Mahir (also spelled Maher or "Mihir-A", ar, ماهر) is an Arabic given name meaning "skilled" or "expert", may refer to the following:

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Maher Arar Maher Arar ( ar, ماهر عرار) (born 1970) is a telecommunications engineer with dual Syrian and Canadian citizenship who has resided in Canada since 1987. Arar was detained during a layover at John F. Kennedy International Airport in Septem ...

, Canadian software engineer *

Maher al-Assad Maher al-Assad ( ar, مَاهِرُ ٱلْأَسَدِ, Māhir al-ʾAsad, born 8 December 1967) is a Syrian general and commander of the Republican Guard and the army's elite Fourth Armoured Division, which together with Syria's secret police ...

, brother of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and head of the Presidential Guard * Maher Sabry, Egyptian filmmaker, writer and gay rights activist * Maher Al Sayed, Syrian football player *

Maher-shalal-hash-baz "Maher-shalal-hash-baz" (; he, מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז, ' – "Hurry to the spoils!" or "He has made haste to the plunder!") was the second prophetic name mentioned in Isaiah chapter 8– 9. Biblical accounts The name is menti ...

, son of Biblical prophet Isaiah *

Maher Shalal Hash Baz "Maher-shalal-hash-baz" (; he, מַהֵר שָׁלָל חָשׁ בַּז, ' – "Hurry to the spoils!" or "He has made haste to the plunder!") was the second prophetic name mentioned in Isaiah chapter 8– 9. Biblical accounts The name is menti ...

, artistic alter ego of Tori Kudo, a Japanese naivist composer and musician * Maher Charif, Palestinian historian and lecturer at the Institut français du Proche-Orient in Syria

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Mahir Agva Mahir Agva (born 26 June 1996) is a Turkish-German professional basketball player for Galatasaray Nef of the Turkish Basketbol Süper Ligi (BSL) and the Basketball Champions League. Standing at 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), he plays at the center position. ...

(born 1996), German basketball player *

Mahir Çayan Mahir Çayan (15 March 1946 – 30 March 1972) was a Turkish communist revolutionary and the leader of People's Liberation Party-Front of Turkey ( Turkish: ''Türkiye Halk Kurtuluş Partisi-Cephesi''). He was a Marxist–Leninist revolutiona ...

(1946–1972), Turkish communist leader * Mahir Çağrı (born 1962), Internet celebrity * Mahir Halili (born 1975), Albanian footballer * Mahir Jasem (born 1989), Emirati footballer *

Mahir Muradov Mahir Cümşüd oğlu Muradov (25 July 1956 – 5 January 2023) was an Azerbaijani judge. He served on the Constitutional Court of Azerbaijan from 2012 to 2023. Muradov died in Baku Baku (, ; az, Bakı ) is the capital and largest city of ...

(1956–2023), Azerbaijani judge *

Mahir Sağlık Mahir Sağlık (born 18 January 1983) is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a striker. Career Sağlık signed a three-year deal for VfL Wolfsburg in September 2008. On 1 February 2009, he was loaned out to Karlsruher SC until th ...

(born 1983), Turkish footballer *

Mahir Tomruk Mehmet Mahir Tomruk (1885–1949) was a Turkish sculptor who is one of lead figures in pre-Republic sculpture. He is one of the sculptors to be educated in the Sanayi-i Nefise in the time before the foundation of the Turkish Republic where ha ...

(1885–1949), Turkish sculptor *

Mahir Yağcılar Mahir Yağcılar ( Serbo-Croat: ''Mahir Jagčular'') (born 6 May 1961 in Prizren, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Turkish Kosovar politician and the president of Turkish nationalist and conservative Turkish Democratic Party of Kosovo (KDTP). Yağcılar grad ...

(born 1961), Turkish Kosovar politician *

Mahir al-Zubaydi Mahir al-Zubaydi (died October 3, 2008 in Adhamiya, Baghdad, Iraq), also known as Abu Assad or Abu Rami, was a military commander in Al-Qaeda in Iraq. Zubaydi is believed to have headed the group that were behind bombings which killed at least 16 ...

(died 2008), al-Qaeda military commander

Middle name

Ahmad Mahir Pasha Ahmad ( ar, أحمد, ʾAḥmad) is an Arabic male given name common in most parts of the Muslim world. Other spellings of the name include Ahmed and Ahmet. Etymology The word derives from the root (ḥ-m-d), from the Arabic (), from the ve ...

(1888–1945), Egyptian politician *

(1888–1945), former Prime Minister of Egypt *

Ali Mahir Pasha Aly Maher Pasha ( ar, علي ماهر باشا; 9 November 1882 – 25 August 1960) was an Egyptian political figure. He was Minister of Finance from 1928 to 1929. He served as Prime Minister of Egypt The prime minister of Egypt () is the ...

(1882–1960), Egyptian politician {{given name

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