Zahir ibn Alhaz (pronounced zah-HEER eeb-uhn AHL-hahz) was a Bazhir tribesman who started page training in the autumn of 450 HE, two years before Keladry of Mindelan began her probationary period. He was part of King Jonathan's political plans to further relations with the Bazhir. As such, he was probably a high-born Bazhir tribesman and perhaps the son of a chief.