Nizar

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Nizar or Nezar or Nezzar (Persian: نزار) may refer to:

Medieval people

  • Nizar (Ishmaelites), ancestor of Muhammad
  • Abu Mansur Nizar al-Aziz Billah (955–996), fifth Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
  • Nizar (Fatimid Imam) (1045–1097), Abu Mansur al-Nizar al-Mustapha al-dinillah, deposed Fatimid Caliph after whom the Nizari path is named

Modern people

Places

  • Gamishli Nazar, village in Iran
  • Nizar, Iran, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
  • Nezar, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
  • Nijhar, sometimes written as Nizar, tehsil in Tapi district in Gujarat
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