Khamenei family

The Khamenei family (Persian: خاندان خامنه‌ای) or Khamenei dynasty[1] is among the Iranian Azeri Sayyid families[2][3][4] who claim to be descendants of the fourth Imam of Shia Islam, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin (Persian/Arabic: علی بن حسین، زین العابدین) (known as Imam Sajjad)[5][6][7][8] — according to the "Khamenei family tree".

[9][10][11] Their dwelling place(s) were/are in Azerbaijan (Iran), Najaf,[12] Tafresh,[13] etc.

[16] His descent, known as "Sadat-e Hosseini", is likewise connected to the third Shia Imam, Husayn ibn Ali.

[6][17] An Al-Manar TV documentary broadcast in March 2020 claimed that Khamenei is the 38th descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by his[whose?]

[25] Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Tafreshi Khamenei Tabrizi (Persian: سید محمد حسینی تفرشی خامنه‌ای تبریزی) was the son of Seyyed Mohamad Taghi, who was the son of Mirza Ali-Akbar, who was the son of Seyyed Fakhr-al-Din Tafreshi.