Sakhr Explained

Sakhr or Sakher (Arabic: 'rock' or 'boulder') may refer to:

People

Tribes

• Bani Sakher, a Bedouin tribe in Jordan

People with the name

• Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (Sakhr ibn Harb ibn Umayya ibn Abd Shams, c. 565 — c. 653), leader of the Quraysh tribe of Mecca
• Sakher El Materi (born 1981), Tunisian businessman
• Sakher Habash (1939-2009), founding leader of Fatah
• Sakher Hattar (born 1963), Jordanian oud player
• Sakhr Abu l-Barakat (died 1221/1222), shaikh of the ‘Adawiyya Sufi order

Other uses

• MSX Sakhr AX150, a 1980s home computer
• Sakhr Software Company, an Arabic language technology company in Kuwait
• Sakher Bazar metro station, Kolkata, India

See also

• • • • • Shakir, a name
• Sakhir, an area of Bahrain
• Şakir, a Turkish name
• Saqr (disambiguation) and Sakr