Nasir ( ar, ناصر, translit=Nāṣir) is a masculine
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 ...
, commonly found in Arabic which can mean "helper" or "one who gives victory" (grammatically the Stem I masculine singular active participle of
consonantal verb root ''n-ṣ-r''). The female form of the name is
Nasira (). Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration, include
Naser,
Nasser,
Naseer
Naseer ( ar, ناصر, translit=Nāṣir, lit=granter of victory, victorious, helper) is a given name and surname, commonly found in the Arabic language. Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration, include Naser (name), Nas ...
, and
Nacer
Nacer ( ar, ناصر, lit=granter of victory, translit=Nāṣir) is a masculine given name and surname, commonly found in the Arabic and Persian languages. Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration, include Naser, Nasser, ...
. People with this name include:
People with the given name
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Al-Nasir, Abbasid caliph who ruled from 1158 to 1225
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Nasir al-Din Bughra Khan (1287–1291), sultan of Bengal
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Nasir ibn Alnas
An-Nasir ibn Alnas, (Arabic: الناصر بن الناس) ''(Alnnasir bin Alnaas)'' (died 1088) was the fifth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria, from 1062 until his death.
Life
An-Nasir succeeded Buluggin ibn Muhammad (1055–1062) after hi ...
(also known as An-Nasir ibn Alnas) (died 1088), fifth ruler of the Hammadids in Algeria
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Nasiruddin Mahmud (grandson of Iltutmish)
Nasir ud din Mahmud Shah (1229/1230 – 19 November 1266, reigned: 1246–1265) was the eighth sultan of the Mamluk Sultanate (Slave dynasty). The Tabaqat-i Nasiri, written by the court historian Minhaj-i-Siraj, is dedicated to him. His father- ...
, Muslim Turkic ruler
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Nasir ad-Din Qabacha
Nasir-ud-Din Qabacha or Kaba-cha ( fa, ناصرالدین قباچه) was the Muslim Turkic Kipchak governor of Multan, appointed by the Ghurid ruler Muhammad Ghori in 1203.
Successors of Ghori
Ghori had no offspring, but he treated thous ...
, Muslim Turkic governor of Multan
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Nasir Jones (born 1973), American Rapper, actor, entrepreneur
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Nasir Adderley (born 1997), American football player
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Nasir Kazmi
Nasir Raza Kazmi ( ur, was an Urdu poet from Pakistan. Kazmi was born on 8 December 1925 at Ambala, Punjab, (British India).
Kazmi used simple words in his poetry, including "Chand", "Raat", "Baarish", "Mausam", "Yaad", "Tanhai", "Darya" and ...
(1925–1972), Pakistani Urdu poet
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Naser Orić
Naser Orić (born 3 March 1967) is a former Bosnian military officer who commanded Army of the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina (ARBiH) forces in the Srebrenica enclave in eastern Bosnia surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces, during the Bosnian War. ...
(born 1967), Bosnian military officer during the
Bosnian War
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Nasir Gebelli
Nasir Gebelli ( fa, ناصر جبلی, also Nasser Gebelli, born 1957) is an Iranian-American programmer and video game designer usually credited in his games as simply Nasir. Gebelli wrote Apple II games for Sirius Software, created his own co ...
(born 1957), Iranian-American video game developer
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Nasir al-Din Shah
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ( fa, ناصرالدینشاه قاجار; 16 July 1831 – 1 May 1896) was the fourth Shah of Qajar Iran from 5 September 1848 to 1 May 1896 when he was assassinated. He was the son of Mohammad Shah Qajar and Malek ...
(1831–1896), ruler of
Qajar dynasty in present-day Iran
People with the surname
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Gamal Abdel Nasser (1918–1970), second President of Egypt
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Vali Nasr
Vali Reza Nasr ( fa, ولی رضا نصر, born 20 December 1960) is an Iranian-American academic and author, specializing in the Middle East and the Islamic world. He is Majid Khaddouri Professor of International Affairs and Middle East Studi ...
