Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini Definition. The word means 'sign of god', and those who carry the title are experts in islamic studies such as jurisprudence, ethics, philosophy and mysticism, and. Imposing rule by islamic law ( see islam) and determined to rid iran of foreign, and especially american, influences, he became virtual dictator of iran in 1979.

Ayatollah ruhollah khomeini was the architect of the iranian revolution and the first leader (rahbar) of the islamic republic established in 1979. Morteza motahhari) later became leading islamic philosophers and also marja. (biography) ruholla (ˈruhɒˈlɑː), known as ayatollah khomeini.