Bashir or Basheer or the francicized Bachir or Bechir ( ar, بشير) is a male
given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a ...
. Derived from
Arabic
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, it means "the one who brings good news". It is also a surname.
Bashir may refer to:
Shihab dynasty
The Shihab dynasty (alternatively spelled Chehab; ar, الشهابيون, ALA-LC: ''al-Shihābiyūn'') was an Arab family whose members served as the paramount tax farmers and local chiefs of Mount Lebanon from the early 18th to mid-19th centu ...
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Bashir Shihab II
Emir Bashir Shihab II () (also spelled "Bachir Chehab II"; 2 January 1767–1850) was a Lebanese emir who ruled Ottoman Lebanon in the first half of the 19th century. Born to a branch of the Shihab family which had converted from Sunni Islam, th ...
(1767–1850), Lebanese emir who ruled Lebanon
* Bashir III, ruler of the Mount Lebanon Emirate (7th Emir, reigned 1840–1842)
Given name
Bachir
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Bachir Gemayel
Bachir Pierre Gemayel ( ; 10 November 1947 – 14 September 1982) was a Lebanese militia commander who led the Lebanese Forces, the military wing of the Kataeb Party in the Lebanese Civil War and was elected President of Lebanon in 1982 ...
or Bashīr al-Jimayyel (1947–1982), Lebanese military commander, politician and president-elect
* Bachir Abdelouahab (1897–1978), Algerian politician and medical doctor
* Bachir Ammoury (born 1983), American-born Lebanese basketball player
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Bachir Attar
Bachir Attar (Arabic: بشير عطار, born 1964) is a Moroccan musician and the leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar. He is the son of Hadj Abdesalam Attar, who led the group Master Musicians of Jajouka at the time of ...
(born 1964), Moroccan American musician and leader of
The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar
The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar (sometimes written as ...featuring Bachir Attar) are a collective of Jbala Sufi trance musicians, serving as a modern representation of a centuries-old music tradition. The collective includes ...
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* Bachir Bensaddek (born 1972), Canadian television director of Algerian Berber descent
* Bachir Boudjelid (born 1978), Algerian football player
* Bachir Boumaaza (born 1980), mostly known by the online pseudonym Athene, a Belgian internet personality and Twitch.tv streamer
* Bachir Douadi (born 1953), Algerian football player
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(1906–1945), a Lebanese philosopher, poet and Shī‘ah religious leader
* Bachir Mahamat (born 1996), Chadian sprinter
* Bachir Mané (born 1997), Senegalese football player
* Bachir Mecheri (born 1964), Algerian football player
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Bachir Qamari
Bashir Qamari ( ar, بشير القمري; 10 January 1951 – 24 June 2021) was a Moroccan literary critic, novelist and playwright.
Biography
Qamari was born in Nador in 1951. He studied Arabic literature at the Mohammed V University in Raba ...
(1951–2021), Moroccan literary critic, novelist and playwright
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Bachir Sebaâ
Bachir Sebaâ (born April 10, 1949) is an Algerian former football player who played as a goalkeeper for MC Oran.
History
Bachir Sebaâ was summoned for the national team by Rachid Mekhloufi to play the 1978 All-Africa Games but declined the i ...
(born 1949), Algerian football player
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Bachir Yellès
Bachir Yellès (; 12 September 1921 – 16 August 2022) was an Algerian painter.
Life and career
Yellès was born in Tlemcen on 12 September 1921.Bloom and Blair, p50 "Bachir Yelles (b. 1921) and Muhammad Bouzid (b. 1929) explored Cubism, Fauvis ...
(1921–2022), Algerian painter
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Bab Bachir
Bab Bachir ( ar, باب بشير) (died 1254) was a slave consort of the last Abbasid caliph, al-Musta'sim (r. 1242–1258) and mother of Abu Nasr Muhammad ibn al-Musta'sim.
She was a slave bought to the Harem by the Caliph.
When she gave birth ...
(died 1254) was the spouse of last
Abbasid
The Abbasid Caliphate ( or ; ar, الْخِلَافَةُ الْعَبَّاسِيَّة, ') was the third caliphate to succeed the Islamic prophet Muhammad. It was founded by a dynasty descended from Muhammad's uncle, Abbas ibn Abdul-Muttalib ...
caliph
al-Musta'sim
Abu Ahmad Abdallah ibn al-Mustansir Billah (; 1213 – 20 February 1258), better known by his regnal name al-Musta'sim Billah ( ar, المستعصم بالله, al-Mustaʿṣim billāh, label=none) was the 37th and last caliph of the Abbasid dynas ...
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Basheer
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Basheer Matta
Basheer Ahmad Khan Matta ( ps, بشیر احمد خان مټه; ur, بشیر احمد خان مٹہ) is a Pashtun nationalist politician and historian who is a senior leader of the National Democratic Movement (NDM). He is a supporter of the ...
