Kedar and Qedar may refer to:

Indian subcontinent

Shiva Shiva (; sa, शिव, lit=The Auspicious One, Śiva ), also known as Mahadeva (; ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐ, or Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hindu ...

or Kedar, a Hindu god **

Panch Kedar Panch Kedar ( sa, पञ्चकेदार) refers to five Hindu temples or holy places of the Shivaite sect dedicated to god Shiva. They are located in the Garhwal Himalayan region in Uttarakhand, India. They are the subject of many l ...

, 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