Bakhtiar

Bakhtiyār (meaning "lucky"), alternatively spelt as "Bakhtyar", "Baxtiyar", "Bachtiar", "Bachtyar" and "Bahtiyar", is a Persian masculine given name and surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name Bahtiyar Bahtiyar Aydın (1946-1993), Turkish general Bahtiyar Can Vanlı (born 1962), Turkish-German football coach Bakhtiyar Muhammad bin Bakhtiyar Khalji, Ghurid general in India under Qutb-ud-din Aibak Bakhtiyar Kaki, a 13th-century Sufi Bakhtiyar Artayev, a Kazakh boxer Bakhtiyar Akhmedov, a Russian wrestler Bakhtiyar Vahabzadeh, an Azerbaijani poet Bakhtiyar Musayev, an Azerbaijani footballer Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, Russian international lawyer Bakhtiyar Tyleganov, a Kazakh boxer Bakhtiyar Zaynutdinov, a Kazakh footballer Baxtiyor Rahimov, an Uzbek Islamist militant Bakhtiyor Hamidullaev, an Uzbek football player Bakhtiyar ibn Abu-Ja'far, an 11th-century local ruler of Semnan (under Ziyarids) 'Izz al-Dawla Bakhtiyar, a 10th-century Buyid Amir Bakhtiyar ibn Hasanuya, a 10th-century Hasanuyid Amir Bäxtiär Qanqayıv, an 18th-century Russian colonel (of Tatar origin) Bakhtiar Amin, Iraqi Kurdish politician