Meydan Khalaf

{{Short description|Village in Ilam province, Iran}}

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|subdivision_name1 = Ilam

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|subdivision_name2 = Darreh Shahr

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|subdivision_name3 = Mazhin

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Meydan Khalaf ({{langx|fa|ميدان خلف}}){{efn|Also romanized as Meydān Khalaf; also known as Meydān Ghalaf{{GEOnet3|-3074797|Meydan Khalaf}}}} is a village in, and the capital of, Mazhin Rural District of Mazhin District, Darreh Shahr County, Ilam province, Iran.{{cite report|title=Divisional reforms in Ilam province|language=fa|website=lamtakam.com|via=Lam ta Kam|url=https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/124931|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240208220554/https://lamtakam.com/law/council_of_ministers/124931|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political-Defense Commission of the Government Board|last=Aref|first=Mohammad Reza|archive-date=8 February 2024|date=c. 2024|orig-date=Approved 27 November 1383|id=Proposal 1.4.42.92065; Letter 58538/T26118H; Notification 60519/T31909H|access-date=8 February 2024}} The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Mazhin,{{cite report|title=Creation and formation of nine rural districts including villages, farms and places in Darreh Shahr County under Ilam province|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113013023/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/108026|archive-date=13 January 2015|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Board of Ministers|last=Mousavi|first=Mirhossein|date=23 January 1393|orig-date=Approved 18 May 1366|id=Proposal 53.1.11741; Notification 115738/T829|access-date=8 February 2024}} now a city.{{cite report|title=Approval letter regarding the transformation of Mazhin village from the functions of Mazhin District of Darreh Shahr County to a city|language=fa|website=rc.majlis.ir|via=Islamic Parliament Research Center|url=https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/811797|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120620202954/https://rc.majlis.ir/fa/law/show/811797|archive-date=20 June 2012|publisher=Ministry of the Interior, Political and Defense Commission|last=Rahimi|first=Mohammad Reza|orig-date=Approved 8 January 1390|date=4 January 2013|id=Proposal 4/1/19877; Letter 158802/T38854H; Notification 55920/T46709K|access-date=8 February 2024}}