People
- Ali az-Zahir (1005–1036), seventh caliph of the Fātimids
- Az-Zahir of Aleppo, son of Saladin, leader of Ayyubid dynasty
- Az-Zahir (Abbasid caliph) (1176–1226), Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad from 1225 to 1226
- al-Ẓāhir Baybars (ruled 1260-77), Mamluk sultan of Egypt and Syria
- az-Zahir Sayf ad-Din Barquq (ruledied 1399), first sultan of the Mamluk Burji dynasty
- Zahir-ud-Din Babur (1483–1531), established the Mughal dynasty in India in 1526
- Abdul Zahir (Afghan Prime Minister) (1910–1983), former prime minister of Afghanistan
- Mohammed Zahir Shah (1914–2007), last king of Afghanistan
- Ahmad Zahir (1946–1979), Singer from Afghanistan
- Zaheer Abbas (born 1947), Pakistani cricketer
- Mohommad Zahir (born 1953), Guantanamo Bay detainee
- Mohamed Zahir (born c. 1950), Chief of Staff of the Republic of Maldives National Defence Force
- Abdul Zahir (Guantanamo Bay detainee 753) (born 1972), Guantanamo Bay detainee
- Zaheer Khan (born 1978), Indian cricketer
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