First generation

• Ahmad Hindi (1800–1869) was the son of Din Ali Shah and great-great grandson of Zayn al-'Abidin al-Musavi, he was an alim. He left India, escaping colonial rule in 1830, migrating to Najaf, and then finally settling in Khomeyn in 1834.^{[ citation needed ]}

• Related to Hindi: Zayn al-'Abidin al-Musavi, who was progenitor of Syeds of Kintoor, was the great-great-grandfather of Syed Ahmad.

Second generation

• Mustafa Musawi (1862–1903) was the son of Ahmad Hindi, and a prominent cleric, just months after the birth of his son Ruhollah, he was fatally ambushed and shot while traveling on the road to Arak, by brothers Ja'far-quli Khan and Reza Qoli Khan, who were cousins of powerful landowner Bahram Khan. The murder was reportedly motivated by his activism against the local wealthy landowners. Following the attack, his family sought justice from the central government, leading to the public execution of Ja'far-quli Khan in Tehran in 1904/1905. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

Third generation

• Morteza Pasandideh(1893–1996) ^[15] was the son of Mustafa Musawi, he was a scholar and poet.
• Nur al-Din Hindi (1898–1986) was the son of Mustafa Musawi, he was an alim and lead the prayers in the Abbas shrine. He is buried in the Husayn shrine.
• Ruhollah Khomeini (1900–1989) was the son of Mustafa Musawi, he was an Iranian politician, revolutionary, and cleric. He was the founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran and the leader of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, which saw the overthrow of the last Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Following the revolution, Khomeini became the country's Supreme Leader, a position created in the constitution of the Islamic Republic as the highest-ranking political and religious authority of the nation, which he held until his death.

Fourth generation

• Mostafa Khomeini (1930–1977) was the son of Ruhollah Khomeini, he died before the Iranian revolution.
• Ahmad Khomeini (1946–1995) was the son of Ruhollah Khomeini, he was the main assistant of his father before, during and after the Iranian Revolution. He acted as the link between his father and the officials and people. He had several decision-making positions.

Fifth generation

• Hussein Khomeini (born 1959) is the son of Mostafa Khomeini, he is a cleric, and is considered a liberal secularist and an outspoken critic of the theocratic government in Iran.
• Hassan Khomeini (born 1972) is the son of Ahmad Khomeini, he is a cleric and was appointed caretaker of the Mausoleum of Ruhollah Khomeini in 1995 where his grandfather and father are buried. He pursued a political career in 2015, and ran for the Assembly of Experts in the 2016 election. His nomination, however was rejected by the Guardian Council.
• Yasser Khomeini is the son of Ahmad Khomeini, he is a cleric and orator.
• Ali Khomeini is the son of Ahmad Khomeini.

Sixth generation

• Ahmad Khomeini (born 1997) is the son of Hassan Khomeini. He is a cleric. It is said that he is often targeted for being the son of Hassan Khomeini, someone Iran's conservative institutions are suspicious of due to his perceived sympathy for reformers. ^[16]