Haydar (), also spelt Hajdar, Hayder, Heidar, Haider, Heydar, Hyder, and other variants, is an Arabic male

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, also used as a

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, meaning "

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". In Islamic tradition, the name is primarily associated with

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(first

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and fourth

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), the son-in-law and cousin of

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, who was nicknamed "Haydar". The variants Hyder and Hyderi () are

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variants used predominantly by Muslims in

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Hajdar

* Hajdar Blloshmi (1860–1936), Albanian politician * Hajdar Muneka (1954–2022), Albanian journalist and diplomat

Haydar

Given name

Ali Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib an ...

(600-661), the son-in-law and cousin of the Islamic prophet

, said to have been nicknamed "Haydar". *

Haydar Aşan Haydar Aşan (16 April 1906 – 29 February 1996) was a Turkish-American Olympic sprinter. He competed in the men's 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics. He also competed as a high jumper, pole vaulter, and professional footb ...

(1906-1996), Turkish Olympian * Haydar Çetinkaya (born 1976), Turkish para-Nordic skier * Haydar Ergülen (born 1956), Turkish poet *

Haydar Ghazi Nūr al-Hudā Abū'l-Karāmāt as-Saʿīdī al-Ḥusaynī (), better known as Ḥaydar Ghāzī (, ), was the second vizier, wazir of Sylhet region, Srihat (Sylhet) under the various Sultans of Sonargaon and Gauda (city), Lakhnauti. Prior to this, ...

, second Wazir of Sylhet * Haydar Hassan Haj Al-Sidig (1949-2025), Sudanese footballer *

Haydar Hatemi Haydar Hatemi (, born March 3, 1945, in Hadishahr) is an Iranian artist whose work is based on blends of classical oriental styles such as miniature and tazhib, with some modern elements. His early studies in art started at Tabriz's Art Academy ...

(born 1945), Iranian artist *

Haydar al-Kuzbari Haydar al-Kuzbari (, 1920–1996) was a Syrian lieutenant colonel who took part in the 1961 Syrian coup d'état that led to the dissolution of the United Arab Republic The United Arab Republic (UAR; ) was a sovereign state in the Middle ...

(1920–1996), Syrian military officer *

Haydar al-Sadr Ayatollah Haydar al-Sadr (; 1891–1937) was born in Samarra, Iraq. His father, Ismail as-Sadr (d. 1920) was a Grand Ayatollah and the first to be use the as- Sadr surname, which came to be associated with a long line of religious scholarship wit ...

(1891–1937), Muslim Iraqi cleric and ayatollah *

Haydar Khan e Amo-oghli Haydar Khan Amo-oghli Tariverdi (; December 20, 1880 – October 15, 1921) was an Iranian left-wing revolutionary, key figure during the Persian Constitutional Revolution and among the founders of the Communist Party of Persia. Early years A ...

(1880–1921), revolutionary and military activist in Iran, Republic of Azerbaijan and Central Asia *

Haydar Zorlu Haydar Zorlu (born 4 May 1967 in Karlıova) is a Kurdish-German actor. Filmography Films *1988 ''Eine türkische Hochzeit'' *1996 ''Der Trainer'' *2001 ''Nothing Less Than the Best'' *2003 ''September'' *2003 ''Worst Case'' *2008 ''Halbzei ...

(born 1967), Turkish-German actor * Haydar Astrakhani (died 1541), Khan of Astrakhan from 1538 through 1541. * Haydar Amuli (1319-1385), or Haydar al-'Obaydi al-Husayni Amoli, a Shi'ite mystic and Sufi philosopher

Middle name

Ali Haydar Şen Ali Haydar Şen (born 12 April 1939) is a former president of the Turkish club Fenerbahçe SK. Early life Şen was born to an ethnic Turkish family in Prizren, Kosovo (at the time Kingdom of Yugoslavia). Career He worked as a journalist for ...

(born 1939), Turkish businessman *

Mohammed Haydar Zammar Mohammed Haydar Zammar ( ''Muḥammad Ḥaydar Zammār'') (born 1961) is a Syrian-German militant who served as an important al-Qaida recruiter, and is currently a member of the Islamic State. He claims to have recruited many of the organizers ...

(born 1961), Syrian Muslim jihadist and al-Qaida recruiter

Surname

* Darren Haydar (born 1979), Canadian professional ice hockey player * Kamal Haydar (1933–1980), Yemeni short story writer * Paula Haydar (born 1965), American academic and translator *

Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar was a Persian Sufi saint and Malāmatī- Qalāndārī Sheikh, of possible Turkic origin, and is buried in Zava, Khurasan. Qazvini, author of the '' Tarikh-i guzida'', states Haydar was alive at the time of the Mongol inva ...

(died 1221), Persian Sufi saint *

Shaykh Haydar Shaykh Haydar or Sheikh Haydar ( ''Shaikh Ḥaidar''; 1459–9 July 1488) was the successor of his father ( Shaykh Junayd) as leader of the Safavid order from 1460 to 1488. Haydar maintained the policies and political ambitions initiated by his f ...

(1459–1488), a religious leader of the Safaviyya from 1460 to 1488 * Sultan Haydar (born 1987), Turkish female long-distance runner of Ethiopian origin

Haidar

* Adnan Haidar (born 1989), Lebanese footballer * Celine Haidar (born 2005), Lebanese footballer * Haidar Haidar (1936–2023), Syrian writer and novelist. * Ibrahim Haidar (1867–1974), Lebanese politician * Mohamad Haidar (born 1989), Lebanese footballer * Ossama Haidar (born 1980), Lebanese footballer * Que Haidar (born 1979), Malaysian actor * Salim Haidar (1911–1980), Lebanese politician * Haider Abbas Rizvi (born 1968), Pakistani politician

Hayder

* Hayder Ali (1720-1782) Founder of Mysore Sultanate and Father of

Tipu Sultan Tipu Sultan (, , ''Sultan Fateh Ali Sahab Tipu''; 1 December 1751 – 4 May 1799) commonly referred to as Sher-e-Mysore or "Tiger of Mysore", was a ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore based in South India. He was a pioneer of rocket artillery ...

* Hayder of Crimea, Khan of Crimea

Other variant spellings

For people with these variant spellings, see: * Heidar * Haider * Heydar * Haidar * Hyder (name) * Hyderi (name) *

Heydari (name) Heydari ( Persian: حیدری), also spelt Haidari, Heidari or other variants, is an Iranian surname. The meaning of Heydari comes from the word for "lion" ( Haydar) in Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semi ...

* Aidar (disambiguation) - Brazilian Portuguese variant * Aydar (disambiguation) - Brazilian Portuguese variant * Gaidar (surname) - Russian (or Russian-influenced) variant

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