Nizar

Nizar or Nazar or Nezar or Nezzar (نزار) may refer to:

Ancient and medieval people

 * Nizar ibn Ma'ad, ancestor of Muhammad and most of the Adnanite tribes
 * Abu Mansur Nizar al-Aziz Billah (955–996), fifth Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
 * Nizar ibn al-Mustansir (died 1095) Fatimid prince and claimant caliph in 1095

Surname

 * Hamid Nizar (born 1988), Sudanese footballer
 * Jamo Nezzar (born 1966), Algerian bodybuilder
 * Khaled Nezzar (born 1937), Algerian general
 * Lotfi Nezzar, Algerian businessman
 * Salman Nizar (born 1997), Indian cricketer
 * Yazin Nizar (born 1990), Indian playback singer

Given name

 * Nizar Al-Adsani, Kuwaiti business man
 * Nazar Al Baharna (born 1950), Bahraini politician
 * Nezar AlSayyad (born 1956), Egyptian-American architect
 * Nizar Assaad (born 1948), Syrian-born Canadian construction engineer
 * Nizar Baraka (born 1964), Moroccan politician
 * Nizar Chaari (born 1977), Tunisian radio and television presenter and producer
 * Nizar Dramsy, Malagasy politician
 * Nizar Hamdoon (1944–2003), Iraqi politician and diplomat
 * Nezar Hindawi (born 1954), Jordanian convicted of attempting to place a bomb on a plane
 * Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (born 1957), Menteri Besar (MB) of the Malaysian state of Perak
 * Nizar Khalfan (born 1988), Tanzanian footballer
 * Nizar Knioua (born 1983), Tunisian basketball player
 * Nizar Madani (born 1941), Saudi politician
 * Nizar Mahrous (born 1963), Syrian football player
 * Nizar Ben Nasra (born 1987), Tunisian-Austrian football forward
 * Nizar Nayyouf (born 1962), Syrian journalist
 * Nizar Niyas (born 1990), Indian first-class cricket player
 * Nizar Qabbani (1923–1998), Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher
 * Nizar Rayan (1959–2009), Palestinian Hamas leader
 * Nizar Sassi (born 1979), Frenchman detained in Guantanamo
 * Yousif Nizar Saleh (born 1994), Kuwaiti squash player
 * Nizar Samlal (born 1979), Moroccan canoeman
 * Nizar Shafi (born 1989), Indian cinematographer
 * Nizar Trabelsi (born 1970), Tunisian football player
 * Nizar Wattad, Palestinian/American rapper
 * Mohd Nizar Zakaria (born 1969), Malaysian politician
 * Nizar Zakka, Lebanese information technology expert

Places

 * Gamishli Nazar, village in Iran
 * Nizar, Iran, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
 * Nezar, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
 * Nijhar, sometimes written as Nizar, tehsil in Tapi district in Gujarat, India