Khalaf is both a given name and a surname.

Notable people

Given name

Khalaf al-Bazzar Abu Muhammad Khalaf ibn Hisham ibn Tha'lab al-Asadi al-Bazzar al-Baghdadi (, 150–229 AH/767–844 CE), better known as Khalaf, was an important figure in the history of the Qur'an and the Qira'at, or method of recitation. In addition to being a ...

(d. 844), canonical reader of the

Qur'an The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God ('' Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which consist of individual verses ('). Besides ...

Khalaf I Abu Ahmad Wali 'l-Dawla Khalaf ibn Ahmad (November 937 – March 1009) was the Saffarid amir of Sistan from 963 until 1002. Although he was renowned in the eastern Islamic world as a scholar, his reign was characterized by violence and instabilit ...

(937–1009), Amir of Sistan *

Khalaf Al-Enezi Khalaf Al-Enezi (; 14 October 1946 – 19 December 2022) was a Kuwaiti politician who was a member of the Kuwaiti National Assembly, representing the second district. Al-Enezi worked at the National Council before being elected to the National A ...

(1952-2022), Kuwaiti politician * Khalaf Al Salamah (born 1979), Kuwaiti footballer *

Khalaf al-Ulayyan Sheikh Khalaf al-Ulayyan (also transliterated as al-`Ulya) is an Iraqi politician and the leader of the Sunni Islamist-led Iraqi National Dialogue Council. The council joined the Iraqi Accord Front The Iraqi Accord Front or Iraqi Accordance Fr ...

, Iraqi politician *

Khalaf Khalafov Khalaf Khalafov () is an Azerbaijani diplomat who has been serving as the Representative of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan on Special Assignments since 2023. Previously, he served as Deputy Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan from 1997 to ...

(born 1959), Azerbaijani politician *

Khalaf Masa'deh Khalaf Masa'deh (died 20 February 2015) was a Jordanian politician and lawyer. He served as Minister of Justice A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice, is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the adminis ...

(died 2015), Jordanian lawyer and politician

Surname

* Abbas Khalaf (died 2013), Iraqi translator *

Abdulhadi Khalaf Abdulhadi Khalaf (, born 1945) is a Bahraini leftist political activist and senior lecturer in the Sociology department at Lund University. He is regarded as a specialist in the politics of the Persian Gulf region. Biography He received his prim ...

(born 1945), Bahrani political activist and academic * Ahmad Ibrahim Khalaf (born 1992), Iraqi footballer * Farida Khalaf (born 1995), ISIS escapee and author *

Hevrin Khalaf Hevrin Khalaf (, , also Khelef; 15 November 1984 – 12 October 2019) was a Syrian Kurd politician and civil engineer. Khalaf served as the Secretary General of the Future Syria Party after working for many years in Rojava. She was executed by T ...

(1984–2019), Kurdish-Syrian politician and civil engineer * Karim Khalaf (1935–1985), Palestinian politician * Khaled Khalaf (born 1983), Kuwaiti footballer * Riyadh Khalaf (born 1991), Irish media personality / presenter *

Rima Khalaf Rima Khalaf Hunaidi (; born 1953, in Kuwait) is a national of Jordan who served as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) from 2010 to 2017. She resigned from this position in March 2017 ...

(born 1953), Jordanian UN official *

Roula Khalaf Roula Khalaf () is a British-Lebanese journalist who is the editor of the ''Financial Times'', having been its deputy editor and foreign editor. She succeeded Lionel Barber as editor on 20 January 2020. Early life Khalaf was born in Beirut, Leb ...

, editor of the Financial Times *

Salah Khalaf use both this parameter and , birth_date to display the person's date of birth, date of death, and age at death) --> , death_place = Carthage, Tunisia , death_cause = Assassination , resting_place = Amman, Jordan , restin ...

(1933–1991), Palestinian PLO official * Samir Khalaf (born 1933), Lebanese sociologist *

Umayyah ibn Khalaf Umayya ibn Khalaf ibn Habib ibn Wahb ibn Hudhafa ibn Jumah al-Jumahi (; 563 – 13 March 624) was an Arab slave master and the chieftain of the Banu Jumah of the Quraysh in the seventh century. He was one of the chief opponents against the Muslims ...

, contemporary of Muhammad {{given name, type=both