir. From Najaf, he went to Khomeyn and settled there."
Here, Imam Khomeini puts side by side two possible points from where his grandfather moved to Najaf: India, which seems to echo the Lucknow hypothesis, and Kashmir.
To add to the confusion, according to the author of the article, the same ayatollah Pasandideh (Imam Khomeini's elder brother) cited above, has stated that his grandfather Seyyed Ahmad Musavi Hendi departed from Lucknow to Najaf.
Khomeini's Kashmir connection | Greater Kashmir
Khomeini's Kashmir connection Greater Kashmir | During this time, Kashmir''s noted religious cleric Ayatollah Aga Syed Yusuf dispatched a letter to Ayatollah Khomeini, asking him to visit Kashmir.
www.greaterkashmir.com
This article contains a few additional points of note:
1) It offers a different wording for Imam Khomeini's remark about Kashmir in his letter to Aga Yusuf:
"I would have loved to visit Kashmir, which apparently is my ancestral place"
So here, with the addition of the adverb "apparently", an element of doubt is introduced, suggesting that this was not a categorical assertion by Imam Khomeini.
2) Concerning Imam Khomeini's reply to Aga Khan's subsequent request for more details, the article states:
"He replied that he does not know much except the fact that his grandfather had migrated from Kashmir to Iran about 130 years ago"
Again we have no definite affirmation of a Kashmiri ancestry by Imam Khomeini. That his grandfather emigrated from Kashmir in the 1830's, still does not invalidate the notion that either his great-grandfather or previous ancestors of his came from Iran and chose to settle in Kashmir.
3) The article evokes a copy of the Holy Quran belonging to Imam Khomeini's grandfather, which, according to Aga Yusef's son, bore the mention:
"This (holy book) belongs to Ahmed al-Moosvi al-Kashmiri"
However this does not conclusively establish that Seyyed Ahmad Musavi did not have Iranian roots, as some Kashmiris indeed do.
4) Local historians and genealogists contacted by Aga Yusuf believe that three of Imam Khomeini's ancestors settled in Kashmir in the 14th century AD. The article doesn't mention where these ancestors hailed from, but one can presume they came from Iran.
I would like to know more about Hamid Algar and Baqer Moin's primary sources for comparison, but I do not have access to their books right now.
In conclusion, apart from one statement by ayatollah Pasandideh, the other sources making detailed and assertive claims about Imam Khomeini's ancestry ascribe either more immediate (great-grandfather) or more distant Iranian forebears to Imam Khomeini, alternatively claiming they settled either in Kashmir or near Lucknow.
Since when was anti-indian sentiment ever a concern for Iranians????????............
...........if you are going to false flag then you need to do a better job than that...........
