Bakhtiar

Bachtiar (also written Bachtijar , Baqtijar or Bakhtiar , more rarely Bachtijor ) is a male given name common in Iran, Central Asia and the Caucasus. The following people have this name:

• Bakhtiyar Schachabutdinowitsch Akhmedov (* 1987), Russian wrestler
• Baqtijar Artajew (* 1983), Kazakh boxer
• Bakhtiar Baiseitow (* 1971), Kazakh wrestler
• Bachtijor Chudoinasarow (1965-2015), Russian-taschikischer Director
• Bakhtiyor Ichtiyarov (* 1940), Uzbek actor
• Bakhtiyar Mamirow (* 1981), Kazakh racing cyclist

Bachtiar is the family name of the following people:

• Laila Bachtiar (* 1971), Austrian visual artist
• Shapur Bakhtiar (1914–1991), Iranian politician, last Prime Minister appointed by the Shah
• Teymur Bachtiar (1914–1970), Iranian general and first chief intelligence officer of the SAVAK from 1957 to 1961

See also:

• Soraya Esfandiari Bachtiari, also called Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari , (1932-2001), from 1951 to 1958 Empress of Persia
• the people of the Bakhtiars

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.