Taher (name)

Taher (طاهر) (spelled Tahir and Tahar in English and French, Тагир in Russian; Pashto, Urdu and Persian: طاهر,Ṭāhir;, ) is a name meaning "pure" or "virtuous". The origin of this name is Arabic. There are several Semitic variations that include connotations given in Africa, Asia, and Europe. It is traditionally a given name in Muslim and Jewish communities originating from the Middle East and Africa.

Notable people with the name include:

Taher

 * Taher Abouzeid (born 1962), Egyptian politician and minister
 * Taher Badakhshi (1933–1979), cultural and political Tajik activist in Afghanistan
 * Taher Elgamal (born 1955), Egyptian cryptographer
 * Taher Helmy, Egyptian lawyer
 * Taher Kaboutari (born 1985), Iranian rower
 * Taher al-Masri (born 1942), Jordanian politician
 * Taher Mohamed (born 1997), Egyptian footballer
 * Taher Sabahi (born 1940), Iranian art dealer, journalist, author
 * Syedna Taher Saifuddin (1888–1965), Dawoodi Bohra religious leader
 * Taher Zakaria (born 1988), Qatari footballer

Tahir

 * Abdallah ibn Muhammad, also known as Tahir, the son of Islamic prophet Muhammad
 * Tahir ibn Husayn, general of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun and governor of Khorasan
 * Tahir ibn Abdallah, governor of Khurasan from 845 until 862
 * Mirza Tahir Ahmad, fourth Khalifa of Islam Ahmadiyyat
 * Tahir (Indonesian businessman), founder of the Mayapada Group
 * Tahir Aslam Gora, Pakistani-Canadian author and activist
 * Tahir Akyurek, Turkish politician
 * Tahir Bilgiç, Australian comedian of Turkish descent
 * Tahir Bizenjo, Pakistani politician
 * Tahir Mahmood Chahal (born 1984), politician
 * Tahir Dawar, Pakistani police officer and Pashto poet of Pashtun descent
 * Tahir "Tie" Domi, Canadian NHL hockey player
 * Tahir Hemphill (born 1972), American multimedia artist
 * Tahir Khan, Pakistani cricketer
 * Tahir Kolgjini (1903–1988), Albanian imam
 * Tahir Naseem (died 2020), American murder victim
 * Tahir Pasha (disambiguation), several people
 * Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani Islamic scholar
 * Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed, Pakistani politician
 * Artur Tahir oğlu Rasizada, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
 * Tahir Salahov, Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman
 * Tahir Yahya, Iraqi politician
 * Tahir bin Mandir, better known as Harun Thohir or Harun Said, Indonesian soldier and terrorist who carried out the MacDonald House bombing on 10 March 1965

Taher

 * Mohammad Taher Khaqani (1940), Grand Ayatollah and Shia scholar
 * Muhammed Taher Pasha (1879–1970), Egyptian political scientist of Turkish origin
 * Yahya Taher Abdullah (1938–1981), Egyptian writer

Taher

 * Abu Taher (c. 1932–2004) Bangladeshi industrialist and politician
 * Ali Jawad Al Taher (1911?/ 1922? – 1996), Iraqi critic and literary scholar
 * Ayman Taher (born 1966), Egyptian football player
 * Bahaa Taher (1935–2022), Egyptian novelist
 * Moeslim Taher, Indonesian education figure who founded Jayabaya University
 * Nahed Taher, Saudi businesswoman
 * Tareq Mubarak Taher (born 1986), birth name Dennis Kipkurui Sang, Kenyan-born Bahraini long-distance runner
 * Tarmizi Taher (1936–2013), Indonesian politician and minister
 * Yaqoub Al Taher (born 1983), Kuwaiti football player
 * Yaseinn Taher, Yemeni-American terror suspect
 * Ymär Daher, Finnish Tatar cultural figure

Tahir

 * Bedriye Tahir, Turkish aviator
 * Faran Tahir, Pakistani-American film and television actor
 * Abdullah Tahir, Ethiopian-Yemeni governor
 * Imran Tahir, South African cricketer
 * Kemal Tahir, Turkish novelist and intellectual
 * Malika Tahir, French figure skater
 * Mehmet Tahir, Ottoman-era publisher
 * Naqaash Tahir, English cricketer
 * Sabaa Tahir, Pakistani-American author

Thohir

 * Erick Thohir, Indonesian businessman and President of Inter Milan
 * Harun Thohir, Indonesian marine and saboteur during Konfrontasi

Teknonymy

 * Abu Tahir Ibrahim ibn Nasir al-Dawla, 10th-century Ruler of Mosul from 989 to 990
 * Abu Tahir al-Silafi (1079–1180), Islamic scholar
 * Abu Tahir Marwazi, 12th-century Iranian philosopher
 * Abu Tahir Yazid, 10th-century Ruler of Shirvan from 917–948
 * Abu Tahir Firuzshah better known by his title Diya al-Dawla, Buyid ruler of Basra in late 10th-century
 * Abu Tahir al-Jannabi, Qarmatian Shia rebel Ruler from 923 to 944
 * Abu Tahir Tarsusi, 12th-century story-teller and writer