, Pakistani politician
Bashir
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Bashir Abdi
Bashir Abdi (born 10 February 1989) is a Somali-born Belgian athlete who specializes in long-distance running. He won bronze medals in the marathon at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 World Championships. In doing so, Abdi became both the firs ...
(born 1989), Somali-Belgian athlete
* Bashir Ahmed, many persons with the name Bashir Ahmad and Bashir Ahmed
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Bashir Ahmad (mixed martial artist)
Bashir Ahmad ( ur, بشیر احمد), (born October 12, 1982) is a Pakistani-American professional mixed martial artist who is known as the "God-father of Mixed Martial Arts Pakistan". He is famous for being the pioneer of mixed martial arts in ...
(born 1982), Pakistani-American professional mixed martial artist
* Bashir Badr (born 1935), Indian poet of Urdu
* Bashir Saleh Bashir, former aide of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, head of the Libyan African Portfolio, a sovereign wealth fund that invested Libya's oil wealth mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, and served as an intermediary between Libya, Africa and France
* Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim (born 1961), Nigerian politician and businessman
* Bashir Isse, Somali banker and Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia
* Bashir Jehangiri (born 1937), Pakistani judge
* Bashir Levingston (born 1976), Canadian Football League player
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Bashir Maan
Bashir Maan CBE (22 October 1926 – 20 December 2019) was a Pakistani-Scottish politician, businessman, judge, community worker and writer. In 1970 he became the first Muslim to be elected to a representative office in the United Kingdom, serv ...
(1926–2019), Pakistani-Scottish politician, businessman, judge, community worker and writer.
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Bashir Makhtal
Bashir Ahmed Makhtal ( so, Bashiir Axmed Makhtal) is a Canadian citizen formerly held in an Ethiopian prison, where he was accused of terrorism and faced the death penalty. The Canadian government was criticized by several groups for its initial i ...
(born 1977), Canadian citizen held in an Ethiopian prison, where he is accused of terrorism and faces the death penalty
* Bashir Ahmed Qureshi (1959–2012), Sindhi nationalist who served as the leader of Jeay Sindh Qaumi
* Bashir Ali Mohammad (born 1947), Pakistani businessman
* Bashir Ramathan, Ugandan boxer
* Bashir Ramzy (born 1979), American long jumper
* Bashir Safaroglu (1925–1969), Azerbaijani Soviet theater and film actor.
* Bashir Salahuddin (born 1976), American actor, writer and comedian
* Bashir Shah (born 1983), Pakistani-born Danish cricketer
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Bashir Tofa
Bashir Othman Tofa (20 June 1947 – 3 January 2022) was a Nigerian politician. A Kanuri Muslim who hailed from Kano State, Tofa was the National Republican Convention (NRC) candidate in the annulled Nigeria's 12 June 1993 presidential electio ...
, Nigerian politician
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Bashir Varaev
Bashir Varaev (russian: Башир Вараев, also spelled Varayev, born 23 February 1964) is a Chechen judoka who competed for the Soviet Union in the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of ...
(born 1964), Chechen judoka
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Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf
Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf ( so, Xaaji Bashiir Ismaaciil Yuusuf, ar, حاجي بشير اسماعيل يوسف) (b. 1912 in Hobyo, Somalia – d. 1984 in Cairo, Egypt), commonly referred to as Haji Bashir,SAMIULLAH, MUHAMMAD. DEVELOPMENT OF CREATI ...
(1912–1984), Somali politician
* Bashir Yussuf (born c. 1905), Somali religious leader
Bechir
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Bechir Hadidane
Bechir Hadidane (born August 18, 1984) is a Tunisian basketball player for Ezzahra Sports and the Tunisian national team.
He participated at the AfroBasket 2017
FIBA AfroBasket 2017 was the 29th edition of the AfroBasket, a men's basketball ...
(born 1984), Tunisian basketball player
* Bechir Kiiari (born 1960), Tunisian judoka
* Bechir Mardassi (born 1929), Tunisian cyclist
* Bechir Mogaadi (born 1975), Tunisian football player
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Bechir Tekkari
Bechir Tekkari is a Tunisian politician. He is the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
, Tunisian politician
Béchir
* Béchir Bouazzat (1908–1944), French modern pentathlete of Tunisian descent
Middle name
* Kausar Bashir Ahmed (1939–2006), Pakistani architect, town-planner and educationist
* Khadra Bashir Ali, Somali politician
* Souleymane Bachir Diagne (born 1955), Senegalese philosopher
* Mirza Bashir Ahmad (1893–1963), an Ahmadiyya scholar and writer
* Nadim Bachir Gemayel (born 1982), Lebanese politician and member of Parliament. Son of assassinated Lebanese president Bachir Gemayel
* Aminu Bashir Wali (born 1941), Nigerian politician and Minister of Foreign Affairs
Surname
Bachir
* Jamil Bachir or Bashir (1920–1977), Iraqi Assyrian musician and expert oud player
* Oubi Buchraya Bachir (born 1970), Sahrawi ambassador
* Salah Bachir (born 1955), Canadian patron of the arts, entrepreneur, philanthropist, magazine publisher of Lebanese descent
* Yamina Bachir (born 1954), Algerian film director and screenwriter
Bashir
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Aamir Bashir
Aamir Bashir is a Kashmiri actor, film producer, and director.
