Haydar

Haydar
Pronunciation	Arabic: [ˈħajˌdar, ħeː-]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Arabic
Meaning	brave, lion

Haydar (Arabic: حيدر; also spelled Heidar, Haider, Haidar, Hydar, Hyder, Hayder, Hajdar, Hidar, Haidhar, Heydar, Jaider, Haidr) is an Arabic male given name, one of many names for "lion", each denoting some aspect of the animal, with "haydar" meaning "brave";^[1] see Lions in Islam. In Islamic tradition, the name is primarily associated with the cousin of Muhammad, Ali, nicknamed "Haydar". It may also be used as a surname.

Places[]

Haidar, a village in Casimcea Commune, Tulcea County, Romania
Haidar Usmonov, town and jamoat in north-west Tajikistan
Haydar, Akyurt, village in the District of Akyurt, Ankara Province, Turkey
Haydarpaşa, neighborhood within the Kadıköy district on the Asian part of Istanbul, Turkey
Hyderabad, India
Hyderabad, Pakistan
Babaheydar (also Romanized Bābā Ḩeydar or Bāba Haīdar), city in the Central District of Farsan County, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
Chaidari, a suburb of Athens, Greece

People[]

Haidar / Haïdar[]

Given name

Haidar al-Abbadi, Iraqi prime minister
Haider Ackermann, French fashion designer
Haidar Ali (c. 1722–1782), ruler of the Indian Kingdom of Mysore
Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat was a Mugal ruler of Kashmir, cousin of Indian emperor Babul and founder of the Haidar family, a subsent of the Mugal family clan of Dughlat.
Haidar Abdel-Shafi (1919–2007), Palestinian physician, community leader and political leader
Haidar Abdul-Amir (born 1982), Iraqi football player
Haidar Abdul-Jabar (born 1976), Iraqi football player
Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (born 1982), Iraqi football player
Haïdar el Ali, Senegalese ecologist and government minister
Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas (1939–), Prime Minister of Yemen
Haidar Bagir, Indonesian philosopher, entrepreneur, social activist
Haidar Khan (died 1925?), leader of one of the Bakhtiari tribes in Iran
Haidar Mahmoud (born 1973), Iraqi football player
Haidar Malik (1620s), administrator, and soldier in Kashmir
Haidar Nasir (born 1981), also known as Haider Jabreen, Iraqi discus thrower
Haidar Obeid (born 1997), Lebanese Roboticist
Haidar Qassāb (died 1356), head of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from 1355/56 until his death
Haidar Sabah (born 1986), Iraqi football player
Haidar Salim, Afghan singer.
Haidar Al-Shaïbani (born 1984), Algerian-Canadian football (soccer) player
(born 1974), Personal Trainer & DSSTP Manager

Middle name

Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish (1778–1848), Urdu poet
Maya Haïdar Boustani, Lebanese archaeologist and museum curator
Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat (1499 or 1500–1551), Chagatai Turko-Mongol military general, ruler of Kashmir, and a historical writer

Surname

Adnan Haidar (born 1989), Norway-born Lebanese football player
Ali Haidar (basketball) (born 1990), Canadian basketball player of Lebanese origin
Ali Haidar (military) (1913–1999), Pakistani Pashtun military personality in British Indian Army
Ali Haidar (politician) (born 1962), Syrian politician and minister
Aminatou Haidar (1967–), Sahrawi human rights activist
Dana Haidar (born 1993), Jordanian taekwondo player
Ensaf Haidar, Indian Human rights activist
Gul Haidar, former mujahideen commander and official in the Afghan Ministry of Defense
Haidar Haidar, Syrian writer and novelist
Mohamad Haidar (born 1989), Lebanese football player

Hajdar[]

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

Haydar[]

Given name

Ali, the cousin of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, said to have been nicknamed "Haydar"
Haydar Asan, Turkish Olympian
Haydar Ergülen, Turkish poet
Haydar Ghazi, second Wazir of Sylhet
Haydar Hatemi, 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, Turkish-German actor
Sheikh Haydar Astrakhani, Khan of Astrakhan from 1538 through 1541.
Sayyid Haydar Amuli, or Haydar al-'Obaydi al-Husayni Amoli, a Shi'ite mystic and Sufi philosopher

