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 Shia Imam 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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Hajdar

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

Haydar

Given name

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

, said to have been nicknamed "Haydar". * Haydar Aşan (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 (born 1945), Iranian artist * Haydar al-Kuzbari (1920–1996), Syrian military officer * Haydar al-Sadr (1891–1937), Muslim Iraqi cleric and ayatollah * Haydar Khan e Amo-oghli (1880–1921), revolutionary and military activist in Iran, Republic of Azerbaijan and Central Asia * Haydar Zorlu (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 (born 1939), Turkish businessman * Mohammed Haydar Zammar (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 (died 1221), Persian Sufi saint * Shaykh Haydar (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

References

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