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Khalil Harrison
Khalil Harrison (born Mxolisi Nkosi) is a South African amapiano producer, singer, and songwriter from Nkomazi, Mpumalanga, who broke out in 2023 with the hit single "Jealousy".
Khalil Hawi
Khalil Hawi (خليل حاوي; 1919 – 1982) was a Lebanese poet, critic, and professor of Arabic literature at the American University of Beirut, a pioneer of modern Arabic poetry.
Khalil ibn Ahmad
Khalil ibn Ahmad (الخليل بن أحمد الفراهيدي), born around 718, was an Arab philologist of Basra who founded Arabic prosody and compiled the first Arabic dictionary, Kitab al-Ayn.
Khalil Jacobs
Khalil Jacobs (born 2003) is an NFL linebacker, number 59 for the New England Patriots, signed as an undrafted rookie free agent May 8, 2026 after college at South Alabama and Missouri; placed on injured reserve August 31, 2026.
Khalil Kain
Khalil Kain (Khaliloeron Kain), American actor born 1964 in New York City; debuted as Raheem in Juice (1992), played Tiger Woods in a 1998 biopic, and Darnell Wilkes on Girlfriends 2001-2008.
Khalil Mack
Khalil Mack, Los Angeles Chargers outside linebacker (OLB #52), 13-season NFL edge rusher from Buffalo; only player with first-team All-Pro at two positions in one year, 116 career sacks, nine Pro Bowls, three All-Pro selections.
Khalil Mutran
Khalil Mutran (خليل مطران), known as Sha'ir al-Qutrayn, was a Lebanese-born Arabic poet and journalist who settled in Egypt in 1892 and helped found modern Arabic poetry.
Khalil Rountree Jr.
Khalil Rountree Jr., American UFC light heavyweight from Los Angeles, TUF 23 runner-up, lost a 2024 title fight to Alex Pereira, beat Jamahal Hill in Baku, and was scheduled against Magomed Ankalaev in 2026.
Khalil Sultan
Khalil Sultan (خلیل سلطان) was a Timurid ruler who seized Samarkand after Timur's death in 1405; his four-year reign saw economic collapse and a shrunken realm.
Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar
Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar (خلیل الرحمان قمر), born 1962 in Lahore, is a Pakistani screenwriter, director, and Urdu poet known for Pyarey Afzal, Sadqay Tumhare, Meray Paas Tum Ho, and Kaaf Kangana, and for controversies over his statements on women.
Khalilah Ali
Khalilah Ali (born Belinda Boyd, 1950), also Khalilah Camacho Ali, American actress and author, Muhammad Ali's second wife (1967 to mid-1970s); The China Syndrome (1979), The Grid (2021), 2025 memoir Undefeated.
Khalilullah I
Khalilullah I (Azerbaijani: I Xəlilullah) was the 35th Shirvanshah of the Derbent dynasty, ruling Shirvan from Baku from 1417 to 1465 and building the Shirvanshahs' Palace.
Khalilullah Khan
Khalilullah Khan (خليل الله خان) was a Mughal noble who served Dara Shukoh at Samugarh in 1658, then joined Aurangzeb, who made him governor of Punjab.
Khalilur Rahaman
Khalilur Rahaman is an Indian politician who has represented the Jangipur constituency of West Bengal in the Lok Sabha since 2019, first as a Trinamool Congress member.
Khalilur Rahman (diplomat)
Khalilur Rahman (খলিলুর রহমান, born 1954), Bangladeshi career diplomat and economist, Foreign Minister since February 2026 under Tarique Rahman, former NSA and Rohingya envoy under the Yunus interim government, and President of the 81st UN General Assembly since September 2026.
Khalis Merah
Khalis Merah (born 2007, Meyzieu) is a French midfielder for Olympique Lyonnais, number 18; Lyon academy player since 2016, pro from 2025, contract to 2029, France U19/U20 international.
Khalisa
Khalisa (خالصہ) was the term for crown lands whose revenue went directly into the ruler's treasury, administered by the exchequer, and stood apart from iqta land in the Delhi Sultanate.
Khalistan movement
Khalistan movement: Sikh separatist campaign for an independent state in Punjab, India. Also called the Sikh independence movement. Traces to 1947 Partition and the Anandpur Sahib Resolution; peaked with the 1984 Operation Blue Star and insurgency; now centered in the diaspora.
Khaliut (son of Piye)
Khaliut was a prince of the Napatan kingdom of Kush and a son of king Piye, bearing the title Ruler of Kanad and later invoked by Aspelta.
Khaliut Stela
The Khaliut Stela is an obelisk-shaped stela found in 1920 at Jebel Barkal, Sudan, erected by King Aspelta for Prince Khaliut, a son of Piankhy.
Khalji conquest of Jalore
The Khalji conquest of Jalore (जालोर पर खलजी आक्रमण) was the capture of Jalore fort in Rajasthan by Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji from its ruler Kanhadadeva around 1311.
Khalji dynasty
Khalji (Khilji) dynasty, 1290–1320, second dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate, founded by Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji. Alauddin Khalji repelled Mongol invasions, sent Malik Kafur to the far south, and introduced market and revenue reforms.
Khalji Revolution
The Khalji Revolution (ख़लजी क्रांति) was the 1290 seizure of the Delhi Sultanate throne by Jalaluddin Firuz Khalji, ending Slave dynasty rule and beginning the Khalji dynasty.
Khalji tribe
The Khalji tribe was a Turkic tribe settled in Afghanistan that served the Ghaznavids, Ghurids, and Delhi Sultanate, and produced the Khalji dynasty of Delhi.
Khalkha Mongols
Khalkha Mongols (Халх), the majority ethnic group of Mongolia in its central and eastern regions; their Khalkha dialect is the national standard language, spoken by over 5 million people, with history as an eastern Mongol group distinct from the Oirats since the fifteenth century.
Khalkha submission to the Qing dynasty
The Khalkha submission to the Qing dynasty was the 1691 acceptance of Qing overlordship by the Khalkha Mongols at the Dolonnuur Assembly, making Outer Mongolia.
Khalla Patera
Khalla Patera is an IAU-named volcanic depression (patera) on Jupiter's moon Io, approved 1985, near 5-6°N, 303°W, diameter 48-96 km, named for a Bushman sun figure.
Khalladi
Khalladi, also called the Jbel Sendouq-Khalladi wind farm, is a 120 MW onshore wind farm on Jbel Sendouq near Tangier, Morocco, selling power directly to private industrial customers.
Khallet Michte
Khallet Michte is a prehistoric flint findspot with two occupation areas near Ain Ebel in southern Lebanon, where Henri Fleisch found Heavy Neolithic flints together with Acheulian material.
Khalsa (ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ)
The Khalsa (ਖ਼ਾਲਸਾ), or Khalsa Panth, is the order of initiated (amritdhari) Sikhs, instituted by Guru Gobind Singh at Anandpur Sahib in 1699 through sword-stirred amrit initiation, with the Five Ks and Singh and Kaur surnames.