Heidar

Heidar is a name, chiefly in Arabic, with variant spellings such as Haydar, Haider, and Heydar. It may refer to:

• Haidar al-Abbadi, Iraqi prime minister
• Haidar Ali (c. 1722 – 1782), ruler of the Indian Kingdom of Mysore
• Heidar Aliev (1923–2003), third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from October 1993 to October 2003
• Haidar Abdel-Shafi (1919–2007), Palestinian physician and community 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
• Heidar Arfaa (1919–1976), Conseiller d'État to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
• Haidar Bagir, Indonesian philosopher, entrepreneur, social activist
• Haidar Khan (died c. 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
• Heidar Moslehi (born 1957), Iranian cleric and politician who served as the minister of intelligence from 2009 to 2013
• 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

• 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

• 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 Heidar (born 1966), Sahrawi human rights activist and an advocate of the independence of Western Sahara
• 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
• Knut Heidar (born 1949), Norwegian political scientist
• Mohamad Haidar (born 1989), Lebanese football player

• Haydar, for other spelling variants of the Arabic name
• Heider (surname), a German surname
• Darreh Heidar, a village in Khomeh Rural District, in the Central District of Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran
• Ghaleh Ghaed Heidar, a village in Hayat Davud Rural District, in the Central District of Ganaveh County, Bushehr Province, Iran
• Heidar Abad Roodbar, a village in Rudbar Rural District, in the Central District of Rudbar-e Jonubi County, Kerman Province, Iran
• Heidari, an Iranian surname
• All pages with titles beginning with Heidar
• All pages with titles containing Heidar

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