A small village in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district holds a distinction of having historic ties to Iran. This village is an evidence of India's civilisational ties and a spiritual and cultural connection with Iran.
Kintoor village is the ancestral home of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini who led Iran's revolution of 1979 that toppled the monarchy led by the Pahlavi dynasty.
Syed Ahmad Musavi Hindi, grandfather of Ayatollah Khomenei, was born in Kintoor village in 1790, but later migrated to Iran's Markaz province in a village called Khomein.
Musavi Hindi retained the suffix 'Hindi' in his name to honor his Indian heritage even after he settled in Iran.
The cultural ties between India and Iran remain a profound, living history for the residents of Barabanki.
