1Seyyed Mohammad Khatami was elected president of the Islamic Republic of Iran by a landslide in 1997.
2The young Ali Khamenei was known as Seyyed Ali, a title used by families who claim descent from the Prophet Mohammad.
3Quoted in Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 'The Significance of the Sunnah and Hadith' in Islamic Spirituality, pp.107-8.
4Quoted in Seyyed Hossein Nasr, 'God' in Islamic Spirituality: Foundation which he also edited, (London, 1987), p.32i.