Heidar


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

Given name

  • Haidar al-Abbadi, Iraqi prime minister
  • Haidar Ali, ruler of the Indian Kingdom of Mysore
  • Heidar Aliev, third President of Azerbaijan for the New Azerbaijan Party from October 1993 to October 2003
  • Haidar Abdel-Shafi, Palestinian physician and community leader
  • Haidar Abdul-Amir, Iraqi football player
  • Haidar Abdul-Jabar, Iraqi football player
  • Haidar Abdul-Razzaq, Iraqi football player
  • Haïdar el Ali, Senegalese ecologist and government minister
  • Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Prime Minister of Yemen
  • Heidar Arfaa, Conseiller d'État to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi of Iran
  • Haidar Bagir, Indonesian philosopher, entrepreneur, social activist
  • Haidar Khan, leader of one of the Bakhtiari tribes in Iran
  • Haidar Mahmoud, Iraqi football player
  • Haidar Malik, administrator, and soldier in Kashmir
  • Heidar Moslehi, Iranian cleric and politician who served as the minister of intelligence from 2009 to 2013
  • Haidar Nasir, also known as Haider Jabreen, Iraqi discus thrower
  • Haidar Obeid, Lebanese Roboticist
  • Haidar Qassāb, head of the Sarbadars of Sabzewar from 1355/56 until his death
  • Haidar Sabah, Iraqi football player
  • Haidar Salim, Afghan singer
  • Haidar Al-Shaïbani, Algerian-Canadian football player

    Middle name

  • Khwaja Haidar Ali Aatish, Urdu poet
  • Maya Haïdar Boustani, Lebanese archaeologist and museum curator
  • Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat, Chagatai Turko-Mongol military general, ruler of Kashmir

    Surname

  • Adnan Haidar, Norway-born Lebanese football player
  • Ali Haidar , Canadian basketball player of Lebanese origin
  • Ali Haidar , Pakistani Pashtun military personality in British Indian Army
  • Ali Haidar , Syrian politician and minister
  • Aminatou Heidar, Sahrawi human rights activist and an advocate of the independence of Western Sahara
  • Celine Haidar, Lebanese footballer
  • Dana Haidar, 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, Norwegian political scientist
  • Mohamad Haidar, Lebanese football player