Ghadir

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Ghadir may refer to:

[edit] Places

Ghadir means hollow in Arabic, and is a name used for some natural waterholes in the Middle East, as well as:

  • Ghadir, Lebanon, a city in Lebanon
  • Ghadir Bridge, a bridge in Esfahan city over the Zayandeh River, Iran
  • Ghadir Khumm or Ghadir(-e) Khur, a sacred site in Saudi Arabia
  • Ghadir, Aden, former village in Aden, now Yeman
  • Ghadir al-Jamal, a phosphate deposit in Syria

[edit] People

  • Muhammad ibn Ghadir also known as Ajor-tarash, 13th Century Iranian architect

[edit] Things

  • Ghadir (submarine), the Ghadir class mini-submarine of the Iranian Navy
  • Eid al-Ghadeer, festival commemorating Muhammad's last sermon
  • Al-Ghadir Applicational Scientific Comprehensive University in Lorestan Province, Iran