Middle name

Ali Haydar Şen, Turkish businessman
Mohammed Haydar Zammar (born 1961), Syrian Muslim jihadist and al-Qaida recruiter

Surname

Darren Haydar (born 1979), Canadian professional ice hockey
Kamal Haydar (1933–1980), Yemeni short story writer
Paula Haydar, American academic and translator
Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar, Persian Sufi saint
Shaykh Haydar, a religious leader of the Safaviyya from 1460 to 1488
Sultan Haydar (born 1985), Turkish female long-distance runner of Ethiopian origin

Haider[]

Given name

Haider Al-Abadi, Iraqi politician
Haider Ackermann (born 1971), French fashion designer
Haider Ali (athlete) (born 1984), all-round Pakistani Paralympic athlete
Haider Ali (boxer) (born 1979), Pakistani Olympic boxer
Haider Ali Kohari (born 17th century), military general and secretary of the Maratha king Shivaji
Haider Aziz Safwi, Indian politician
Haider Hussain (singer-songwriter), Bangladeshi singer-songwriter
Haider Mahmoud (born 1942), Jordanian-Palestinian poet
Haider Nawzad (born 1983), Iraqi rower. Also known as Haydar Nozad, Haidar Hama Rashid
Haider Qureshi (born 1953), Pakistani Urdu poet, writer and journalist
Haider Rahman, Pakistani musician
Haider Zaman Khan, Pakistan politician and administrator

Middle name

Abdulelah Haider Shaye (born c. 1977), Yemeni journalist. Also known as Abd al-Ilah Haydar Al-Sha’i
Ali Haider Khan (1900-1963), Nawab of Sylhet
Ali Haider Multani (1690–1785), Sufi Punjabi poet
Ghulam Haider Hamidi (1945–2011), Mayor of Kandahar, Afghanistan
Ghulam Haider Wyne, Pakistani politician
Khaqan Haider Ghazi (born 1965), Punjabi poet
Mufazzal Haider Chaudhury (1926–1971), Bengali essayist, scholar of Bengali literature, educator and linguist of the Bengali language
Nawab Ali Haider Khan (1900–1963), Indian politician
Nawab Haider Naqvi, Pakistani economist and scholar
Rafique Haider Khan Leghari (born 1951), Pakistani politician, minister
Shamim Haider Tirmazi (born 1939), Pakistani author

Surname

Afzaal Haider (born 1971), Pakistani-born Hong Kong cricketer
Ali Haider, Pakistani singer and actor
Andreas Haider-Maurer (born 1987), Austrian tennis player
Ernst Haider (1890–1988), German painter and graphic artist
Ghazi-ud-Din Haider (born c. 1769 – 1827), last nawab wazir of Oudh (1814–1818) and first King of Oudh (1818–1827)
Ghulam Haider, music composer well known in both India and Pakistan
Ilse Haider (born 1965), Austrian artist
Iqbal Haider (1945–2012), advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and the co-chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Senator
Izhar Haider (1944–2009), Urdu poet, social worker, broadcaster
Jörg Haider (1950–2008), Austrian politician
Maximilian Haider (born 1950), Austrian physicist
Michael Lawrence Haider (1904–1986), American petroleum engineer, business executive
Moinuddin Haider (born 1942), Pakistani general
Nasiruddin Haider (born c. 1803 – 1837), second King of Oudh (1827–1837)
Rashid Haider, Bangladeshi author and novelist
Sajjad Haider (born 1966), Indian journalist media personality
Sepp Haider (born 1953), Austrian rally driver
Syed Afzal Haider, Pakistani politician
Wasim Haider (born 1967), Pakistani cricketer
Zameer Haider (born 1962), Pakistani international cricket umpire
Zulqarnain Haider (born 1986), Pakistani cricketer

Hayder[]

Hayder of Crimea

Heydar[]

Heydar Aliyev (1923–2003), President of Azerbaijan

Hyder[]

Given name

Hyder Ali (1721–1782), sultan and de facto ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore in southern India

Surname

Qurratulain Hyder (1927–2007), novelist writing in Urdu
Jamie Gray Hyder (born 1985), American actress

References[]

^ "haydar" in Turkish dictionary

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[1] "haydar" in Turkish dictionary

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