Saffar
Saffar or Safar is a surname. It could originate from Arabic saffār صَفَّار 'coppersmith', from Hungarian Sáfár (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈʃaːfaːr]) or from Czech Šafář (Czech pronunciation: [ˈʃafaːr̝]). Notable people with the name include:
- Ammar al-Saffar, Deputy Health Minister of Iraq
- Athanasius Safar, Syriac Catholic bishop of Mardin
- Hanne Safar (died 1915), Syriac Orthodox leader in Midyat
- Hassan al-Saffar (born 1958), Shi'a scholar from Qatif, Saudi Arabia
- Hossein Saffar Harandi (born 1953), Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance of Iran until 26 July 2009
- Hussain Safar, Kuwaiti judoka
- Iuliu Safar, Romanian futsal player
- Jamal Al-Saffar (born 1971), Saudi Arabian sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres
- Khvajeh Safar, Safavid official
- Peter Safar (1924–2003), Austrian physician and inventor
- Saeed-Al-Saffar (born 1968), cricketer who has represented the UAE at international level
- Selem Safar, Syrian-Argentine basketball player
- Yoav Saffar (born 1975), Israeli basketball player
- Yousef Ahmed Safar, Emirati footballer
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See also
- Safar (given name)
- Safarov, a slavicized surname
- Safar (disambiguation)
- Saffar (planet) or Upsilon Andromedae b, an exoplanet
- Marj al-Saffar or Marj al-Suffar (Arabic: مرج الصفر Marj Aṣ-Ṣafar), a large plain to the south of Damascus. Because of its good water supply and excellent grazing Marj al-Saffar was a staging area for armies and an area in which many battles was fought. For a list of battles see Battle of Marj al-Saffar.
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