Yahya ibn Khalid (died 806) is a member of the powerful Persian Barmakids family, son of Khalid ibn Barmak.

Around 765, he is appointed to Azerbaijan by the Caliph Al-Mansur.

Yahya's son Fadl ibn Yahya is born at Ar-Reiy, at the same time as Caliph al-Mahdi's son Harun.

Al-Mahdi entrusts Yahya in 778 with Harun's education.