Zahir

Zahir (ظاهر‎ Ẓāhir) may refer to:

Philosophy

 * Aẓ-Ẓāhir, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "Evident" or "Outer".
 * Zahir (Islam), in Islam, the exterior, surface, or apparent meaning of things
 * Ẓāhiri, a school of thought in Islamic Jurisprudence

Artistic works

 * "The Zahir" (in the original Spanish, "El Zahir"), a 1949 short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges
 * The Zahir (novel) (in the original Portuguese, O Zahir), a 2005 novel from the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho

People

 * Zahir (surname)


 * Al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah (1005–1036), seventh caliph of the Fātimids
 * Az-Zahir of Aleppo, son of Saladin, leader of Ayyubid dynasty
 * Az-Zahir (Abbasid caliph) (1176–1226), Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1225 to 1226
 * al-Ẓāhir Baybars (ruled 1260–77), Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria
 * az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq (died 1399), first sultan of the Mamluk Burji dynasty
 * Zahir-ud-Din Babur (1483–1531), established the Mughal dynasty in India in 1526
 * Zahir al-Umar, virtual Arab ruler of northern Palestine in the 18th century
 * Zahir Pajaziti (1962-1997), The first Commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army
 * Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914–2007), last king of Afghanistan
 * Zaheer Abbas (born 1947), Pakistani cricketer
 * Zaheer Khan (born 1978), Indian cricketer

Places

 * Zahir Mosque, Kedah's state mosque in Alor Setar