Bashir

Arabic: [baʃiːr]GendermaleOriginWord/nameArabicMeaningthe one who brings good newsOther namesRelated namesBeşir, Beshir, Abshir, Basheerah, Absheerah

Bashir or Basheer or the gallicized Bachir or Bechir (Arabic: بشير) is a male given name. Derived from Arabic, it means "the one who brings good news". It is also a surname.

It may refer to:

Mononym

  • Bashir I, Lebanese emir of the Shihab dynasty
  • Bashir Shihab II (1767–1850), Lebanese emir who ruled Lebanon
  • Bashir III, ruler of the Mount Lebanon Emirate (7th Emir, reigned 1840–1842)

Given name

Bachir

  • Bachir Gemayel or Bashīr al-Jimayyel (1947–1982), Lebanese military commander, politician and president-elect
  • Bachir Abdelouahab (1897–1978), Algerian politician and medical doctor
  • Bachir Ammoury (born 1983), American-born Lebanese basketball player
  • Bachir Attar (born 1964), Moroccan American musician and leader of The Master Musicians of Jajouka led by Bachir Attar.
  • Bachir Bensaddek (born 1972), Canadian television director of Algerian Berber descent
  • Bachir Boudjelid (born 1978), Algerian football player
  • Bachir Boumaaza (born 1980), mostly known by the online pseudonym Athene, a Belgian internet personality and Twitch.tv streamer
  • Bachir Douadi (born 1953), Algerian football player
  • Bachir Moustafa Hammoud (1906–1945), a Lebanese philosopher, poet and Shī‘ah religious leader
  • Bachir Mahamat (born 1996), Chadian sprinter
  • Bachir Mané (born 1997), Senegalese football player
  • Bachir Mecheri (born 1964), Algerian football player
  • Bachir Qamari (1951–2021), Moroccan literary critic, novelist and playwright
  • Bachir Sebaâ (born 1949), Algerian football player
  • Bachir Yellès (1921–2022), Algerian painter
  • Bab Bachir (died 1254) was the spouse of last Abbasid caliph al-Musta'sim.

Basheer

Bashir

  • Bashir Abdi (born 1989), Somali-Belgian athlete
  • Bashir Ahmed, many persons with the name Bashir Ahmad and Bashir Ahmed
  • Bashir Ahmad (mixed martial artist) (born 1982), Pakistani-American professional mixed martial artist
  • Bashir Badr (born 1935), Indian poet of Urdu
  • Bashir Saleh Bashir, former aide of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, head of the Libyan African Portfolio, a sovereign wealth fund that invested Libya's oil wealth mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, and served as an intermediary between Libya, Africa and France
  • Bashir Yusuf Ibrahim (born 1961), Nigerian politician and businessman
  • Bashir Isse, Somali banker and Governor of the Central Bank of Somalia
  • Bashir Jehangiri (born 1937), Pakistani judge
  • Bashir Levingston (born 1976), Canadian Football League player
  • Bashir Maan (1926–2019), Pakistani-Scottish politician, businessman, judge, community worker and writer.
  • Bashir Makhtal (born 1977), Canadian citizen held in an Ethiopian prison, where he is accused of terrorism and faces the death penalty
  • Bashir Ahmed Qureshi (1959–2012), Sindhi nationalist who served as the leader of Jeay Sindh Qaumi
  • Bashir Ali Mohammad (born 1947), Pakistani businessman
  • Bashir Ramathan, Ugandan boxer
  • Bashir Ramzy (born 1979), American long jumper
  • Bashir Safaroglu (1925–1969), Azerbaijani Soviet theater and film actor.
  • Bashir Salahuddin (born 1976), American actor, writer and comedian
  • Bashir Shah (born 1983), Pakistani-born Danish cricketer
  • Bashir Tofa, Nigerian politician
  • Bashir Varaev (born 1964), Chechen judoka
  • Haji Bashir Ismail Yusuf (1912–1984), Somali politician
  • Bashir Yussuf (born c. 1905), Somali religious leader

Bechir

Béchir

Middle name

Surname

Bachir

  • Jamil Bachir or Bashir (1920–1977), Iraqi Assyrian musician and expert oud player
  • Oubi Buchraya Bachir (born 1970), Sahrawi ambassador
  • Salah Bachir (born 1955), Canadian patron of the arts, entrepreneur, philanthropist, magazine publisher of Lebanese descent
  • Yamina Bachir (born 1954), Algerian film director and screenwriter

Bashir

Basheer

Bechir

Béchir

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Others

Fictional characters

Places

See also

  • Al Bashir, Arabic Christian magazine in Lebanon
  • Bishara, also Bechara, Béchara and Beshara

References

  1. ^ Swaminathan, Aarthi (21 July 2022). "aWhat Harry Potter gets right — and wrong — about economics, starting with Gringotts Wizarding Bank". MarketWatch. Retrieved 5 May 2024.