Shah (disambiguation)

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Shah (Old Persian XšāyaΘiya) is the Persian word for "King", mainly used in Iran/Persia.

Shah may also refer to:

Arts & media

• Shah (film), a 2015 Pakistani film

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)
• Shahanshah (disambiguation)
• Kabul Shahi, Middle kingdom of India ruled by the Shahi dynasty