Omar Khalidi (1952 – 29 November 2010), born in Hyderabad, India, was a Muslim scholar, a staff member of MIT in the US, and an author.

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Khalidi was born in 1953 in Hyderabad, India. He was of Hadhrami descent.^[1][2]

He is referred to by one commentator as the "Chronicler of Hyderabad and as a champion of minority rights".^[1] He was considered an international relations builder.^[3][4]

His best known book is Hyderabad after the fall (book)|Hyderabad: After the Fall published in 1990.^[1]

Khalidi died on 29 November 2010, in a train accident at Kendall Square, MBTA station in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[7][8] His family published a statement in the Arab News on 30 November 2010: Khalidi drove in his car to the MIT campus and was probably trying to catch a train to buy medicine at the next station. He was diabetic, and it seems his sugar level had reached abnormal levels and he was hit by a train^[8] in Boston, United States^[2] His funeral prayers were held at the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center in Roxbury.^[7]

He left his wife Nigar Khalidi and his daughter Aliya.^[8]

• Hyderabadi Muslims
• Golkonda
• Hyderabad State
• India
• Muslim culture of Hyderabad
• History of Hyderabad for a history of the city of Hyderabad.
• Hyderabad (India) for the city.
• Muhammad Hamidullah