Haydar (name)

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Haydar (Arabic حيدر ) is one of many Arabic male given names for "lion", each denoting some aspect of the animal. Haider, Hyder, Hydar, Heydar are variants of the transliteration. Among the people named so are:

1 Ali
2 Hamzah
3 Nishan-E-Haider
4 Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar
5 Other
6 See also

[edit] Ali

ˤAlī ibn Abī-Tālib was the nephew of the prophet Muhammad, the fourth Caliph and the first Shi'a Imam. He is said to have been nicknamed Haydar by his mother, for his shaggy head of hair (resembling a lion's mane) and Haydar-al-Karrar (Arabic حيدر الكرار), the Invincible Lion, by the Muslim warriors who followed him.

[edit] Hamzah

Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib, prophet Muhamamd's uncle was also called Asadullah, the lion of God.

[edit] Nishan-E-Haider

A Pakistani military decoration. The medal is named after Hyder Naik who is famously known as Haidar Ali, an eighteenth century military hero.

[edit] Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar

It is the shortened version of the name of the Persian Sufi saint Qutb ad-Dīn Haydar, who died about 1221 CE/618 AH. Haydar - the Persian form of his name is Heydar - founded an order of mendicant dervishes known as the Haydariyya known for their celibacy and self-mortification through piercing their own bodies with iron rings.