Early life and education
Bashir was born and raised in Kashmir, the son of the retired Chief Justice of Jammu High Court. He is a graduate of St. Stephen's College, University of ...
, Indian actor and film director
* Abdul Malik Abdul Bashir (born 1968), Singaporean association football referee
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Abu Bakar Bashir
Abu Bakar Ba'asyir ( ; ar, أبو بكر باعشير, ʾAbū Bakr Bāʿašīr; ; ; born 17 August 1938) also known as Abu Bakar Bashir, Abdus Somad, and Ustad Abu ("Teacher Abu") is an Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of Jamaah Ansharut Tauh ...
(born 1938), Indonesian Muslim cleric and leader of the Indonesian Mujahedeen Council
* Ahmad Bashir (1923–2004), Pakistani writer, journalist, intellectual and film director
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Ahmed Bashir
Ahmed Bashir (born 10 December 1995) is a Pakistani cricketer. He made his first-class debut for Lahore Eagles in the 2014–15 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy on 12 November 2014. In September 2019, he was named in Central Punjab's squad for the 2019–2 ...
(born 1995), Pakistani cricketer
* Ahmed Mohamed El-Bashir (born 1949), Sudanese football player
* Ala Bashir (born 1939), Iraqi painter, sculptor, plastic surgeon and former medical counselor to Saddam Hussein
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Amjad Bashir
Amjad Mahmood Bashir ( ur, امجد محمود بشیر; born 17 September 1952) is a British politician who served as a Member of the European Parliament for the Yorkshire and the Humber region between 2014 and 2019. He was elected in 2014 for ...
(born 1952) UK MEP
* Asabe Vilita Bashir (born 1965), Nigerian politician
* Atif Bashir (born 1985), Pakistani German football player
* Bashir Saleh Bashir, former aide of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, head of the Libyan African Portfolio, a sovereign wealth fund that invested Libya's oil wealth mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, and served as an intermediary between Libya, Africa and France
* Dara Bashir, Pakistani cricketer
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Farshad Bashir
Farshad Bashir (born 14 January 1988 in Kabul) is a Dutch politician of Afghanistan, Afghan descent. As a member of the Socialist Party (Netherlands), Socialist Party (Socialistische Partij) he was an House of Representatives of the Netherlands, ...
(born 1988), Dutch politician of Afghan descent
* Halima Bashir, Sudanese human rights activist
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Hassan Bashir
Hassan Bashir ( ur, ; born 7 January 1987) is a Pakistani footballer who plays for Ishøj IF and captains the Pakistan national team. Bashir has played much of his career as a forward, but has been deployed in a variety of attacking roles – ...
(born 1987), Pakistani football player
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Javed Bashir
Javed Bashir ( Punjabi, ur, ; born 8 August 1973) is a Pakistani playback singer who mainly sings classical songs. Javed has sung songs for many Bollywood movies including ''Cocktail'', ''Kahaani'', ''Rush'', ''Bombay Talkies'', ''Bhaa ...
(born 1973), Pakistani playback singer
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Jonis Bashir
Jonis Bascir (born 17 September 1960) is a Somali-Italian actor and musician.
Personal life
Jonis is the son of Muheddin Hagi Bascir, and was born in Rome in 1960. His father is Somali and his mother is Italian.
Growing up, Jonis lived between ...
(born 1960), Somali-Italian actor and musician
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Marie Bashir
Dame Marie Roslyn Bashir (born 1 December 1930) is the former and second longest-serving Governor of New South Wales. Born in Narrandera, New South Wales, Bashir graduated from the University of Sydney in 1956 and held various medical positio ...
(born 1930), Governor of New South Wales
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Martin Bashir
Martin Henry Bashir (born 19 January 1963) is a British journalist. He was a presenter on British and American television and for the BBC's ''Panorama'' programme, for which he interviewed Diana, Princess of Wales in 1995. Although the intervie ...
(born 1963), British journalist
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Max Basheer
Max Rafeek Basheer (born 9 May 1927) is a former administrator with the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He was involved in a number of keys decisions affecting the SANFL from the 1970s to the 1990s, ultimately leading to the in ...
