Kedar and Qedar may refer to:

Indian subcontinent

* Shiva or Kedar, a Hindu god ** Panch Kedar, five Hindu temples or holy places of the Shaivite sect dedicated to god Shiva * Kedar (raga), a raga in Indian classical music named after Lord Shiva * Kedaram, a raga in Carnatic music (South Indian classical music)

Middle East

Kedar, Gush Etzion Kedar ( he, קֵדָר) is a rural Israeli settlement in the West Bank. Located to the south of Ma'ale Adumim and organised as a community settlement, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gush Etzion Regional Council. In it had a population of . ...

, an Israeli settlement east of Jerusalem near Maale Adummim named after Qedar/Kedar *

Qedar The Qedarites ( ar, قيدار, Qaydār) were a largely nomadic ancient Arab tribal confederation centred in the Wādī Sirḥān in the Syrian Desert. Attested from the 8th century BC, the Qedarites formed a powerful polity which expanded its ...

or Kedar, the second son of Ishmael *

Qedarite The Qedarites ( ar, قيدار, Qaydār) were a largely nomadic ancient Arab tribal confederation centred in the Wādī Sirḥān in the Syrian Desert. Attested from the 8th century BC, the Qedarites formed a powerful polity which expanded its ...

s, an Arab tribal confederation

People with the surname

Benjamin Z. Kedar Benjamin Ze'ev Kedar (born 2 September 1938)Who's Who in Israel 2001 (Tel Aviv, 2002), p. 214: "KEDAR, Benjamin Z. is professor emeritus of History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was president of the international Society for the Stu ...

(born 1938), Israeli historian *

Mordechai Kedar Mordechai Kedar ( he, מרדכי קידר; born November 25, 1952) is an Israeli scholar of Arab culture and a lecturer at Bar-Ilan University, and the vice president of NEWSRAEL. Biography Mordechai Kedar was born in Tel Aviv. L'Chayim (2015): '' ...

, Israeli scholar of Arabic literature {{disambiguation, geo, surname