Javad Khamenei

{{Infobox religious biography

| religion = Islam

| native_name = {{lang|fa| سید جواد خامنه‌ای‎}}

| name = Javad Khamenei

| image = File:Ayatollah javad khamenei.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|1895|12|07|df=y}}

| birth_place = Najaf, Ottoman Empire
(now Iraq)

| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|07|05 |1895|12|07|df=y}}

| death_place = Mashhad, Iran

| spouse = Khadijeh Mirdamadi

| children = 8, including Mohammad, Ali, Hadi and Badri Khamenei

| relatives = Mostafa Khamenei (grandson)
Mojtaba Khamenei (grandson)
Masoud Khamenei (grandson)

| denomination = Shia

| jurisprudence = Ja`fari

| creed = Usuli

| alma_mater = Qom Seminary

}}

Sayyid Javad Khamenei ({{langx|fa|سید جواد خامنه‌ای}}{{lrm}}; 7 December 1895 – 5 July 1986){{Cite web|url=https://www.mehrnews.com/news/4022574/فرازی-از-زندگی-نامه-پدر-رهبر-معظم-انقلاب-اسلامی|title=فرازی از زندگی‌نامه پدر رهبر معظم انقلاب اسلامی|date=2017-07-05|website=خبرگزاری مهر {{!}} اخبار ایران و جهان {{!}} Mehr News Agency|language=fa|access-date=2019-08-14}}{{cite web | url=http://defapress.ir/fa/news/14068/%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%B4%D8%AF%D9%87%E2%80%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%B1%D9%87%D8%A8%D8%B1-%D9%85%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%82%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%A8 | title=Biography -- Iran's supreme leader | publisher=defapress.ir | access-date=17 September 2019}} was an Iranian Shia cleric. He was the father of Iran's current supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.{{cite web | url=https://www.tasnimnews.com/fa/news/1396/04/18/1459302/%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%87-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C | title=Biography of Seyyed Javad Khamenei | publisher=tasnimnews.com | access-date=16 September 2019}}

Early life

He was an ethnic Iranian Azeri from the city of Khameneh.

He attended seminary in Najaf, Qom and Mashhad. After finishing his studies, he settled in the vicinity of Ali ibn Musa (al-Ridha) shrine in Mashhad. He was the imam of the Mashhad in an Azeri mosque {{citation needed|date=May 2024}}. He had three daughters from his first marriage, named Alaviyeh, Batoul and Fatemeh Soltan. After the death of his first wife, he married Khadijeh Mirdamadi, an ethnic Persian, with whom he had one daughter (Badri Khamenei) and four sons (Mohammad Khamenei, Ali Khamenei, Hadi Khamenei and Mohammad Hassan Khamenei).{{cite book|url=http://www.yjc.ir/fa/news/5316067/|title=Parents know the Supreme Leader + Photos}}{{cite book|last1= shakhsiatnegar|title=Ayatollah Seyed Javad Khamenei |url=http://shakhsiatnegar.com/%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF-%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C}}

Death

Javad Khamenei died on 5 July 1986. He was buried at the portico, behind Imam Reza Shrine, next to Dar-al-Feiz.{{cite web | url=https://article.tebyan.net/366621/%D9%86%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87%DB%8C-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B2%D9%86%D8%AF%DA%AF%DB%8C-%D8%A2%DB%8C%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%84%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%AE%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%A7%DB%8C | title=Life of Ayatollah Seyyed Javad Khamenei | date=22 July 2017 | publisher=tebyan.net | access-date=23 September 2019}}