(born 1960),
Iranian-American Middle Eastern expert
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Hakim Nasir
Hakim Mohammad Nasir (1947 – 28 July 2007) was a Pakistani poet who was widely known for his ghazal song ''Jab sey tu nay mujhey deewana bana rakha hai'' sung by Abida Parveen. , Pakistani Urdu poet also using the
takhallus A takhallus ( ur, , fa, تخلّص, hi, तख़ल्लुस), is a pen-name. Pen names were widely adopted by Urdu, Punjabi, Hindi and Persian poets.
''Takhallus'' is an Arabic word which means, literally, "to get liberated" or "become s ...
of Nasir
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Clare Nasir
Clare Lyn Nasir (born 20 June 1970) is an English meteorologist, author, and TV presenter.
Early life
Born in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, Nasir's family is musical, with Nasir playing the saxophone, while three of her brothers are profess ...
(born 1970), British weather forecaster
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Serdar Nasır, Turkish plastic surgeon
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Felipe Nasr (born 1992), Brazilian
racing driver
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Bachtiar Nasir (born 1967),
Indonesian ulama
In Islam, the ''ulama'' (; ar, علماء ', singular ', "scholar", literally "the learned ones", also spelled ''ulema''; feminine: ''alimah'' ingularand ''aalimath'' lural are the guardians, transmitters, and interpreters of religious ...
Fictional characters with the name
* Nasir, the main character in the video game ''
Lagoon
A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by a narrow landform, such as reefs, barrier islands, barrier peninsulas, or isthmuses. Lagoons are commonly divided into ''coastal lagoons'' (or ''barrier lagoons'') ...
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* Nasir, character in the TV series ''
Spartacus
Spartacus ( el, Σπάρτακος '; la, Spartacus; c. 103–71 BC) was a Thracian gladiator who, along with Crixus, Gannicus, Castus, and Oenomaus, was one of the escaped slave leaders in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprisin ...
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* Nasir, a playable character in both ''
Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance'' and its sequel ''
Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn''
* Nasir, a Saracen character played by
Mark Ryan in the British 1980s television series ''
Robin of Sherwood
''Robin of Sherwood'' is a British television series, based on the legend of Robin Hood. Created by Richard Carpenter, it was produced by HTV in association with Goldcrest, and ran from 28 April 1984 to 28 June 1986 on the ITV network. In th ...
'' (aired in the US as ''Robin Hood'')
* Nasir Meidan, a fictional character in the ''
Android: Netrunner''
* Nasir Khan, a fictional character in the television miniseries ''
The Night Of
''The Night Of'' is a 2016 American eight-part crime drama television miniseries based on the first season of ''Criminal Justice'', a 2008 British series. The miniseries was written by Richard Price and Steven Zaillian (based on the original ' ...
''
See also
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Abdul Nasir
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Naseer (disambiguation)
Naseer ( ar, ناصر, translit=Nāṣir, lit=granter of victory, victorious, helper) is a given name and surname, commonly found in the Arabic language. Alternative spellings of this name, possibly due to transliteration, include Naser, Nasir, Na ...
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Nasira (disambiguation) Nasira () is a feminine given name, commonly found in the Arabic language. The masculine counterpoint of the name is Nasir. Nasira may refer to:
People
* Hani Nasira, Egyptian author and journalist, Muslim scholar
* Nasira Iqbal, Pakistani retire ...
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Nasir al-Din
Nasir al-Din ( ar, نصیر الدین or or , 'defender of the faith'), was originally a honorific title and is an Arabic masculine given name and surname. There are many variant spellings in English due to transliteration. Notable people with ...
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Nazir (disambiguation)
Nazir or Nazeer may refer to:
* Nazir (title)
* Nazir (name)
* Nazirite, in the Hebrew Bible, one who took the ascetic vow described in Numbers 6:1-21
* Nazir (Talmud), a tractate of the Talmud dealing with Nazirites
* Nazeer (horse), an Arabian ...
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Arabic name
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