al-Shehri ( ar, الشهري, , also
transliterated as Alshehri, Shehri, or Shihri) is an Arabic family name denoting a member of
Bani Shehr
The Banu Shahr () is a tribe from the southern part of the Arabian Peninsula It belongs to the ancient tribe al-Azd that has many clans linked to it. As far as ancestry goes, Banu Shahr, Bani Amr, Bal-Ahmar, Bal-Asmar, Bal-Qarn, Shumran and some ...
, when followed by a
sun letter
In Arabic and Maltese, the consonants are divided into two groups, called the sun letters or solar letters ( ar, حروف شمسية ', mt, konsonanti xemxin) and moon letters or lunar letters (Arabic: ', mt, konsonanti qamrin), based on whe ...
, the ''l'' in ''
al'' assimilates to the initial consonant of the following noun, resulting in a
doubled consonant.
People
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Fouzi Al-Shehri (born 1980), Saudi footballer
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Saleh Al-Shehri
Saleh Khalid Mohammed Al-Shehri ( ar, صالح خالد محمد الشهري; born 1 November 1993) is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer player who plays as a striker for Al-Hilal and the Saudi Arabia national team. On 22 November 2022, S ...
(born 1993), Saudi footballer
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Yahya Al-Shehri (born 1991), Saudi footballer
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Mohand al-Shehri (1979-2001), hijacker in the
September 11 attacks
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Wail al-Shehri (1973-2001), hijacker in the September 11 attacks
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Waleed al-Shehri (1978-2001), hijacker in the September 11 attacks
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Abdulaziz Alshehri, Saudi actor
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Arabic-language surnames