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Khalil (name)
Khalil or Khaleel (Arabic: خليل) means ''friend'' and is a common male first name in the Middle East, the Caucasus, the Balkans, North Africa, West Africa, East Africa, Central Asia and among Muslims in South Asia and as such is also a common surname. It is also used amongst Turkic peoples of Russia and African Americans. The female counterpart of this name is Khalila or Khaleela. In other languages The following names can be interpreted as ''Khalil'': *Arabic: Khalil, Khaleel, Halil, Khelil ( Ar: خليل) *Hebrew: Khalil ( He: חליל) *Persian: Khalil ( Fa: خلیل) * Azerbaijani: Xəlil *Kurdish: Xelîl *Turkish: Halil *Bengali: Kholil (খলিল), Khalil (খালিল), Khaleel (খালীল) Persons with the given name Khaleel * Khaleel Mamoon (born 1948), Urdu poet * Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi (1927–1978), Urdu poet Al-Khalil * Al-Khalil ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi: an 8th-century Muslim scholar best known as the author of ''Kitab al-'Ayn'' Khalil *Khalil bey Khasm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil Gibran
Gibran Khalil Gibran ( ar, جُبْرَان خَلِيل جُبْرَان, , , or , ; January 6, 1883 – April 10, 1931), usually referred to in English as Kahlil Gibran (pronounced ), was a Lebanese-American writer, poet and visual artist, also considered a philosopher although he himself rejected the title. He is best known as the author of '' The Prophet'', which was first published in the United States in 1923 and has since become one of the best-selling books of all time, having been translated into more than 100 languages. Born in a village of the Ottoman-ruled Mount Lebanon Mutasarrifate to a Maronite family, the young Gibran immigrated with his mother and siblings to the United States in 1895. As his mother worked as a seamstress, he was enrolled at a school in Boston, where his creative abilities were quickly noticed by a teacher who presented him to photographer and publisher F. Holland Day. Gibran was sent back to his native land by his family at the age of fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azerbaijani Language
Azerbaijani () or Azeri (), also referred to as Azeri Turkic or Azeri Turkish, is a Turkic language from the Oghuz sub-branch spoken primarily by the Azerbaijani people, who live mainly in the Republic of Azerbaijan where the North Azerbaijani variety is spoken, and in the Azerbaijan region of Iran, where the South Azerbaijani variety is spoken. Although there is a very high degree of mutual intelligibility between both forms of Azerbaijani, there are significant differences in phonology, lexicon, morphology, syntax, and sources of loanwords. North Azerbaijani has official status in the Republic of Azerbaijan and Dagestan (a federal subject of Russia), but South Azerbaijani does not have official status in Iran, where the majority of Azerbaijani people live. It is also spoken to lesser varying degrees in Azerbaijani communities of Georgia and Turkey and by diaspora communities, primarily in Europe and North America. Both Azerbaijani varieties are members of the Oghuz b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil Bass
Khalil Bass (born June 2, 1990) is a former gridiron football linebacker. He was previously a player in the Canadian Football League, where he made his debut with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2015, and also played for the Ottawa Redblacks and Toronto Argonauts where he won the 105th Grey Cup. He also played for the Atlanta Legends of the Alliance of American Football (AAF). Professional career Winnipeg Blue Bombers Coming out of Portland State University, Bass went unsigned following his graduation in 2013. While training, Bass made ends meet by caring for dogs at a pet daycare. It took a combined 7 workouts with 4 CFL teams before Bass made a roster; the BC Lions felt Bass lacked coverage skills and the Ottawa Redblacks had concerns about his speed and movement in space. After signing with the arena football Green Bay Blizzard in anticipation for the 2015 Indoor Football League season, Bass ended up being on the IFL exempt list for the year as he received a CFL opportunity ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil Azmi
