Zahir Explained

Zahir (ar|ظاهر‎|link=no Ẓāhir) may refer to:

Philosophy

Aẓ-Ẓāhir, one of the names of God in Islam, meaning "The Manifest, The Evident, The Outer".
Zahir (Islam), in Islam, the exterior, surface, or apparent meaning of things
Ẓāhiri, a school of thought in Islamic Jurisprudence

"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

Al-Zahir li-i'zaz Din Allah (1005–1036), seventh caliph of the Fātimids
Az-Zahir of Aleppo (1172-1216), son of Saladin, leader of Ayyubid dynasty
Az-Zahir (Abbasid caliph) (1176–1226), Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1225 to 1226
al-Ẓāhir Baybars (1223/1228–1277), Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria
az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq (1336-1399), first sultan of the Mamluk Burji dynasty
Zahir-ud-Din Babur (1483–1531), established the Mughal dynasty in India in 1526
Zahir Al Ghafri (1956-2024), Omani poet
Zahir al-Umar (1689/90-1775), 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