What is "beher"

Beher ( Arabic/ Persian/ Urdu: بحر) in Urdu poetry is the meter of a sher (couplet). Essentially, beher is a specific pattern, combining the arkaans (dummy meaningless words) of Urdu prosody that define the "length" of a sher. However, generally beher is categorized in three classes: Short, medium, long, depending upon the length of the sher of the ghazal.
For a ghazal, since all the shers in it should be of the same beher, determining the beher of one sher (or even one line of the sher) is enough to determine the beher of the entire ghazal. For example, in this ghazal of Ghalib, notice the length and meter of the ashaars is same throughout.

koii ummiid bar nahiin aatii ''koii suurat nazar nahiin aatii '' ''aage aatii thii haal-e-dil pe hansii '' ''ab kisii baat par nahiin aatii '' jaanataa huun savaab-e-taa'at-o-zahad ''par tabiiyat idhar nahiin aatii '' hai kuchh aisii hii baat jo chup huun ''varna kyaa baat kar nahiin aatii '' kaabaa kis muunh se jaaoge 'Ghalib' sharm tumako magar nahiin aatii

The ghazal above is written in a beher called: khafiif musaddas makhbuun mahzuuf maqtu (Meter G8). This is a ten syllable beher and by the standards of Urdu poetry, is a chotii (small) beher.

Beher may refer to:

• BEHER (ham), or Bernardo Hernández, Spanish ham producer
• Beher (poetry), a tygrheyyrpe of meter in Urdu poetry
• Biher (god) (also spelled Beher), an Aksumite god

BEHER, or Bernardo Hernández, is a Spanish ham producer company that has worldwide fame. It is situated in the village of Guijuelo ( Salamanca, Spain), in the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) Jamón from Guijuelo. This third generation family company was founded in the 1930s and is now one of the 300 biggest companies in Castile and León.

In 2001 and 2004 it was awarded "Best international company" during the International Fair in Frankfurt, the main international fair of meat products. Among the many products of Beher "Bellota Oro" (Gold Acorn) stands out, in 2007, 2010 and 2013 it was awarded "Best ham in the world".