Khamenei family
The Khamenei family or Khamenei dynasty is among the Iranian Azeri Sayyid families who claim to be descendants of the fourth Imam of Islam, Ali ibn Husayn Zayn al-Abidin —according to the "Khamenei family tree". Their dwelling place were/are in Azerbaijan (Iran), Najaf, Tafresh, etc.
Seyyed Ali Khamenei, the supreme leader of Iran, is the most powerful member of the Khamenei political family. His descent, known as "Sadat-e Hosseini", is likewise connected to the third Imam, Husayn ibn Ali. An Al-Manar TV documentary broadcast in March 2020 claimed that Khamenei is the 38th descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by his son Hussain Asghar, a son of Imam Sajjad.
Seyyed Ali Khamenei's father was Seyyed Javad Khamenei, and his paternal grandfather was Seyyed Hussein, who was buried in Najaf, Iraq. Seyyed Hussein's father was Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Tafresshi, who was considered a Sayyid of Aftasi, whose family tree was connected to Sultan-al-Ulama Ahmad.
Seyyed Mohammad Hosseini Tafreshi Khamenei Tabrizi 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. The descendants of Seyyed Fakhr-al-Din are called Mir-Fakhrayi.