Nizar

Nizar or Nazar or Nezar or Nezzar (Arabic: نزار, romanized: nizār) may refer to:

Ancient and medieval people

• Nizar ibn Ma'ad, ancestor of Muhammad and most of the Adnanite tribes
• Abu Mansur Nizar al-Aziz Billah (955–996), fifth Caliph of the Fatimid Caliphate
• Nizar ibn al-Mustansir (died 1095) Fatimid prince and claimant caliph in 1095

Modern people

Surname

• Jamo Nezzar (born 1966), Algerian bodybuilder
• Khaled Nezzar (born 1937), Algerian general
• Lotfi Nezzar, Algerian businessman
• Salman Nizar (born 1997), Indian cricketer
• Yazin Nizar (born 1990), Indian playback singer

Given name

• Nizar Al-Adsani, Kuwaiti business man
• Nazar Al Baharna (born 1950), Bahraini politician
• Nezar AlSayyad (born 1956), Egyptian-American architect
• Nizar Assaad (born 1948), Syrian-born Canadian construction engineer
• Nizar Baraka (born 1964), Moroccan politician
• Nizar Chaari (born 1977), Tunisian radio and television presenter and producer
• Nizar Dramsy, Malagasy politician
• Nizar Hamdoon (1944–2003), Iraqi politician and diplomat
• Nizar Hamid (born 1988), Sudanese footballer
• Nezar Hindawi (born 1954), Jordanian convicted of attempting to place a bomb on a plane
• Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin (born 1957), Menteri Besar (MB) of the Malaysian state of Perak
• Nizar Khalfan (born 1988), Tanzanian footballer
• Nizar Knioua (born 1983), Tunisian basketball player
• Nizar Madani (born 1941), Saudi politician
• Nizar Mahrous (born 1963), Syrian football player
• Nizar Ben Nasra (born 1987), Tunisian-Austrian football forward
• Nizar Nayyouf (born 1962), Syrian journalist
• Nizar Niyas (born 1990), Indian first-class cricket player
• Nizar Qabbani (1923–1998), Syrian diplomat, poet and publisher
• Nizar Rayan (1959–2009), Palestinian Hamas leader
• Nizar Sassi (born 1979), Frenchman detained in Guantanamo
• Yousif Nizar Saleh (born 1994), Kuwaiti squash player
• Nizar Samlal (born 1979), Moroccan canoeman
• Nizar Shafi (born 1989), Indian cinematographer
• Nizar Trabelsi (born 1970), Tunisian football player
• Nizar Wattad, Palestinian/American rapper
• Mohd Nizar Zakaria (born 1969), Malaysian politician
• Nizar Zakka, Lebanese information technology expert

Places

• Gamishli Nazar, village in Iran
• Nizar, Iran, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
• Nezar, Iran, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran
• Nijhar, sometimes written as Nizar, tehsil in Tapi district in Gujarat, India