Shahriyar
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Shahriyar (Persian: شهریار)[a] (pronounced /sha ree YAAR/[needs IPA]), is originally a Persian male name. It is used as one of the highest titles of nobility that is equal to 'King' or 'Grand Duke'.[citation needed] The name consists of two words, "shahr" (city) and "yar/yār" (friend), leading the name to be sometimes translated as "the city of the friend".[citation needed]
Geography[edit]
- Shahriar, a city in Tehran Province, Iran
- Shahriar County, a county in Tehran Province
- Shahriar, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, a village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
- Shahriar, Fars, a village in Fars Province, Iran
- Shahriar-e Tavakkoli, a village in Fars Province, Iran
- Shahriar, Lorestan, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran
- Robat Karim, a city in Tehran Province, formerly called Shahriyar
- Shagriar (disambiguation), various towns in Armenia
- Shahryar (crater), a crater on Saturn's moon Enceladus
People[edit]
- Abu Hasan Shahriar, Bangladeshi poet
- Masum Shahriar, Bangladeshi television director and screenwriter
- Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Mohammed Hussein Behjet, who uses the pen name Shahriar
- Munim Shahriar, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Nasser Shahrear Zahedee Mohul, Bangladeshi politician
- Hassan Shahriar, Bangladeshi columnist and political analyst
- Hossain Mokbul Shahriar, Bangladeshi politician
- Ishaq Shahryar, Afghan ambassador to the United States
- Ivan Shahriar, Bangladeshi choreographer
- Rezwan Shahriar Sumit, Bangladeshi filmmaker
- Shahriyar (son of Khosrow II), Sassanid prince and the father of Yazdegerd III, the last king of the Sassanid Persia
- Shahryar (Mughal prince), younger brother of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan
- Shahriar Alam, Bangladeshi state minister
- Shahriar Akhter Bulu, Bangladeshi politician
- Shahriar Hossain, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Shahriar Kabir, Bangladeshi journalist
- Shahryar Khan, Pakistani former diplomat
- Shahriar Komol, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Azerbaijani chess player
- Shahriar Manzoor, Bangladeshi computer scientist
- Shahriar Nafees, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Shahriar Nazim Joy, Bangladeshi actor, writer, and director
- Al Sahariar Rokon, Bangladeshi cricketer
- Shahriar Shafiq, assassinated Iranian navy officer and Ashraf Pahlavi's son
- Shahriar Shahriari, American mathematician and professor at Pomona College
- Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan, Bangladeshi army officer
Fictional characters[edit]
- Shahryar, the Sassanid king in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights
Notes[edit]
- ^ Also spelled Sharyar, Sheryar, Shariyar, Shahryar, Schahryar, Shahriar, Shahria, Shariar, Sheharyar, Shaheryar, Shaharyar, Shehreyar, Shehriyar, Şehriyar, Şəhriyar, Şahriyâr or Shehiryar.