Bakhtiar (name)

Bakhtiar (also Bachtijar, Baqtijar or written Bakhtiar, rare Bachtijor ) is a common in Iran, Central Asia and the Caucasus, male first name. The following people bear this name:

  • Bachtijar Schachabutdinowitsch Akhmedov (* 1987), Russian wrestler
  • Baqtijar Artajew (* 1983), Kazakhstan Boxer
  • Bakhtiar Baiseitow (born 1971 ), Kazakh wrestler
  • Bachtijar Chudojnasarow (* 1965), Russian- taschikischer director
  • Bachtijor Ichtijarow (* 1940), Uzbek actor
  • Bachtijar Mamirow ( born 1981 ), Kazakh cyclist

Bakhtiar is the surname of:

  • Shapur Bakhtiar (1914-1991), Iranian politician, recently appointed by the Prime Minister of Shah
  • Teymur Bakhtiar (1914-1970), the first Iranian general and intelligence chief of SAVAK from 1957 to 1961

See also:

  • Soraya Esfandiari Bakhtiari, also called Soraya Esfandiary Bakhtiari, (1932-2001), 1951-1958 Empress of Persia
  • The people of the Bakhtiari
  • Disambiguation
Shapour Bakhtiar Bakhtiari people
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