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Zar, Azerbaijan Zar (; ; , also ''Tzar'') is a village in the Kalbajar District of Azerbaijan. Etymology Armenian architectural historian Samvel Karapetyan writes that the settlement was first mentioned as "Tsar" in 1289. In the records of Dadivank Monaster ...

* Žár, Czech Republic * Zar, Iran, in Markazi Province * Zeraq, or Zar, Hamadan Province, Iran * Żar, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland * Żar (mountain), in Poland *

Žar Mountain Žar Mountain ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Жар-планина, Žar-planina, separator=" / ", ) is a mountain of Kosovo. It has an elevation of above sea level. The mountain marks the watershed of the drainage basins of the Ibar within the Danube draina ...

, a mountain range in Kosovo *

South African Republic The South African Republic (, abbreviated ZAR; ), also known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer republics, Boer republic in Southern Africa which existed from 1852 to 1902, when it was annexed into the British Empire as a result ...

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People

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* Chet Zar (born 1967), American artist; son of James Zar * Heather Zar (born ?), South African pediatrician, respiratory specialist, writer, and professor *

Ibn Abi Zar Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Abī Zarʿ al-Fāsī () (d. between 1310 and 1320) is the commonly presumed original author of the popular and influential medieval history of Morocco known as '' Rawd al-Qirtas'',''Encyclopedia of Arabic literature: A ...

(died between 1310 and 1320), Moroccan historian and poet; presumed author of the medieval history of Morocco, ''Rawd al-Qirtas'' * James Zar (1941–2015), American artist; father of Chet Zar * Jerrold Zar (born 1941), American biologist and professor * Lwi Zar (born 1976), Burmese politician * Mordechai Zar (1914–1982), Israeli politician * Moshe Zar (born 1938), Israeli settlement leader and religious Zionist * Paul Zar (born 1967), American bobsledder and Olympic competitor * Pe Thein Zar (1943–2018), Burmese-born Australian student leader, lawyer, revolutionary and freedom fighter, and writer * Rose Zar (1922–2001), a Polish Holocaust survivor, human rights activist, and author * Sarah Zar (born ?), American visual and performance artist, musician, songwriter, and writer

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* Zar Wali Khan (born 1953), Pakistani Islamic scholar * Zar Gul Khan (fl. 2017), Pakistani politician * Zar Lawrence (born 1982), New Zealand rugby player * Zar Randeri (pen name of Bharucha Hasim bin Yusuf; 1887–?), Indian Gujarati poet and translator * Zar Zar Myint (born 1993), Burmese footballer * Zar Zari Zar Baksh (' AD 1400), Indian Sufi saint * Zarsanga (or Zar Sanga, born 1946), Pakistani Pashto folk singer

Other uses

Zār In the cultures of the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of the Middle East, ''Zār'' (, ) is the term for a demon or spirit assumed to possess individuals, mostly women, and to cause discomfort or illness. The so-called ''zār'' ritual or ' ...

, or Zaar, a demon or spirit in the Horn of Africa and adjacent regions of the Middle East * Zar, a band featuring John Lawton * Zar, a fictional land in " The White Ship" by H. P. Lovecraft *

Zar Points Zar Points (ZP) is a statistically derived method for evaluating contract bridge hands developed by Zar Petkov. The statistical research Petkov conducted in the areas of hand evaluation and bidding is useful to bridge players, regardless of their b ...

, a statistical method for evaluating hands in contract bridge * Rincón Zapotec, a language of Mexico, ISO 639-3 code zar *

South African rand The South African rand, or simply the rand, (currency sign, sign: R; ISO 4217, code: ZAR) is the official currency of South Africa. It is subdivided into 100 Cent (currency), cents (sign: "c"), and a comma separates the rand and cents. The Sou ...

, the currency of South Africa, ISO 4217 code ZAR

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