Zahir
Zahir means:
- Zahir ( Arabic , DMG ẓāhir , "the revealed"), in the Koran interpretation the external word meaning, in contrast to the internal sense of the text ( bāṭin ), see Batiniyya
- Zahir (decree) , formerly a decree of the Sultan of Morocco
Zahir is the name of the following people:
- Abdul Zahir (1910–1982), Afghan Prime Minister during the reign of King Zahir Shah
- Ahmad Zahir (1946–1979), Afghan singer
- Az-Zāhir li-iʿzāz dīn Allāh (1005-1036), seventh caliph of the Fatimids
- Az-Zāhir bi-amr Allāh (1175–1226), 35th Abbasid Caliph
- Az-Zahir Bilbay , Sultan of the Mamluks in Egypt in 1467
- Az-Zahir Ghazi (1172–1216), Ayyubid prince of Aleppo
- Khoda Dad Zahir (* 1985), Afghan football coach
- Abdallah ibn Zakariya ibn Musa ( Zahir ; 1680–1748), Melkite deacon (LThK)
- Zahir Tanin (* 1956), Afghan diplomat, acting special representative of the UN Secretary General in Kosovo
Zahir also stands for:
- El Zahir , a short story by Jorge Luis Borges
- The Zahir , a novel by Paulo Coelho