Zahir ( 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
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 (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), first Commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army Zahir Porter (born 2000), American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914–2007), last king of Afghanistan
Places Zahir Mosque, Kedah's state mosque in Alor Setar
See also Zaheer (name), Urdu spelling Abdul Zahir (disambiguation) Zahir al-Din (disambiguation) Dahir (disambiguation)