Zahir ( Ẓāhir) may refer to:
Philosophy
Aẓ-Ẓāhir, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "Evident" or "Outer". Zahir (Islam), in Islam, the exterior, surface, or apparent meaning of things Ẓāhiri, a school of thought in Islamic Jurisprudence
Artistic works
"The Zahir" (in the original Spanish, "El Zahir"), a 1949 short story by Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges The Zahir (novel) (in the original Portuguese, O Zahir), a 2005 novel from the Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho
People
Zahir (surname)
Al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah (1005–1036), seventh caliph of the Fātimids
Az-Zahir of Aleppo, son of Saladin, leader of Ayyubid dynasty
Az-Zahir (Abbasid caliph) (1176–1226), Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1225 to 1226 al-Ẓāhir Baybars (ruled 1260–77), Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq (died 1399), first sultan of the Mamluk Burji dynasty Zahir-ud-Din Babur (1483–1531), established the Mughal dynasty in India in 1526 Zahir al-Umar, virtual Arab ruler of northern Palestine in the 18th century Zahir Pajaziti (1962-1997), The first Commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914–2007), last king of Afghanistan Zaheer Abbas (born 1947), Pakistani cricketer Zaheer Khan (born 1978), Indian cricketer
Places
Zahir Mosque, Kedah's state mosque in Alor Setar
Company
Zahir (company), an accounting software company established in Jakarta, Indonesia since 1996
See also
Zaheer (name), Urdu spelling
Abdul Zahir (disambiguation) Zahir al-Din (disambiguation)