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Zeedan Nazir is the son of Kal Nazir, ex-husband of the late Rana Habeeb and younger brother of Alya.

Zeedan was still reeling from the death of his mother Jamila when the Nazirs moved to Coronation Street in 2014. He disapproved of Kal's relationship with ex-prostitute Leanne Tilsley but they were reconciled prior to Kal's death in the Victoria Court fire of 2015.

In 2016, Zeedan started seeing Alya's friend Rana romantically. They were first married in a Nikah ceremony, with a registry office wedding following in 2017. The following year, Rana confessed that she was in a relationship with Kate Connor and left Zeedan. The marriage survived in name only for a while as Rana's strict Muslim parents, disapproving of their daughter's sexuality, paid Zeedan to keep their split a secret. Zeedan used the money to set up Speed Daal, a Pakistani street food restaurant.

Zeedan left Weatherfield in 2018 in order to lie low after thumping Phil Warriner for harassing Rana and Kate. He spent three years in London, returning in 2021 following the breakdown of another marriage, this time to Marrium Elamin. Using £50,000 of his father-in-law Hashim's money to rescue Speed Daal from financial ruin, Zeedan was forced to launder money for Hashim to repay the debt. His troubles seemingly ended when Hashim suffered a heart attack and died in front of him. A reconciliation with Marrium followed, with Zeedan again leaving the street to work at her restaurant in London.

Biography

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In 2014 when widower Kal Nazir began dating Leanne Tilsley, his 18-year-old son Zeedan didn't approve of the relationship and even refused to go and meet Leanne along with the rest of the family in July of that year, which left Kal disappointed.

When the Rovers were preparing to hold a cricket match against their rivals The Flying Horse, Zeedan turned up for cricket training but was still raw about Kal's choice of girlfriend. On the day of the match, Zeedan walked off the pitch when Leanne turned up at Alya's request. Despite Kal's friend Gary Windass attempting to talk Zeedan round by telling him that his father loved him, Zeedan still felt resentment for Kal being away in the army. After the match was over - resulting in a Rovers victory - Zeedan refused to celebrate, telling Kal that he could have any woman apart from Leanne.

Zeedan befriended Gary and got a job with him at the Builder's Yard, however his father wasn't happy that he was being paid below the minimum wage. Kal confronted Tony Stewart over the matter, but an embarrassed Zeedan ordered his father to drop it.

Gary began a relationship with Zeedan's sister Alya, which neither he nor Kal approved of. They were eventually won round. This would be considered a slightly hypocritical move on Zeedan's behalf, due to the acceptance of Gary but not Leanne. Eventually, Zeedan began to mellow toward Leanne.

This all changed in May 2015, when a fire at the Victoria Court flats broke out, and Kal and Leanne went to rescue young Amy Barlow who was trapped inside. Leanne and Amy escaped, but Kal perished after an explosion caused by a gas canister. This left Zeedan and Alya orphaned. Zeedan was quick to place blame of his father's death on Leanne, much to her disgust but they eventually learned to get along, especially after Zeedan learned that Kal successfully proposed to Leanne seconds before he died.

Zeedan grew up immensely as 2015 progressed. He got a part-time sous chef job at Nick's Bistro thanks to Leanne's handiwork. This job Zeedan did in tandem with his job at V Court Fitness gym, an establishment owned by his grandad Sharif.

Alya was then revealed to have had cheated on Gary by sleeping with his friend Jason Grimshaw, resulting in Gary dissolving their engagement, Alya becoming estranged from her grandparents, and a pregnancy scare.

Zeedan supported Leanne after it transpired that she was suffering horrific abuse from her stepson Simon Barlow, as his father Peter had recently left Weatherfield for a job in Antigua. Simon took to Zeedan, and they formed a unique bond which helped Simon to stop abusing Leanne.

Zeedan developed a crush on Alya's university friend Rana Habeeb after she arrived in Weatherfield and they shared a kiss in the bistro's kitchen.

In April 2016, Gary was arrested for possession of cannabis, which he was acquiring for Izzy Armstrong, who was in severe pain due to an incident a few months back. Zeedan wished to have Gary fired from the gym, which Sharif complied with and Gary lost his job, which infuriated his mother Anna.

Zeedan and Rana married in the eyes of the Islamic faith in November 2016, with Yasmeen, Leanne, Nick Tilsley and Rana's parents witnessing the wedding.

Zeedan and Rana got married in the eyes of the law a year later, with their friends and family attending.

In 2018, when Rana's and Kate Connor's affair was revealed, Zeedan and Rana went along with a plan for them to stay a couple for a year so that Zeedan got money to open a restaurant and the Habeeb name was kept. They were divorced by the end of the year.

Rana tragically died in March 2019 having been trapped when the roof of Underworld collapsed. At her funeral, Alya passed on the message to Rana's mother Saira that Zeedan was unable to attend as he was in Cannes and couldn't get a flight back.

Personality

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Background information

Zeedan, played by Qasim Akhtar, was introduced as part of Coronation Street's first ever Muslim family, the Nazirs. It was comprised of Zeedan's grandparents Yasmeen (Shelley King) and Sharif (Marc Anwar), his father Kal (Jimi Mistry), his sister Alya (Sair Khan) and himself. The characters weren't all introduced at once but instead made their first appearances across 2014 (except Kal, who first appeared in December 2013). Zeedan himself was the last of the five to debut, first appearing in Episode 8463 broadcast on the 5th September.

Akhtar quit the role in 2018, Zeedan last appearing in Episode 9464 on 23rd May. He returned in 2021, appearing from Episode 10433 on 17th September.

First and last lines

"If I'm not doing anything else." (First line, to Steve McDonald)

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"I love you." (Final line, to grandmother Yasmeen)

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