Ghalib (name)

Ghalib may be either a given name or a surname, each shared by several notable people. Representative instances of use for each are included below.

Surname

Umar Arteh Ghalib (1930–), Somali politician and former Prime Minister of Somalia
Sharif Ghalib (1961–), current Deputy Permanent Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations Office at Geneva and Deputy Chief of Mission of the Embassy of Afghanistan in Bern, Switzerland

Given name

Ghālib ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān (c.900–981), Andalusi military commander
Ghalib Bin Ali (1912–2009), last elected Imam of the Ibadi sect in Oman
Ghalib Efendi, former Sharif of Hejaz
Ghalib Shiraz Dhalla, Los Angeles-based novelist

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