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

Shah may also refer to:

Arts and media

  • Shah (film), a 2015 Pakistani biopic about Olympian boxer Syed Hussain Shah
  • The Shah (book), a 2011 biography of the last Shah of Iran, by Abbas Milani
  • Shah of Shahs (book), a 1982 book by Ryszard Kapuściński

People

  • Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919–1980), the last Shah of Iran; often referred to simply as "the Shah"
  • Shah (surname), a list of people with the surname that is common in India and Pakistan
  • Shah Bano Begum, party to the landmark 1985 Supreme Court of India case Mohd. Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum
  • Shah Jalal (1271–1346), Sufi Muslim figure in Bengal
  • Shah Rukh Khan (born 1965), Indian film actor
  • Salman Shah (disambiguation)
  • Raline Shah (born 1985), Indonesian actress

Geographic places

  • Shah, Ras al-Khaimah, a settlement in Ras al-Khaimah
  • Shah, Fars, a village in Fars Province, Iran

Other uses

  • Shah dynasty, a ruling dynasty of the Gorkha Kingdom until 1768 AD and Nepal until 2008 AD
  • Ukrainian shah, a historical currency of Ukraine
  • Dirac comb distribution, also called Shah function
  • Shah Buruj, a historical tower in Ambajogai, Maharashtra

See also

  • Iranian rial, with historical variety named shahi or chahi
  • Sha (disambiguation)
  • Shaa (disambiguation)
  • Shaw (disambiguation)
  • Shahanshah (disambiguation)
  • Shahu (disambiguation)
  • Shaji (disambiguation)
  • Shahi (disambiguation)
  • Kabul Shahi (disambiguation)
  • Sahi (disambiguation)
  • Šah (disambiguation)
  • SAH (disambiguation)
  • List of monarchs of Persia (the Shahs)