Khairallah Talfah
| Khairallah Talfah خير الله طلفاح |
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| Governor of Baghdad | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1910 Al-Awja, Iraq |
| Died | 1993 (aged 83) |
| Political party | Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party |
| Other political affiliations |
Iraqi Independence Party |
| Relations |
Sajida Talfah (daughter) Adnan Khairallah (son) Saddam Hussein (nephew & son-in-law) Ahmed Hassan al-Bakr (brother-in-law) |
| Occupation | Politician, Author, Soldier |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
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| Service/branch | Iraqi Army |
| Years of service | 1931-1966 |
| Rank | Brigadier |
| Unit | 2nd Signals Battalion |
| Battles/wars | Anglo-Iraqi War |
Khairallah Talfah (Arabic: خير الله طلفاح) - Khayr-Allah Telfah - Kairallah Tolfah - Khairallah Tolfah - Khairallah Tilfah was an Iraqi Ba'ath Party official, and the maternal uncle and father-in-law of Saddam Hussein. He was the father of Sajida Talfah, Saddam's first wife, and of Adnan Khairallah, defence minister. Saddam made Khairallah Talfah mayor of Baghdad, but was forced to remove him due to Talfah's corruption.
Talfah is the author of Three Whom God Should Not Have Created: Persians, Jews, and Flies.
Talfah was born in 1910 in the village of Al-Awja, 5 km south of Tikrit, and then part of the Baghdad Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire.
Talfah, a teacher and an Arab nationalist, was a member of the al-Jawwal society and later participated as an Iraqi Army Officer in the Army revolt of 1941 led by Rasheed A'ali Al-Gaylani against the Iraqi Royal institution supported by the occupying British forces. The revolt did not achieve any major changes, with the British dispatching a taskforce which occupied the country and re-installed the ousted pro-British Regent 'Abd al-Ilah. Many Iraqi soldiers who had participated in the revolt were pardoned, largely keeping their ranks and military position. Talfah was expelled from the army and spent six years in prison for his part in the revolt.
He would later play a role in the founding of the anti-British and Arab nationalist Iraqi Independence Party. He was released from prison in 1947. Following his release he returned to Tikrit, where his nephew Saddam Hussein moved back in with him and began school. Saddam had previously lived with Talfah prior to the 1941 coup and subsequent war, but had moved back in with his parents during Talfah's imprisonment. Unlike Talfah, Saddam's mother and step-father beat him and prevented him from receiving an education.
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