Shah (disambiguation)
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Shah (Old Persian XšāyaΘiya) is the Persian word for "King", mainly used in Iran/Persia, India, Afghanistan and Central Asia.
Shah may also refer to:
People
- Shah (surname), list of people with the surname that is common in India
- Donald Haviland, a professional wrestler who went by the ring name "The Extreme Shah" Hack Meyers
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was the Shah of Iran 1941-1979 and is often referred to as "the Shah" of Iran
Geographic places
- Shah, Ras al-Khaimah, a settlement in Ras al-Khaimah
- Shah, Fars, a village in Fars Province, Iran
Other uses
- Shah dynasty, ruling dynasty of the Gorkha Kingdom until 1768
- Ukrainian shah, a historical currency of Ukraine
- Dirac comb distribution, also called Shah function
- Shah of Shahs, a book by Ryszard Kapuściński
- Shahanshah, Lorestan, term for the Emperor or King of Kings in Persian
- Shahmaran, mythical creature often depicted as a woman in the upper half of her body and a serpent in the lower half of her body
See also
- Shaa (disambiguation)
- Sha (disambiguation)
- Shahenshah (disambiguation)
- Kabul Shahi, Middle kingdom of India ruled by the Shahi dynasty