Heydar is a common male
given name
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in
Greater Iran
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, particularly in
Iran
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and
Azerbaijan
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. A variant of the
Arabic
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name
Haydar
Haydar ( ar, حيدر), also spelt Hajdar, Hayder, Heidar, Haider, Heydar, and other variants, is an Arabic male given name, also used as a surname, meaning "lion". In Islamic tradition, the name is primarily associated with Ali ibn Abi Tali ...
(also spelt
Heidar,
Haider, and other variants), it was a cognomen of
Ali
ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. ...
, who was known for his courage in battle.
Heydar is sometimes transliterated as
Gaidar or Geidar, from the
Cyrillic
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spelling Гейдар.
The name may refer to:
People
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Heydar Aliyev
Heydar Alirza oghlu Aliyev ( az, Һејдәр Әлирза оғлу Әлијев, italic=no, Heydər Əlirza oğlu Əliyev, ; , ; 10 May 1923 – 12 December 2003) was a Soviet and Azerbaijani politician who served as the third president of Aze ...
(1923–2003), Azerbaijani politician and president
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Heydar Babayev (born 1957), Azerbaijani politician
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Heydar Ghiai (1922–1985), Iranian architect
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Heydar Huseynov (1908–1950), Azerbaijani philosopher
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Heydar Moslehi (born 1957), Iranian politician
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Heydar Yaghma (1926–1986), Iranian poet
See also
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Heydar Alat, Iran
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Heydar Babaya Salam
''Heydar Babaya Salam'' ( az, حیدربابایه سلام) is an Azerbaijani poetical work by Mohammad Hossein Shahriar, a famous Iranian Azerbaijani poet. Published in 1954 in Tabriz, it is about Shahriar's childhood and his memories of his v ...
'', a work of poetry
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Heydar Baghi, Iran
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Heydar Didehban, Iran
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Heydar-e Posht-e Shahr, Iran
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Heydar Kar, Iran
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Heydar Kola, Iran
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Heydari (name), an Iranian surname
References
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Azerbaijani masculine given names
Persian masculine given names