Khalifa

Khalifa or Khalifah is a name or title which means "successor" or "steward". It most commonly refers to the leader of a Caliphate, but is also used as a title among various Islamic religious groups and orders. Khalifa is sometimes also pronounced as "kalifa".

Concept

• Caliph
• Caliphate
• Khalifatul Masih
• In Tasawwuf, a Khalifah is a spiritual successor of a saint, in the Sufi order

Places

• Xəlfəlikənd, Azerbaijan
• Khalifeh (disambiguation), places in Iran

Living people

• Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Emir of Abu Dhabi
• Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar
• Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, President of the 61st United Nations General Assembly
• Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, former Emir of Qatar
• Mia Khalifa, Lebanese American pornographic actress
• Marcel Khalife, Lebanese musician
• Mohammed Jamal Khalifa, Saudi Arabian businessman
• Omer Khalifa, Sudanese sportsman
• Rafik Khalifa, Algerian billionaire
• Wiz Khalifa, American rapper
• Osama Khalifa, Egyptian Squash Player

Historical people

• Khalifa ibn Khayyat (c. 777 – c. 854), Arab historian
• Katip Çelebi (Hajji Khalifa) (1599–1658), Arabic and Turkish author
• Abdallahi ibn Muhammad (1846–1899), known as "The Khalifa", Sudanese Mahdist leader
• Khalifa bin Harub of Zanzibar (1879–1960), sultan of Zanzibar
• Khalifa Keita, fourth mansa of the Mali Empire
• Sirr Al-Khatim Al-Khalifa (1919–2006), Sudanese politician
• Rashad Khalifa (1935–1990), Egyptian biochemist

House of Al-Khalifa

• House of Khalifa
  • Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa
  • Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain
  • Meriam Al Khalifa

Others

• Khalifa International Stadium
• Khalifa Airways, a former Algerian company
• Khalifa Point, city in Pakistan
• Burj Khalifa, a supertall skyscraper which is, as of 2013, the tallest building in the world. Named after Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
• Khalifah (film), a 2011 Indonesian film by Nurman Hakim
• Khalifa (caste), a Muslim group based in Gujarat, India
• Khalifa (album), a 2016 album by Wiz Khalifa

See also

• Amir or Emir
• Bey
• Baig or Begh
• Imam
• Malik
• Mir, itself used in various compounds
• Mirza, literally "son of an Emir"
• Murabitun
• Prince
• Rana (title)
• Sheikh
• Sayyid
• Shah
• Sultan
• Vizier
• List of Khalifas