Zahir

Zahir (Arabic: ظاهر‎ 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

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