Taher (name)
Taher is a name meaning "pure" or "virtuous". The origin of this name is Arabic. There are several Semitic variations that include connotations given in Africa, Asia, and Europe. It is traditionally a given name in Muslim and Jewish communities originating from the Middle East and Africa.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Taher
- Taher Abouzeid, Egyptian politician and minister
- Taher Badakhshi, cultural and political Tajik activist in Afghanistan
- Taher Elgamal, Egyptian cryptographer
- Taher Helmy, Egyptian lawyer
- Taher Kaboutari, Iranian rower
- Taher al-Masri, Jordanian politician
- Taher Mohamed, Egyptian footballer
- Taher Sabahi, Iranian art dealer, journalist, author
- Syedna Taher Saifuddin, Dawoodi Bohra religious leader
- Taher Zakaria, Qatari footballer
Tahir
- Abdallah ibn Muhammad, also known as Tahir, the son of Islamic prophet Muhammad
- Tahir ibn Husayn, general of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun and governor of Khorasan
- Tahir ibn Abdallah, governor of Khurasan from 845 until 862
- Mirza Tahir Ahmad, fourth Khalifa of Islam Ahmadiyyat
- Tahir (Indonesian businessman), founder of the Mayapada Group
- Tahir Aslam Gora, Pakistani-Canadian author and activist
- Tahir Akyurek, Turkish politician
- Tahir Bilgiç, Australian comedian of Turkish descent
- Tahir Bizenjo, Pakistani politician
- Tahir Mahmood Chahal, Pakistani politician
- Tahir Dawar, Pakistani police officer and Pashto poet of Pashtun descent
- Tahir "Tie" Domi, Canadian NHL hockey player
- Tahir Emra, Albanian painter
- Tahir Hemphill, American multimedia artist
- Tahir Khan, Pakistani cricketer
- Tahir Kolgjini, Albanian imam
- Tahir Mahmood Khan, Pakistani politician
- Tahir Naseem, American murder victim
- Tahir Pasha (disambiguation), several people
- Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani Islamic scholar
- Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed, Pakistani politician
- Artur Tahir oğlu Rasizada, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
- Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman
- Tahir Shah (cricketer), Pakistani cricketer
- Tahir Yahya, Iraqi politician
- Tahir bin Mandir, better known as Harun Thohir, Indonesian soldier and terrorist who carried out the MacDonald House bombing on 10 March 1965
Middle name
Taher
- Mohammad Taher Khaqani, Grand Ayatollah and Shia scholar
- Muhammed Taher Pasha, Egyptian political scientist of Turkish origin
- Yahya Taher Abdullah, Egyptian writer
Surname
Taher
- Abu Taher Bangladeshi industrialist and politician
- Ali Jawad Al Taher, Iraqi critic and literary scholar
- Ayman Taher, Egyptian football player
- Bahaa Taher, Egyptian novelist
- Moeslim Taher, Indonesian education figure who founded Jayabaya University
- Nahed Taher, Saudi businesswoman
- Tareq Mubarak Taher, birth name Dennis Kipkurui Sang, Kenyan-born Bahraini long-distance runner
- Tarmizi Taher, Indonesian politician and minister
- Yaqoub Al Taher, Kuwaiti football player
- Yaseinn Taher, Yemeni-American terror suspect
- Ymär Daher, Finnish Tatar cultural figure
Tahir
- Bedriye Tahir, Turkish aviator
- Faran Tahir, Pakistani-American film and television actor
- Abdullah Tahir, Ethiopian-Yemeni governor
- Imran Tahir, South African cricketer
- Kemal Tahir, Turkish novelist and intellectual
- Malika Tahir, French figure skater
- Mehmet Tahir, Ottoman-era publisher
- Naqaash Tahir, English cricketer
- Sabaa Tahir, Pakistani-American author
Thohir
- Erick Thohir, Indonesian businessman and President of Inter Milan
- Harun Thohir, Indonesian marine and saboteur during Konfrontasi
Teknonymy
- Abu Tahir Ibrahim ibn Nasir al-Dawla, 10th-century Ruler of Mosul from 989 to 990
- Abu Tahir al-Silafi, Islamic scholar
- Abu Tahir Yazid, 10th-century Ruler of Shirvan from 917–948
- Abu Tahir Firuzshah better known by his title Diya al-Dawla, Buyid ruler of Basra in late 10th-century
- Abu Tahir al-Jannabi, Qarmatian Shia rebel Ruler from 923 to 944
- Abu Tahir Tarsusi, 12th-century story-teller and writer
- Abu Taher Mohammad Haider, a Bangladesh Army officer and recipient of Bir Uttom