Gilani
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Gilani, Jilani or Kilani (and numerous other variants) may refer to:
- a gentilic of Gilan, Iran
- a Middle Eastern and South Asian surname:
- Abdul-Qadir Gilani, 12th century figurehead of the Qadiri order of Sunni Islam
- Baqa Jilani, early 20th Indian century cricketer
- Benjamin Gilani, Indian theatre and television actor
- Abdul Qader al-Keilani, early 20th century Syrian statesman and religious authority
- Hina Jilani, Pakistani human-rights activist
- Haji Gilani, participant in the 2001 Afghan war
- Hamid Raza Gilani, Pakistani politician
- Imtiaz Gilani, Pakistani engineer and academic
- Maulana Manazir Ahsan Gilani, 19th century philosopher
- Mian Ghulam Jilani, critic of Pakistan's Bhutto government
- Mohammad Mohammadi Gilani, Iranian cleric and religious authority
- Mubarak Ali Gilani, Hanafi Sufi cleric
- Rashid Ali al-Gaylani, Prime Minister of Iraq in 1933 and 1941
- Syed Anwaar Gilani, Pakistani journalist and dramatist
- Yousaf Raza Gillani, Prime Minister of Pakistan since March 24, 2008
- Zahed Gilani, 13th century leader of the Zahediyeh Sufi order
- Zeid Il Keilany, Jordanian gynecologist and human infertility physician