Atlas of Battles

commander, 10 engagements

Battles of Ruhollah Khomeini

Battles of Ruhollah Khomeini

Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989, 1902 to 1989

Ruhollah Khomeini is recorded as a commander at 10 placed engagements in the atlas between 1979 and 1988: 3 battles, 1 siege and 6 campaigns across 3 present-day countries, most in Iran (6), Iraq (3), Afghanistan (1). Taken in date order, the sites lie 3,854 km apart end to end, 482 km between engagements on average. Most belong to Iran–Iraq War (8), Soviet-Afghan War (1).

Battle of PavehWar of the CitiesOperation CurtainOperation Forty StarsOperation Dawn 9Siege of AbadanOperation Samen-ol-A'emehOperation Karbala-4Operation Ramadan ul-MubarakOperation MersadSiege of AbadanOperation Samen-ol-A'emehOperation Ramadan ul-MubarakOperation MersadTehranBaghdadMashhadKuwait CityIsfahanShirazKirkukHamadanYazd500 km32.706N, 53.158E
10 placed engagements, coloured by era. Present-day coastlines; ringed marks are the most widely documented.

Engagements by year

1979: 1 engagements1980: 1 engagements1981: 1 engagements1984: 2 engagements1986: 1 engagements1988: 3 engagements3 in 198819791988
9 dated engagements, one bar per year, coloured by era.

In time order

Battle of Paveh, 1979Siege of Abadan, 1980Operation Samen-ol-A'emeh, 1981War of the Cities, 1984Operation Curtain, 1984Operation Karbala-4, 1986Operation Ramadan ul-Mubarak, 1988Operation Forty Stars, 1988Operation Mersad, 198819791988
One tick per dated engagement; each tick is a link.

Wars 2

Engagements by date

DateEngagementPlaceFrom the lastResult
1979Battle of PavehPaveh, IranIranian victory; Iranian forces mostly diverted to the...
6 November 1980Siege of AbadanAbadan, Iran554 km SIranian victory; Iraqi siege broken
1981Operation Samen-ol-A'emehAbadan, Iran2 km EIranian victory; Iraqi siege of Abadan is broken
1984War of the CitiesIran483 km NE
1984Operation CurtainAfghanistan–Iran border, Afghanistan788 km ETactical Soviet and Afghan government Success; 12–15% of...
1986Operation Karbala-4Basra Governorate, Iraq1,229 km WIraqi victory; Successful Iraqi defense; Iranian offensive...
1988Operation Ramadan ul-MubarakAl-Faw Peninsula, Iraq61 km SEIraqi victory
1988Operation Forty StarsMehran County, Iran422 km NWMEK/NLAI victory; Successful MEK offensive; Iranian...
1988Operation MersadKhuzestan Province, Iran315 km SEIranian victory; Defeat of the Mojahadeen-e-Khalq (MEK)...
date unknownOperation Dawn 9IraqIranian strategic failure; Minor gains for Iran; Successful...

Sources and method

Commanders come from the commander fields of the English Wikipedia infoboxes of these engagements (CC BY-SA 4.0), resolved to one article each; portrait, dates and description from Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons, Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Distances are great-circle distances between recorded sites, not marches.