What is "khidr"

Khidr or '''al-Khidr '''( al-Khiḍr; also transcribed as al Khadir, Khader/Khadr, Khidr, Khizr, Khyzer, Qeezr, Qhezr, Qhizyer, Qhezar, Khizar, Xızır, Hızır) is a figure described in the Quran as a righteous servant of God possessing great wisdom or mystic knowledge. In various Islamic and non-Islamic traditions, Khidr is described as a messenger, prophet, wali. The figure of al-Khidr has been syncretized over time with various other figures including but not limited to Vishnu in India, Sorūsh in Iran, Saint Sarkis the Warrior Saint George in Asia Minor and the Levant, and John the Baptist in Armenia.

'Khidr ' or Khizr (al-Khidr, al-Khizr, "the Green One")

• Al-Khidr, a figure in the Islamic religion
• Khidr (Khan of Golden Horde) (r. 1361-1362)
• Khizr Khan, founder of the 15th-century Sayyid dynasty
• Khizr M. Khan, Pakistani American lawyer
• a Palestinian village west of Bethlehem, see al-Khader
• one of the pseudonyms used by American black supremacist Dwight York