Nisar

Nisar or Nesar is an Arabic given name which means to sacrifice oneself and literally the word 'Nisar' itself means 'one who sacrifices oneself'.

Nisar may refer to the following:

People

• Nesaruddin Ahmad, Bengali Islamic scholar and Pir of Sarsina
• Syed Mir Nisar Ali Titumir, Bengali revolutionary
• K. S. Nissar Ahmed, Indian poet and writer in Kannada language
• Hassan Nisar, Pakistani columnist and an analyst with his own talk show Choraha which he used to do on Geo TV.
• Jan Nisar Akhtar, 20th century Indian poet of Urdu ghazals and nazms, also a Bollywood lyricist
• Nisar Ali Khan, Pakistani politician, Ministry of Interior
• Nisar Ahmed Faruqi, Indian scholar on Sufism
• Nisar Ahmad Kakru, former Indian judge from India, Chief Justice of the High Court of Andhra Pradesh
• Nisar Ahmad Khuhro, Pakistani politician from Sindh
• Nisar Bazmi, composer and music director in the Pakistan film industry
• Nisar Khan, Pakistani amateur boxer
• Nisar Memon, Pakistani politician, member of the Senate of Pakistan
• Nisar Smiler, British Pakistani martial artist, actor, and radio presenter
• Qasim Nisar, English kickboxer in the Super Lightweight division
• Qazi Nisar Ahmed, Sunni Muslim cleric from Pakistan arrested for sectarian clashes
• Mohammad Nissar, cricketer, who played as a fast bowler for the independence Indian cricket team and domestic teams in India and Pakistan
• Muhammad Nisar, professional Kabbadi player from Pakistan
• Mohammad Nisar, Pakistani professional cricketer from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
• Nisar Muhammad Yousafzai, War Hero of the 1919 Anglo-Afghan War

Places

• Nesar-e Eskandari, a village in Iran, also referred to as Nisār
• Nisar Shaheed Park, a large public park in Karachi, Pakistan

Other uses

• NISAR (satellite), Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR), a joint space venture between India and USA