Handir

Handir, son of Haldir, was the penultimate Chieftain of the Haladin and a Lord of the Mannish settlements of the land of Brethil, in the First Age.
==Biography==
Handir was born in the year 441 of the First Age. He was said to be a great warrior, and served as chieftain and Lord of the Men of Brethil around the time of the Nírnaeth Arnoediad.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XX: "Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad" During his lordship, Orcs invaded his lands, and leading the fight against them, he was slain in battle north of the Forest of Brethil. His people were driven back into the woods.
Handir was married to Beldis of the House of Bëor and had one son, Brandir.The Silmarillion, Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter XXI: "Of Túrin Turambar"
==Other versions of the legendarium==
In earlier versions of the legendarium, Handir had been named Bethos, and he was slain in a battle.The History of Middle-earth, Vol. II: The Book of Lost Tales Part Two, chapter II: "Turambar and the Foalókë"
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	حاندير
Armenian 	Հանդիր
Belarusian Cyrillic	Hандір
Bengali 	হান্ডির
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Хандир
Georgian 	ჰანდირი
Greek 	Χανδιρ
Gujarati 	હેંડિર
Hebrew 	חאנדיר
Kannada 	ಹಂದೀರ್
Kazakh 	Һандір (Cyrillic) Handir (Latin)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Хандур
Laotian 	ຫະນດິຣ
Macedonian Cyrillic	Хандир
Marathi 	हंडीर
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Hандир
Nepalese 	हन्दिर
Persian 	حاندیر
Punjabi 	ਹੈਂਡਿਰ
Russian 	Хандир
Sanskrit 	हन्दिर्
Serbian 	Хандир (Cyrillic) Handir (Latin)
Sinhalese 	හන්දිර්
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ҳандир
Tamil 	ஹந்திர்
Telugu 	హ్యాండిర్
Thai 	ฮะนดิร
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Гандір
Urdu 	ہاندیر
Uzbek 	Ҳандир (Cyrillic) Handir (Latin)
Yiddish 	האַנדיר
==References==
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Category:Haladin
Category:Chieftains of the Haladin
Category:Men of Brethil
Category:Lords of Brethil
Category:The Silmarillion characters