Person

Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani

Listed by United States, UN Security Council, European Union and United Kingdom. No matched entry on the Canada list. Lists as published through October 13, 2026.

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates

Listing Status by Jurisdiction

• US Listed
• UN Listed
• EU Listed
• UK Listed
• CA No matched entry

Canada gives effect to UN Security Council listings through regulations under the United Nations Act, so this UN-listed entity is subject to Canadian measures even though it has no entry on the two Canadian lists compared here.

Entries on Each List

• United States

  Ahmed Khalfan GHAILANI

  Reference

  OFAC entry 6925

  Listing date

  Not stated in the SDN list file

  Program or regime as stated

  SDGT

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1970-08-01, 1974-03-14, 1974-04-13, 1974-04-14

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1970-08-01) (with EU entry EU.379.63)

  Source

  OFAC SDN List, file of October 13, 2026

• UN Security Council

  AHMED KHALFAN GHAILANI

  Reference

  QDi.028

  Listing date

  October 17, 2001

  Program or regime as stated

  Al-Qaida

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1970-08-01, 1974-03-14, 1974-04-13, 1974-04-14

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1970-08-01) (with EU entry EU.379.63)
  • UN reference number QDi.028 (with UK entry AQD0125)

  Source

  UN Security Council Consolidated List, file of October 12, 2026

• United Kingdom

  AHMED KHALFAN GHAILANI

  Reference

  AQD0125

  Listing date

  October 17, 2001

  Program or regime as stated

  Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

  Identifiers on the entry

  UN reference QDi.028
  Date of birth 1970-08-01, 1974-03-14, 1974-04-13, 1974-04-14

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1970-08-01) (with EU entry EU.379.63)
  • UN reference number QDi.028 (with UN entry QDi.028)

  Source

  UK Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

• European Union

  Ahmed, Ahmed Khalfan

  Reference

  EU.379.63

  Listing date

  Not stated on the entry; earliest regulation cited was published November 6, 2010

  Program or regime as stated

  TAQA

  Identifiers on the entry

  Date of birth 1970-08-01, 1974-03-14, 1974-04-13, 1974-04-14
  Regulations 1001/2010 (OJ L290)

  Match basis

  • Same name and date of birth (1970-08-01) (with UK entry AQD0125)

  Source

  EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, file of October 12, 2026

Same Name, No Shared Identifier

These entities carry an identical name or alias but no identifier ties them to this one, so they are kept separate. They may describe the same subject.

• Sayf Al-Din Boulad (UK only)

Program Assignment

• ISIS, al-Qaeda and Affiliates: list program EU TAQA; Isil (Da'esh) and Al-Qaeda (United Nations Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019; UN Al-Qaida list

Names and Aliases on the Lists (59)

• Abu Bakr
• Abu Bakr AHMAD
• Abu Bakr Ahmad
• Abu Khabar
• Abubakar AHMED
• Abubakar Ahmed
• Abubakar K. AHMED
• Abubakar K. Ahmed
• Abubakar Khalfan AHMED
• Abubakar Khalfan Ahmed
• Abubakary K. AHMED
• Abubakary K. Ahmed
• Abubakary Khalfan Ahmed GHAILANI
• Abubakary Khalfan Ahmed Ghailani
• Ahmad AL TANZANI
• Ahmad Al Tanzani
• Ahmad Khalafan GHILANI
• Ahmad Khalafan Ghilani
• Ahmad, Abu Bakr
• Ahmed A
• Ahmed el Tanzano
• Ahmed GHAILANI
• Ahmed Ghailani
• Ahmed KHALFAN
• Ahmed Khalfan
• Ahmed Khalfan AHMED
• Ahmed Khalfan Ahmed
• Ahmed Khalfan ALI
• Ahmed Khalfan Ali
• AHMED KHALFAN GHAILANI
• Ahmed Khalfan GHAILANI
• Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani
• Ahmed le Tanzanien
• Ahmed Tanzanianul
• Ahmed The Tanzanian
• Ahmed, A
• Ahmed, Abubakar
• Ahmed, Abubakar K.
• Ahmed, Abubakar Khalfan
• Ahmed, Abubakary K.
• Ahmed, Ahmed Khalfan
• Al Tanzani, Ahmad
• Ali, Ahmed Khalfan
• Bakr, Abu
• Foopie
• Fupi
• Ghailani, Abubakary Khalfan Ahmed
• Ghailani, Ahmed
• Ghilani, Ahmad Khalafan
• Haytham al-Kini
• Haythem al-Kini
• Hussein, Mahafudh Abubakar Ahmed Abdallah
• Khabar, Abu
• Khalfan, Ahmed
• Mahafudh Abubakar Ahmed Abdallah HUSSEIN
• Mahafudh Abubakar Ahmed Abdallah Hussein
• Mohammed, Shariff Omar
• Shariff Omar MOHAMMED
• Shariff Omar Mohammed

Cite: Middle East Forum, "Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani," Sanctions Comparator, accessed October 13, 2026, https://sanctions.meforum.org/e/us-6925/.