# Saifullah

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**Saifullah** (Arabic: سيف الله), meaning **sword of [God](/source/God_in_Islam)**, is a male Islamic given name. Originally it was an honorific award for military prowess. In modern times it may be used as a surname.

## Saifullah

### Males

**Title**

- SayfAllāh al-Maslūl, name given to [Khalid ibn al-Walid](/source/Khalid_ibn_al-Walid) (died 642), one of the companions of Muhammad
- Emir Saifullah, nom de guerre of [Muslim Atayev](/source/Muslim_Atayev) (1974–2004), Islamist leader against the Russians in the North Caucasus
- Emir Sayfullah, nom de guerre of [Anzor Astemirov](/source/Anzor_Astemirov) (1976–2010), Islamist leader against the Russians in the North Caucasus
- Saifullah, name used by [Daniel Patrick Boyd](/source/Daniel_Patrick_Boyd) (born 1970), American alleged terrorist
- Saifullah, nom de guerre of Gazi Haider (1994–2020), leader of the [Hizbul Mujahideen](/source/Hizbul_Mujahideen) in Kashmir
- [Saifullah Khalid (disambiguation)](/source/Saifullah_Khalid_(disambiguation)), nom de guerre of various Islamist militants

**Given name**

- [Sejfulla Malëshova](/source/Sejfulla_Mal%C3%ABshova) (1901–1971), Albanian politician and writer
- [Seifollah Vahid Dastjerdi](/source/Seifollah_Vahid_Dastjerdi) (1926–1999), former head of Iranian Red Crescent Society
- [Seifollah Kambakhshfard](/source/Seifollah_Kambakhshfard) (1929–2010), Iranian archaeologist
- [Saifullah Paracha](/source/Saifullah_Paracha) (born 1947), Pakistani national held in Guantanamo
- [Saif-ur-Rehman Mansoor](/source/Saif-ur-Rehman_Mansoor) (died ca. 2007), Taliban commander
- [Saifullah Cheema](/source/Saifullah_Cheema), Pakistani politician
- [Sayfullo Saipov](/source/Sayfullo_Saipov) (born 1988), Uzbek ISIS terrorist

**Middle name**

- [Anwar Saifullah Khan](/source/Anwar_Saifullah_Khan) (born 1945), Pakistani politician
- [Salim Saifullah Khan](/source/Salim_Saifullah_Khan), Pakistani politician
- [Qari Saifullah Akhtar](/source/Qari_Saifullah_Akhtar) (died 2017), Pakistani alleged terrorist

**Surname**

- [Zafar Saifullah](/source/Zafar_Saifullah) (c. 1936–2014), Indian politician

### Females

- Geysar Seyfulla qizi Kashiyeva, or [Geysar Kashiyeva](/source/Geysar_Kashiyeva) (1893–1972), Azerbaijani painter

## See also

- [Qilla Saifullah](/source/Qilla_Saifullah), fort in Pakistan
- [Qila Saifullah](/source/Qila_Saifullah), town in Pakistan
- [Killa Saifullah District](/source/Killa_Saifullah_District), Pakistan

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