Bakhtiyār (

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: بختیار; lit. lucky), alternatively spelt as "Bakhtyar", "Baxtiyar", "Bachtiar", "Bachtyar" and "Bahtiyar", is a Persian masculine given name and surname. Its feminine form is Bakhtawar. It is formed by a confluence of the elements ‘bakht’ meaning ‘fortune’ or ‘happiness’ and ‘avar’ meaning ‘bringing’ or ‘giving.’ Notable people with the name include:

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Bahtiyar

* Bahtiyar Aydın (1946–1993), Turkish general * Bahtiyar Can Vanlı (born 1962), Turkish-German football coach

Bakhtiyar

Muhammad Bakhtiyar Khalji Ikhtiyār al-Dīn Muḥammad Bin Bakhtiyār Khaljī, also known as Bakhtiyar Khalji, was a Turko-Afghan Military General of the Ghurid ruler Muhammad of Ghor, who led the Muslim conquests of the eastern Indian regions of Bengal and parts of Bi ...

(1150-1206), Ghurid general in Bengal under Qutb-ud-din Aibak *

Bakhtiyar Kaki ''Quṭb al-Aqṭāb'' Khwāja Sayyid Muḥammad Bakhtiyār al-Ḥusaynī, Quṭb al-Dīn Bakhtiyār Kākī (born 1173 – died 1235) was a Sunni Muslim Sufi mystic, saint and scholar of the Chishti Order from Delhi, India. He was the disci ...

(1173-1235), a 13th-century Sufi *

Bakhtiyar Artayev Bakhtiyar Garifollauly Artayev (, ''Baqtiiar Ğarifollaūly Artaev''; born 14 March 1983) is a Kazakh amateur boxer who won the gold medal for Kazakhstan at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He was also the winner of the Val Barker Trophy for the outs ...

(born 1983), a Kazakh boxer * Bakhtiyar Akhmedov (born 1987), a Russian wrestler *

Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh Bakhtiyar Mahmud oghlu Vahabzadeh (; August16, 1925February13, 2009) was an Azerbaijani poet, dramatist, lyricist, translator, professor, and politician. He is often regarded as one of the greatest contemporary poets of the Republic of Azerbaija ...

(1925-2009), an Azerbaijani poet * Bakhtiyar Musayev (born 1973), an Azerbaijani footballer * Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov (born 1955), Russian international lawyer * Bakhtiyar Tyleganov (born 1976), a Kazakh boxer * Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov (born 1998), a Kazakh footballer *

Baxtiyor Rahimov Baxtiyor Rahimov (Russified form ''Bakhtiyar Rahimov'' is also used; ) (born c. 1963) is a rebel leader in Uzbekistan who advocates an Islamic republic. He is currently being held by the Uzbek government. Background Little is known of Rahimov's ...

(born 1963), an Uzbek Islamist militant *

Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev (born 7 March 1978 in Andijan, USSR (now Uzbekistan) is a former Uzbek football and player. He is currently the manager of Andijan. Career He played the most time of his career for FK Andijan and is considered as one of ...

(born 1978), an Uzbek football player * 'Izz al-Dawla Bakhtiyar (943-978), a 10th-century

Buyid The Buyid dynasty or Buyid Empire was a Zaydi and later Twelver Shi'a dynasty of Daylamite origin. Founded by Imad al-Dawla, they mainly ruled over central and southern Iran and Iraq from 934 to 1062. Coupled with the rise of other Iranian dyna ...

Amir * Bäxtiär Qanqayıv, an 18th-century Russian colonel (of Tatar origin) * Bakhtiar Amin (born 1959), Iraqi Kurdish politician

Bachtiar

Bachtyar

* Bachtyar Ali (born 1960), Kurdish-Iraqi novelist and intellectual

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* Gulnazar, born Gülnezer Bextiyar (born 1992), Chinese actress and model of Uyghur origin * Abul qasim Bakhtiar (1872-1971), Iranian physician * Lailee Bakhtiar (born 1951), American author and critic *

Laleh Bakhtiar Laleh Mehree Bakhtiar (born Mary Nell Bakhtiar; July 29, 1938 – October 18, 2020) was an Iranian-American Islamic and Sufi scholar, author, translator, and psychologist. She produced a gender-neutral translation of the Quran, ''The Sublime Quran ...

(1938-2020), Iranian-American author, translator and clinical psychologist * Rudi Bakhtiar (born 1966), Iranian-American newswoman *

Shapour Bakhtiar Shapour Bakhtiar (, ; 26 June 19146 August 1991) was an Iranian politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Iran under the rule of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In the words of the historian Abbas Milani: "more than once in the tone of a jere ...

(1914-1991), Iranian politician and

Prime Minister of Iran The prime minister of Iran was a political post that had existed in Iran (Persia) during much of the 20th century. It began in 1906 during the Qajar dynasty and into the start of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1923 and into the 1979 Iranian Revolution ...

Teymur Bakhtiar Teymur Bakhtiar (; 1914 – 12 August 1970) was an Iranian military officer and intelligence chief who was the founder and head of SAVAK from 1956 to 1961 when he was dismissed by Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. In 1970, he was assassinated by SAVAK agen ...

(1914-1970), Iranian general and head of