Khalil Azmi (born 23 August 1964) is a retired Moroccan football goalkeeper. He played ten seasons in the Moroccan League, two in the USISL, two in the National Professional Soccer League, one in the A-League and one in Major League Soccer. Career In 1984, Azmi began his career with Wydad Casablanca in the Moroccan League. In 1992, he moved to Raja Casablanca. In 1995, he moved to the United States where he played for the New Hampshire Ramblers in the USISL. In February 1996, the Colorado Rapids selected him in the 14th round (132nd overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He never got off the bench with the Rapids and spent part of the season on loan with the New York Fever in the A-League in 1996. In 1997, he played for the Charleston Battery in the USISL. That fall, he signed with the Baltimore Spirit of the National Professional Soccer League. He spent two winter indoor seasons with the Spirit. In 1998, he played for the Hershey Wildcats in the USIS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil Ahmed
Khalil Ahmed (3 March 1936 – 22 July 1997) was a Pakistani composer for radio, television, and films. He started his career with film ''Aanchal (1962)'' and remained one of the leading music directors in Pakistan in the 1960s. He composed several memorable songs for Pakistan Television in the late-1970s and 1980s. Early life Khalil Ahmed was born on 3 March 1936, in Agra, British India. He migrated to Pakistan in 1952. Career Film Khalil Ahmed made his music debut with director ''Al-Hamid's'' film ''Aanchal (1962)'', which was released on 7 December 1962. Starring: Shamim Ara, Darpan, Saba and Talish. The song "kisi chaman mein raho, bahar ban ke raho" (singer Ahmed Rushdi) became a smash hit in Pakistan and established Khalil's name as a film composer. He quickly became one of the stalwarts of Pakistani film industry. Khalil Ahmed always had his finger on the pulse of what the listeners wanted to hear on radio, television and in his films. He composed music for film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil Abou Hamad
Khalil Abou Hamad (1936–1992) was a Lebanese lawyer who served as the minister of foreign affairs in the period 1970–1973. Biography Abou Hamad was born in 1936. He hailed from a Greek Catholic family. He was a lawyer by profession and founded a law firm in Beirut. He was named as the minister of foreign affairs on 13 October 1970 in the cabinet led by Prime Minister Saeb Salam, replacing Nassim Majdalani in the post. Abou Hamad remained in office until 25 April 1973 when a new cabinet formed, and Khatchig Babikian was appointed as foreign minister. When Abou Hamad was in office in December 1970 he announced the neutrality of Lebanon stating that Lebanon would not align with either side in the Cold War. In 1972 Abou Hamad visited China following the opening of National Bank of China in Beirut. Abou Hamad was one of the board of trustees members of the Diana Tamari Sabbagh Foundation which was established by Palestinian businessman Hasib Sabbagh Hasib Sabbagh ( ar, ح ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil (singer)
Khalil Amir Sharieff (born November 22, 1994), is an American R&B singer, songwriter, and rapper from Sacramento, California. Music career In 2008, He worked under the auspices of L.A. Reid to record some material in Florida after being discovered on YouTube. He was signed the same year to Def Jam Recordings, on the Teen Island label that was part of the music industry's response to "seize on the opportunities created by a phenomenon" of Justin Bieber; rather than focus on making a hit single, his manager was working to "developing him into a long-term artist." While signed with Def Jam, he recorded a few singles, but did not release an album. The 2010 track "Girlfriend Ringtone" spent 13 weeks on Billboard's "Bubbling Under" chart but did not break onto the main Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. Khalil is featured on all of his songs on Lil Twist's mixtape ''The Golden Child'' hosted by DJ Ill Will. These are "Wait On Me", "If You Only Knew" and "#1812" the latter a co-featured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil (actor)
Khalil was an Indian cinema actor of silent and talkie films. He achieved stardom with silent films like ''Gul-E-Bakavali'' (1924), ''Kulin Kanta'' (1925), and ''Lanka Ni Laadi'' (1925) which was a major success commercially. His other successes included ''Cinema Queen'' (1925) with Sulochana, ''Draupadi'' (1931), and ''Daily Mail'' (1930). Khalil is referred to as the "macho hero". Khalil worked from 1920 to 1941, making a transition to Talkies in 1931 with ''Draupadi'' directed by B. P. Mishra, and ''Daulat Ka Nasha'' directed by Pesi Karani. Both films were produced by Kohinoor and Imperial Films. He shifted to Calcutta from Bombay in 1934, and immediately "made his mark" with the East India Film Company production ''Quismat Ki Kasauti'' (1934), directed by Pesi Karani. He also wrote lyrics for films like ''Dard-e-Dil'' (1934). Career Silent films Khalil's first film was ''Krishna Sudama'' (1920), a silent film co-produced by Kohinoor Film Company and Imperial Film Company. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalil Bey Khasmammadov
