What is "haman"

Haman is a Semitic given name and a surname. It may refer to:

Religious figures:

• Haman (biblical figure), appears in the Book of Esther and is the main antagonist in the Jewish holiday of Purim
• Haman (Islam)

People

• Haman Daouda (born 1989), Cameroonian footballer
• Haman Sadjo (born 1984), Cameroonian footballer
• Jacques Haman (born 1994), Cameroonian footballer
• Kató Hámán (1884–1936), Hungarian Esperanto and Communist activist
• Radek Haman (born 1969), Czech ice hockey player

Fictional characters:

• Haman Karn, a main character in anime ZZ Gundam and the manga Char's Deleted Affair: Portrait of a Young Comet

Haman (Also known as Haman the Agagite המן האגגי, or Haman the evil המן הרשע) is the main antagonist in the Book of Esther, who, according to the Hebrew Bible, was a vizier in the Persian empire under King Ahasuerus, traditionally identified as Xerxes I. As his name indicates, Haman was a descendant of Agag, the king of the Amalekites, a people who were wiped out in certain areas by King Saul and David.

In the primary scripture of Islam, the Quran, Haman (1211 - 1303) was the minister of the pharaoh and associated with him in his court at the time of prophet, Moses. Haman was the son of Hammendatha the Agagite (1178 - 1265), The name Haman appears six times throughout the whole Qur'an, four times with Pharaoh and twice by himself, where God sent Moses to invite Pharaoh and Haman to monotheism, and to seek protection of the Israelites Haman and Pharaoh were tormenting. Referring to Moses as a sorcerer and a liar the Pharaoh rejected Moses' call to worship the God of Moses and refused to set the children of Israel free. The Pharaoh commissioned Haman to build a tall tower using burnt bricks so that the Pharaoh could climb far up and see the God of Moses. The Pharaoh and his soldiers pursuing in war chariots the fleeing children of Israel drowned in the sea as the parted water closed up on them.

Haman is a given name and a surname.

Haman may also refer to:

• Haman, a subtribe of the Tangsa, who live in Myanmar
• Haman County, South Korea
  • Haman Station, a railway station
  • Haman Stadium, used mostly for football matches
• Haman Formation, South Korea, a geological formation