Heydar is a common male

given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a f ...

Greater Iran Greater Iran or Greater Persia ( ), also called the Iranosphere or the Persosphere, is an expression that denotes a wide socio-cultural region comprising parts of West Asia, the South Caucasus, Central Asia, South Asia, and East Asia (specifica ...

, particularly in

Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...

and

Azerbaijan Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, transcontinental and landlocked country at the boundary of West Asia and Eastern Europe. It is a part of the South Caucasus region and is bounded by ...

. A variant of the

Arabic Arabic (, , or , ) is a Central Semitic languages, Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic languages, Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world. The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) assigns lang ...

name

Haydar Haydar (), also spelt Hajdar, Hayder, Heidar, Haider, Heydar, Hyder, and other variants, is an Arabic male given name, also used as a surname, meaning "lion". In Islamic tradition, the name is primarily associated with Ali ibn Abi Talib (f ...

(also spelt Heidar, Haider, and other variants), it was a cognomen of

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 ...

, who was known for his courage in battle. Heydar is sometimes transliterated as Gaidar or Geidar, from the

Cyrillic The Cyrillic script ( ) is a writing system used for various languages across Eurasia. It is the designated national script in various Slavic, Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, Caucasian and Iranic-speaking countries in Southeastern Europe, Ea ...

spelling Гейдар. The name may refer to:

People

Heydar Aliyev Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev (10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was an Azerbaijani politician who was a Soviet party boss in the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic from 1969 to 1982, and the third president of Azerbaijan from October 1993 to ...

(1923–2003), Azerbaijani politician and president *

Heydar Babayev Heydar Babayev Aydin oghlu (; born 1957) was an Azerbaijani politician serving as the Chairman of State Committee for Securities under auspices of the President of Azerbaijan and Minister of Economic Development. Early life Babayev was born i ...

(born 1957), Azerbaijani politician *

Heydar Ghiai Heydar-Gholi Khan Ghiaï- Chamlou (; 23 October 1922 – 6 September 1985)Heydar Huseynov (1908–1950), Azerbaijani philosopher * Heydar Moslehi (born 1957), Iranian politician *

Heydar Yaghma Heydar Yaghma (: 11 January 1924 – 14 May 1984) was an Iranian poet and literary editor. He was a descendant of the early- Qajar era poet Yaghma Jandaqi. References Sources * {{DEFAULTSORT:Yaghma, Heydar 1924 births 1988 deaths Ir ...

(1926–1986), Iranian poet

References

{{Given name Azerbaijani masculine given names Persian masculine given names Masculine given names

People

See also

References