Anvar is a given name and surname. The name comes from
Arabic
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and means "light", like the variant Anwar. Notable persons with the name Anvar include:
Persons with the given name
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Anvar Berdiev
Anvar Berdiev (born 11 May 1978) is a retired Uzbek professional footballer. He currently assistant coach in Istiqlol Fergana.
Career
He began his career at Temiryo'lchi Qo'qon. In 2000, he moved to Neftchi Farg'ona. Playing for Neftchi, he w ...
(born 1978), Uzbek footballer
* Anvar Bikzhanov (born 1951), Russian football coach
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Anvar Gafurov
Anvar Gafurov (uz: Анвар Ғофуров; born 14 May 1982) is an Uzbekistani professional footballer who currently plays for FC Bunyodkor as a defender.
Career
Anvar Gafurov plays for FC Bunyodkor since 2009 after move from Mash'al Mubarek ...
(born 1982), Uzbek footballer
* Anvar Gazimagomedov (born 1988), Russian footballer
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Anvar Ibragimgadzhiyev
Anvar Imanaliyevich Ibragimgadzhiyev (russian: Анвар Иманалиевич Ибрагимгаджиев; born 27 September 1991) is a former Russian professional football player.
Career
Anvar Ibragimgadzhiyev made his professional debut f ...
(born 1991), Russian footballer
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Anvar Ibragimov
Anvar Kamilevich Ibragimov (russian: Анвар Камилевич Ибрагимов; born 27 November 1965) is a Soviet fencer of Tatar descent. He won a gold medal in the team foil event at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Oly ...
(born 1965), Soviet fencer
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Anvar Juraboev
Anvar Juraboev ( uz, Анвар Жўрабоев, russian: Анвар Джурабаев; 22 May 1948 – 16 September 2010) was an Uzbek journalist, historian and politician. He was involved in creation of the newly independent Uzbekistan's const ...
(1948–2010), Uzbek journalist, historian and politician
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Anvar Mammadkhanli
Anvar Gafar oglu Mammadkhanli ( az, Ənvər Qafar oğlu Məmməmədxanlı; 6 February 1913 – 19 December 1990) was a prominent writer and screenwriter, script writer, translator and art worker. Anvar Mammadkhanli since 1938 is a member of Aze ...
(1913–1990), writer and screenwriter, script writer, translator and art worker
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Anvar Chingizoglu
Anvar Chingizoglu Farajov ( az, Ənvər Çingizoğlu Fərəcov; 10 May 1962 – 10 July 2022) was an Azerbaijani historian, ethnologist and genealogist who mostly specialized in the history and genealogies of medieval Azerbaijan, Iran and the Ot ...
(born 1962, Azerbaijani historian, ethnologist and genealogist
* Anvar Rajabov (born 1988), Uzbek footballer
* Anvar Sadat (1918–1981), President of Egypt, serving 1970 to 1981
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Anvar Saidenov
Anvar Saidenov ( kk, Ánýar Ǵalımollauly Sáıdenov, born September 19, 1960) – financier, banker, who held high political positions in Kazakhstan.
Education specialty - economist, holds a master's degree in economics and finance. Speaks Kaz ...
(born 1960), Kazakh national bank chairman
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Anvar Soliev
Anvarjon Soliev (born 5 February 1978) is a retired Uzbekistani football striker and football coach.
Early life
He was born in Turakurgan of Namangan region.
Career Navbahor Namangan
Firstly he played in Yoshlik football team. Then he cont ...
Anvar Yunusov
Anvar Yunusov (born February 1, 1987, Dushanbe) is a Tajikistani boxer who currently competes as a professional in the super featherweight division. As an amateur, he won bronze at the 2011 amateur world championships, gold at the 2011 Asian cham ...
(born 1987), Tajik boxer
Persons with the surname
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Cas Anvar
Cas Anvar ( fa, کاس انور; born 15 March 1966) is a Canadian actor and writer known for the SyFy/Amazon Prime Video science fiction television series ''The Expanse''.
Early life
Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, to Iranian parents and raised i ...
, Canadian actor, voice actor, and writer
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Hassan Anvar
Anwar Hassan (born August 25, 1974) is a Uyghur refugee who was wrongly imprisoned for more than seven years in the United States Guantanamo Bay detention camps.http://ccrjustice.org/newsroom/press-releases/17-innocent-uighurs-detained-guant%C3 ...
, Chinese-Uyghur refugee wrongly imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay detention camp
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Qasem-e Anvar
Mu'in al-Din Ali Husayni Sarabi Tabrizi, commonly known by his ''laqab'' (honorific title) of Qasim-i Anvar ( fa, قاسم انوار; 1356 – 1433) was a Sufi mystic, poet, and a leading ''da'i'' (preacher) of the Safavid order.
Biography
Born ...
(1356–1433),
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...
mystic, poet, and a leading ''
da'i
A da'i ( ar, داعي, dāʿī, inviter, caller, ) is generally someone who engages in Dawah, the act of inviting people to Islam.
See also
* Dawah
* Da'i al-Mutlaq, "the absolute (unrestricted) missionary" (Arabic: الداعي المطلق)
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'' (preacher) of the
Safavid order
The Safavid order, also called the Safaviyya ( fa, صفویه), was a tariqa ( Sufi order) founded by the KurdishKhvajeh Anvar, a village in Donbaleh Rud-e Shomali Rural District, Dehdez District, Izeh County, Khuzestan Province, Iran
* Ənvər Məmmədxanlı, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality in the Ujar Rayon of Azerbaijan
* Andvar, a village in Chelav Rural District, in the Central District of Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran
* Anvard, the moatless castle where King Lune of Archenland resides in the fictional land of Narnia
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Anvari
Anvari (1126–1189), full name Awhad ad-Din 'Ali ibn Mohammad Khavarani or Awhad ad-Din 'Ali ibn Mahmud ( fa, اوحدالدین علی ابن محمد انوری) was a Persian poet.
Anvarī was born in Abivard (now in Turkmenistan) and died in ...
Anwar (disambiguation)
Anwar may refer to:
* Anwar (name), a given name and surname (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Anwar (singer) (born 1949), an Indian playback singer
* ''Anwar'' (2007 film), a 2007 Hindi film
* ''Anwar'' (2010 film), a 201 ...