Khalil bey Khasmammadov ( az, Xəlil bəy Xasməmmədov; 1873–1945) was an Azerbaijani public figure, politician and diplomat. He served as a Member of the First and Second State Duma of the Russian Empire, Minister of Internal Affairs and Minister of Justice of Azerbaijan Democratic Republic, and as the last Ambassador of Azerbaijan to Ottoman Turkey. Early life Khasmammadov was born to a family of lawyers in Elisavetpol (Ganja) in 1873 (on his grave: 1870). He had four brothers. Khasmammadov graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in Law. Ismail Bey Gaspirali played a significant role in shaping his thoughts. His political activity started during the university years when he was a member of ''Muslim-Caucasus Fellow Countrymen Society''. He then worked as an attorney in Yekaterinodar and Ganja district courts. Political career In the fall of 1905, together with his brother Alakbar, Khasmammadov participated in the establishment of ''Difai'' (Defense), a clandes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Khalil Ibn Ahmad Al-Farahidi
Abu ‘Abd ar-Raḥmān al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad ibn ‘Amr ibn Tammām al-Farāhīdī al-Azdī al-Yaḥmadī ( ar, أبو عبدالرحمن الخليل بن أحمد الفراهيدي; 718 – 786 CE), known as Al-Farāhīdī, or Al-Khalīl, was an Arab philologist, lexicographer and leading grammarian of Basra based on Iraq. He made the first dictionary of the Arabic language – and the oldest extant dictionary – ''Kitab al-'Ayn'' ( ar, كتاب العين "The Source")Introduction to ''Early Medieval Arabic: Studies on Al-Khalīl Ibn Ahmad'', pg. 3. Ed. Karin C. Ryding. Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 1998. – introduced the now standard harakat (vowel marks in Arabic script) system, and was instrumental in the early development of ʿArūḍ (study of prosody),al-Khalīl ibn Aḥmad< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi
Khaleel-Ur-Rehman Azmi (9 August 1927 – 1 June 1978), also known as Khalil al-Rehman Azmi, was an Urdu poet and literary critic who was born in the village Seedhan Sultanpur in the district of Azamgarh. Azmi's father Muhammad Shafi was a deeply religious man. Azmi matriculated from Shibli National High School in Azamgarh in 1945. He gained his bachelor's degree in 1948 and his M.A. in Urdu from Aligarh Muslim University. During this period he tutored the British scholar of Urdu, Ralph Russell. He gained his Doctor of Philosophy in Urdu in 1957 from Aligarh Muslim University for a dissertation entitled: ''Urdu Mein Tarraqipasand Adabi Tahrik''. In 1952 he became a Lecturer in Aligarh Muslim University's Department of Urdu. Four years later, he became a Reader and continued in that role until his death from leukemia in 1978. He was posthumously elevated to the rank of Professor. He started writing during his early school days and composed poems for ''Payami taleem'', a chil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khaleel Mamoon
Khaleel ur Rehman (born 1948) from the Indian state of Karnataka, is better known by his pen name Khaleel Mamoon is a noted Urdu poet whose poetry collection Aafaaq ki Taraf won the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for works in Urdu. Life and career Mamoon was born in Bangalore. After working as a staff artist for All India Radio, Mamoon joined the Indian Police Service in 1977. He served in senior positions in Karnataka including as Inspector General. Works Mamoon has published a number of works. ''Lissan Falsafe Ke Aine Me'' on the philosophy of language was published in 1986. ''Unnees Lillahi Nazmen'' (1989) is a translation of poems written in praise of Prophet Mohammed by Scherzade Rikhye. ''Nishaat-e-Gham'' is a collections of Ghazals. ''Kannada Adab'' is a collection of translations of Kannada language poetry and fiction. Mamoon's poetry collection ''Aafaaq ki Taraf'' won the 2011 Sahitya Akademi Award for works in Urdu. In 2004, Mamoon became the first Urdu writer to win th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
