Bahadır
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Bahadır is a common masculine Turkish given name
Turkish name
A Turkish name consists of an ad and a soyadı . Turkish names exist in a "full name" format. While there is only one soyadı in the full name, there may be more than one ad...

. In Turkish, "Bahadır" means "brave", "galahad", "hero", "valiant", and/or "gallant".

Bahadır is the modern version of "Baghatur
Baghatur
Baghatur is a historical Turco-Mongol honorific title, in origin a term for "hero" or "valiant warrior".The term was first used by the steppe peoples to the north and west of China as early as the 7th century as evidenced in Sui dynasty records...

". Baghatur is the appropriate Turkish reading of the personal name of Modu Chanyu who was the founder of Xiongnu Empire. Baghatur is considered one of the first known Turkish rulers in the history and the name is used in memory of him.

On the other hand, Mete is a deformed version of "Mo - du" and is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people. Moreover, Baghatur is also used as a masculine given name by Turkish people as Batur, and as in other cognate forms.

Given name

  • Mete, the founder of Xiongnu Empire.
  • Baghatur Khagan, Khagan
    Khagan
    Khagan or qagan , alternatively spelled kagan, khaghan, qaghan, or chagan, is a title of imperial rank in the Mongolian and Turkic languages equal to the status of emperor and someone who rules a khaganate...

     of the Khazars
    Khazars
    The Khazars were semi-nomadic Turkic people who established one of the largest polities of medieval Eurasia, with the capital of Atil and territory comprising much of modern-day European Russia, western Kazakhstan, eastern Ukraine, Azerbaijan, large portions of the northern Caucasus , parts of...

    , c. 760
    760
    Year 760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar. The denomination 760 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years.- China :* Emperor Xuanzong is placed under house arrest...

    .
  • Bahadır Akkuzu
    Bahadır Akkuzu
    Bahadir Akkuzu , was a Turkish musician who was a self-taught guitarist and vocalist.-Biography:Akkuzu began playing shows at the age of 15 and at the age of 17 joined a rock and roll group called "4 Adam"...

     (1955–2009), Turkish musician
  • Bahadır Gökay
    Bahadir Gökay
    Bahadır Gökay is a Turkish painter. He graduated from the Department of Graphics in the State School of Higher Education of Applied Fine Arts Istanbul in 1982. He was yet a student when he started working as an art director in distinguished advertising companies...

     (born 1955), Turkish painter
  • Bahadır Karasu
    Bahadir Karasu
    Bahadır Karasu is a Turkish low-budget film maker. He began his cinema career in 2008 with the short Me he made his another short film ' in the ends of 2008. Now he is working on the low-budget film industry. He also joined foreign film maker group. In 2008 He created a group named youngfilmmaker...

     (born 1990), Turkish low-budget film maker
  • Ba'tur, The Mongol general Subutai
    Subutai
    Subutai was the primary military strategist and general of Genghis Khan and Ögedei Khan...

     is referred to in the Secret History of the Mongols as ba'tur.
  • Bahadur Khan, Ilkhan Abu Said took the name bahadur khan after defeating Uzbek khan of Golden Horde
    Golden Horde
    The Golden Horde was a Mongol and later Turkicized khanate that formed the north-western sector of the Mongol Empire...

    .
  • Abulghazi
    Abulghazi Bahadur
    Abulghazi Bahadur was khan of the Khanate of Khiva from 1643-1663. Having spent ten years in Persia before becoming khan, he was very well educated. Under his rule Khiva experienced a golden age. He had successfully repelled the Kalmyk raiders...

    , ruler of the Khanate of Khiva
    Khanate of Khiva
    The Khanate of Khiva was the name of a Uzbek state that existed in the historical region of Khwarezm from 1511 to 1920, except for a period of Persian occupation by Nadir Shah between 1740–1746. It was the patrilineal descendants of Shayban , the fifth son of Jochi and grandson of Genghis Khan...

    , had the title of Bahadur Khan. He wrote the famous epic of the Mongols called the genealogical tree of the Mongols (or General history of Tatars).

Surname

  • Oğuzhan Bahadır
    Oğuzhan Bahadır
    Oğuzhan Bahadır is a Turkish football goalkeeper.-External links:*...

    , Turkish football goalkeeper
  • Turgay Bahadır
    Turgay Bahadir
    Turgay Bahadır is an Turkish-Austrian footballer. He currently plays for Bursaspor in the Turkish Super League.- Career :...

    , Turkish-Austrian footballer
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