The mazhar is a tambourine used in Arabic music.

Mazhar (Arabic: مظهر Maẓhar), an Arabic male given name meaning "appearance", may refer to:

• Azrinaz Mazhar Hakim (born 1979), third wife of Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei
• Mazhar Abbas (born 1958), Pakistani journalist
• Mazhar Alam Miankhel (born 1957), Justice of the Supreme Court of Pakistan
• Mazhar Alanson (born 1950), Turkish actor and pop musician
• Mazhar Ali Khan (disambiguation)
  • Mazhar Ali Khan (Journalist) (?– ), Pakistani left-wing journalist
  • Mazhar Ali Khan (painter) – 19th century artist from Delhi
  • Mazhar Ali Khan (Singer) (? ), Hindustani classical vocalist of the Patiala Gharana
• Mazhar Hussain (born 1967), Pakistani cricketer
• Mazhar Kaleem (1942-2018), Pakistani novelist
• Mazhar Khaleghi (born 1939), Kurdish singer
• Mazhar Khan (cricketer) (born 1964), Pakistani cricketer who played for Oman
• Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1905) (1905–1950), Indian actor, producer, and director
• Mazhar Khan (actor, born 1955) (1955–1998), Bollywood actor and director
• Mazhar Krasniqi (born 1931), Muslim community leader in New Zealand
• Mazhar Mahmood Qurashi (1925–2011), Pakistani physicist
• Mazhar Majeed (born 1975), British sporting agent and bookmaker
• Mazhar Müfit Kansu (1873–1948), Turkish civil servant and politician
• Mazhar Munir (? ), television and film actor
• Mirza Mazhar Jan-e-Janaan (1699-?), Urdu poet
• Mazhar Zaidi, British Pakistani film producer and journalist

• Ahmed Mazhar (1917–2002), Egyptian actor
• Sanaa Mazhar (1932–2018), Egyptian actress

• Mazar (disambiguation)
• Mazaher