(born 1927), former administrator with the South Australian National Football League
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Mowaia Bashir
Mowaia Bashir Koko (born 17 April 1986) is a Sudanese international footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, Americ ...
(born 1986), Sudanese football player
* Mohammad Bashir (1935–2001), Pakistani wrestler
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Munir Bashir
Munir Bashir, ( ar, منير بشير, syr, ܡܘܢܝܪ ܒܫܝܪ) (1930 – September 28, 1997) was an Iraqi Assyrian musician and one of the most famous musicians in the Middle East during the 20th century and was considered to be the supreme m ...
(1930–1997), Iraqi oud player
* Nas Bashir (born 1969), English football player
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Omar Bashir (musician)
Omar Bashir ( ar, عمر بشير) is an Iraqi-Hungarian musician. His father, Munir Bashir, was considered to be the supreme master of the Arab maqamat scale system.
Omar Bashir was born in Budapest in 1970, and started playing the oud with ...
, Iraqi-Hungarian musician and oud player, son of Munir Bashir and nephew of Jamil Bashir
* Omar al-Bashir (born 1944), President of Sudan and Sudanese army field marshal
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Palwasha Bashir
Palwasha Bashir (born 20 October 1987) is a badminton player, born in Karachi, Pakistan. Bashir was crowned as the National Champion in 2009, winning the women's singles and doubles titles. Palwasha has been representing Pakistan for several year ...
(born 1987), Pakistani badminton player
* Ruzwana Bashir (born 1983), British businesswoman & activist
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Salman Bashir
Salman Bashir ( ur, سلمان بشیر ) (born 4 March 1952) is a Pakistani diplomat who served as the Foreign Secretary of Pakistan and as the High Commissioner of Pakistan to India.Shahzad Bashir, Pakistani cricketer
* Shahid Bashir, Pakistan Army engineer and aviator facing court martial
* Tahseen Bashir, (1925–2002), Egyptian diplomat
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Vaikom Muhammad Basheer (21 January 1908 – 5 July 1994), popularly referred to as Beypore Sulthan, was a writer of Malayalam literature. He was a writer, humanist, freedom fighter, novelist and short story writer, noted for his path-breaking, ...
Mohamed Bechir-Sow
Mohamed Bechir-Sow (November 27, 1907, in Fort-Lamy, Chad – April 4, 1976, in N'Djamena) was a politician from Chad who served in the French Senate
The Senate (french: Sénat, ) is the upper house of the French Parliament, with the low ...
(1907–1976), Chadian politician
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Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir
Mohamed Salem Ould Béchir ( ar, محمد سالم ولد البشير) is a Mauritanian politician who served as Prime Minister of Mauritania from 2018 to 2019, following the resignation of his predecessor, Yahya Ould Hademine, and his govern ...
, Mauritanian politician and Prime Minister
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Sayed Ali Bechir
Sayed Ali Bechir (Arabic: سيد علي البشير; born at 6 September 1982) is a Qatari football player of Mauritanian descent. He is currently unattached.
Bechir played for Qatar at the 1999 FIFA U-17 World Championship in New Zealand
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(born 1982), Qatari football player of Mauritanian descent
Bichir family
The Bichir family is a Mexican family of actors of Lebanese origin.
They include:
* Alejandro Bichir, husband of Maricruz
* Maricruz Nájera, wife of Alejandro
** Bruno Bichir, son of Maricruz and Alejandro
** Demián Bichir, son of Maricruz a ...
Julian Bashir
Julian Subatoi Bashir, MD is a fictional character from the television series ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'', portrayed by Alexander Siddig. Bashir is the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of space station Deep Space Nine and the USS ''Defiant''.
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, the Chief Medical Officer in the television series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
* Ali Bashir, a minor character mentioned in the ''Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'' book by
J.K. Rowling
Joanne Rowling ( "rolling"; born 31 July 1965), also known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote ''Harry Potter'', a seven-volume children's fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The ser ...
Places
* Bashir, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province
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Bashir, Iraq
Bashir ( ar, قرية بشير, Bašīr, tr, Beşir) is a village in Iraq, located south of Kirkuk. It is populated by Shia Turkmens.
The village was captured by ISIL
An Islamic state is a state that has a form of government based on Isla ...
, a village south of Kirkuk
* Béchir, a village in Algeria
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Beni Bechir
Beni Bechir is a town and commune in Skikda Province in north-eastern Algeria
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, a town and commune, Algeria
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Sidi Bashir Mosque
Sidi Bashir Mosque is a former mosque in the city of Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India. Only the central gateway and two minarets survive; they are known as the Jhulta Minar or Shaking Minarets.
History
The mosque is believed to have been construc ...