Word: khadijeh
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Some time in the late 1920s, Ruhollah added "Khomeini" to his name. The reasons are unknown, although the word clearly refers to his birthplace. He also took a bride, whose name is usually given as Quesiran, or Khadijeh. It is typical of the confusion concerning Khomeini's life that he is sometimes said to have two wives, but family friends insist he has been married only once. Khomeini has said "One wife is enough," though he did not say whether he meant simply one at a time. In any case, Khomeini is known to have had six children...
...Reza Shah (the present Shah's father) took belated revenge on his old enemy. On a trumped-up charge, secret police arrested Mossadeq in his garden. When his favorite daughter, Khadijeh, then 17, heard the news, she suffered a nervous breakdown, is still in a sanitarium in Switzerland. (The Premier bursts into tears whenever her name is mentioned...
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