Haydar

Haydar

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

Haydar (Template:Lang-ar; also spelled Heidar, Haider, Haidar, Hyder, Hayder, Hajdar, Hidar, Hauldar, Haidhar, Heydar or Jaider) is an Arabic male given name, one of many names for "lion", each denoting some aspect of the animal, with "haydar" meaning "brave"; 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.

Place name

• 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

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 1979), Iraqi football player
• 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
• Haider Alrabiei (born 1971), Accountant Tehran University.[2]

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
• 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 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 1460-1488
• 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
• Tanzil Haider Usmani,Pakistani chemist

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
• Shani Haider, Pakistani music producer
• 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

See also

• "Haydar Haydar", well known traditional Alevi song
• Nishan-e-Haider or Nishan-e-Hyder (translated as "Emblem of Haider, where Haider is the epithet of Hazrat Ali and means Lion", abbreviated as NH), highest military decoration given by Pakistan
• Asad
• Hyder (disambiguation)
• Hyderi (name)
• Hyderi
• Hyderabad, Sindh
• Hyderabad, India
• Hyderabad State
• Lions in Islam
• Qaswarah

References

2. Haider alrabiei website. www.haideralrabiei.com