Khalifa
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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".
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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
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