Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ymär Daher ya fito ne daga ƙauyen da ke Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, wanda ake kira Kuysu. Bayan mutuwar mahaifiyarsa, ya isa Finland tare da 'yan uwansa mata, a lokacin ƙaura na ƙarshe na Tatar a 1922. Mahaifinsa, dillalin fata Sarif Daher (Zarif Tahir) ya riga ya zauna a kasar a lokacin. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, Daher ya fara karatunsa a Helsingin Suomalainen yksityislyseo (The Helsinki Finnish private lyceum, wanda Yrjö Jahnsson ya kafa), inda ya kammala karatu a 1930. Ya wuce digiri na biyu a fannin shari'a a Jami'ar Helsinki a 1938 kuma ya sami digiri na mataimakin alƙali a 1943. A lokacin da
Ya yi aiki a sashen leken asiri da farfaganda a lokacin Yaƙin Winter. Matsayinsa na soja shi ne babban jami'in soja. Bayan ya yi aiki a kamfanin mahaifinsa, Daher ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in a lardin Uusimaa, Kotun Koli ta Finland, Ma'aikatar Kudi da kuma ofishin haraji na Helsinki, inda ya yi ritaya a matsayin shugaban sashen a shekarar 1973. Baya ga aikinsa, ya yi aiki da ilimin harsunan Altaic a Jami'ar Helsinki, inda daraktocinsa suka kasance, alal misali, farfesa Martti Räsänen, Armas Salonen, Aulis J. Joki da Pentti Aalto. Ya zama Likitan Falsafa a shekarar 1970.