Khairallah Talfah

Khairallah Talfah
خير الله طلفاح
Governor of Baghdad
In office
1979–1981
Personal details
Bornc. 1919[1]
Al-Awja, Baghdad Vilayet, Ottoman Empire
Died20 April 1993 (aged 73-74)
Baghdad, Iraq
Political partyArab Socialist Ba'ath Party
Other political
affiliations
Iraqi Independence Party
Spouse(s)Lilo Wahib
Khawla Abdul-Baqi
Fatima Hassan al-Majid
RelationsSubha (sister)
Abd al-Latif (brother)
Badra (sister)
Saddam (nephew & son-in-law)
Barzan (nephew & son-in-law)
Watban (nephew)
Sabawi (nephew)
Hani (nephew)
Rafi (nephew)
Children
From Lilo
From Khawla
OccupationPolitician, Author, Soldier
Military service
Allegiance Kingdom of Iraq
Iraqi Republic
Branch/serviceIraqi Army
Years of service1931-1966
RankBrigadier
Unit2nd Signals Battalion
Battles/warsAnglo-Iraqi War

Khairallah Talfah (Arabic: خير الله طلفاح, romanizedKhayr Allāh Ṭilfāḥ) (1919 – 20 April 1993), also known as Khayr-Allah Telfah, Kairallah Tolfah, Khairallah Tolfah, or Khairallah Tilfah, was an Iraqi Ba'ath Party official, and the maternal uncle and father-in-law of Saddam Hussein.[2] He was the father of Sajida Talfah, Saddam's first wife, and of Adnan Khairallah, defence minister. Saddam appointed Khairallah Talfah mayor of Baghdad, but he was forced to remove Khairallah from office due to corruption.[3]

  1. ^ قناة الفارس العربي الفضائية (13 June 2017), الراحل خير الله طلفاح يتحدث في عام 1972 عن انجازات ثورة البعث خلال 4 سنوات من الحكم, retrieved 21 September 2022
  2. ^ Dalin, David G. (2017). Icon of evil : Hitler's Mufti and the rise of radical Islam. John F. Rothmann. London. ISBN 978-1-351-51396-8. OCLC 995849494.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Jonathan S. Landay (26 February 1998). "How 'Baghdad Bully' Endures". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 9 July 2013.