Taher (name)

Taher
طاهر

Pronunciation	[tˤɑːˈher] [tˤɑːˈhɪr]
Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Semitic (Arabic)
Meaning	Pure, virtuous
Region of origin	Arabia (Middle East)
Other names
Alternative spelling	Tahir Tahar
Variant form(s)	Tahira (female)

Taher (Arabic: طاهر) (spelled Tahir and Tahar in English and French, Тагир in Russian; Pashto, Urdu and Persian: طاهر,Ṭāhir; pronounced [tˤɑːˈher], also [tˤɑːˈhɪr]) is a name meaning "pure"^[1] or "virtuous". The origin of this name is Arabic.^[2] There are several Semitic variations that include connotations given in Africa, Asia, and Europe. It is traditionally a given name in Muslim and Jewish communities originating from the Middle East and Africa.

Notable people with the name include:

Given name

Taher

• Taher Abouzeid (born 1962), Egyptian politician and minister
• Taher Badakhshi (1933–1979), cultural and political Tajik activist in Afghanistan
• Taher Elgamal (born 1955), Egyptian cryptographer
• Taher Helmy, Egyptian lawyer
• Taher Kaboutari (born 1985), Iranian rower
• Taher al-Masri (born 1942), Jordanian politician
• Taher Mohamed (born 1997), Egyptian footballer
• Taher Sabahi (born 1940), Iranian art dealer, journalist, author
• Syedna Taher Saifuddin (1888–1965), Dawoodi Bohra religious leader
• Taher Zakaria (born 1988), Qatari footballer

Tahir

• Abdallah ibn Muhammad, also known as Tahir, the son of Islamic prophet Muhammad
• Tahir ibn Husayn, general of the Abbasid caliph al-Ma'mun and governor of Khorasan
• Tahir ibn Abdallah, governor of Khurasan from 845 until 862
• Mirza Tahir Ahmad, fourth Khalifa of Islam Ahmadiyyat
• Tahir (Indonesian businessman), founder of the Mayapada Group
• Tahir Aslam Gora, Pakistani-Canadian author and activist
• Tahir Akyurek, Turkish politician
• Tahir Bilgiç, Australian comedian of Turkish descent
• Tahir Bizenjo, Pakistani politician
• Tahir Mahmood Chahal (born 1984), politician
• Tahir Dawar (1968-2018), Pakistani police officer and Pashto poet of Pashtun descent
• Tahir "Tie" Domi, Canadian NHL hockey player
• Tahir Emra (1938-2024), Albanian painter
• Tahir Hemphill (born 1972), American multimedia artist
• Tahir Khan, Pakistani cricketer
• Tahir Kolgjini (1903–1988), Albanian imam
• Tahir Naseem (died 2020), American murder victim
• Tahir Pasha (disambiguation), several people
• Tahir-ul-Qadri, Pakistani Islamic scholar
• Sheikh Muhammad Tahir Rasheed (1954-2020), Pakistani politician
• Artur Tahir oğlu Rasizada, Prime Minister of Azerbaijan
• Tahir Salahov (1928-2021), Azerbaijani painter and draughtsman
• Tahir Yahya (1916-1986), Iraqi politician
• Tahir bin Mandir, better known as Harun Thohir (1943-1968), Indonesian soldier and terrorist who carried out the MacDonald House bombing on 10 March 1965

Middle name

Taher

• Mohammad Taher Khaqani (1940), Grand Ayatollah and Shia scholar
• Muhammed Taher Pasha (1879–1970), Egyptian political scientist of Turkish origin
• Yahya Taher Abdullah (1938–1981), Egyptian writer

Surname

Taher

• Abu Taher (c. 1932–2004) Bangladeshi industrialist and politician
• Ali Jawad Al Taher (1911?/ 1922? – 1996), Iraqi critic and literary scholar
• Ayman Taher (born 1966), Egyptian football player
• Bahaa Taher (1935–2022), Egyptian novelist
• Moeslim Taher, Indonesian education figure who founded Jayabaya University
• Nahed Taher, Saudi businesswoman
• Tareq Mubarak Taher (born 1986), birth name Dennis Kipkurui Sang, Kenyan-born Bahraini long-distance runner
• Tarmizi Taher (1936–2013), Indonesian politician and minister
• Yaqoub Al Taher (born 1983), Kuwaiti football player
• Yaseinn Taher, Yemeni-American terror suspect
• Ymär Daher, Finnish Tatar cultural figure

Tahir

• Bedriye Tahir, Turkish aviator
• Faran Tahir, Pakistani-American film and television actor
• Abdullah Tahir, Ethiopian-Yemeni governor
• Imran Tahir, South African cricketer
• Kemal Tahir, Turkish novelist and intellectual
• Malika Tahir, French figure skater
• Mehmet Tahir, Ottoman-era publisher
• Naqaash Tahir, English cricketer
• Sabaa Tahir, Pakistani-American author

Thohir

• Erick Thohir, Indonesian businessman and President of Inter Milan
• Harun Thohir, Indonesian marine and saboteur during Konfrontasi

Teknonymy

See also: Kunya (Arabic)

• Abu Tahir Ibrahim ibn Nasir al-Dawla, 10th-century Ruler of Mosul from 989 to 990
• Abu Tahir al-Silafi (1079–1180), Islamic scholar
• Abu Tahir Marwazi, 12th-century Iranian philosopher
• Abu Tahir Yazid, 10th-century Ruler of Shirvan from 917–948
• Abu Tahir Firuzshah better known by his title Diya al-Dawla, Buyid ruler of Basra in late 10th-century
• Abu Tahir al-Jannabi, Qarmatian Shia rebel Ruler from 923 to 944
• Abu Tahir Tarsusi, 12th-century story-teller and writer
• Abu Taher Mohammad Haider, a Bangladesh Army officer and recipient of Bir Uttom

See also

• Tahira
• Tahar
• Islamic hygienical jurisprudence
• Tair (disambiguation)

References

1. Colebrooke, T. E. (1881). "On the Proper Names of the Mohammedans". Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland. 13 (2): 239. doi:10.1017/s0035869x00017810. S2CID 164145086.
2. "Tahir – Surname Encyclopedia". www.forebears.io. Retrieved 3 February 2021.