Feroz or Firuz is a Persian name meaning 'victorious', derived from the middle Persian name Peroz or Piruz. Related names are

Phiroze Phiroze is a male Indian Parsi name derived from middle Persian Pērōz (meaning victorious, triumphant or prosperous). The spelling of the name has many variations such as Pheroz, Pheroze, Phiroz, etc. but their pronunciation is the same. People n ...

Feroze Firouz ( fa, فیروز; also spelled Farooz, Firuz, Pirooz, Firoz), Pirouz ( fa, پیروز, also spelled Pirooz, Piruz, Piroz), Feroz (Hindi/Urdu; also spelled Feroze, Phiroze), Fayrouz ( ar, فيروز), Phiroj, are masculine given names of Pers ...

, and Parviz. It may refer to:

People (historical)

Peroz I Peroz I ( pal, 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰, Pērōz) was the Sasanian King of Kings () of Iran from 459 to 484. A son of Yazdegerd II (), he disputed the rule of his elder brother and incumbent king Hormizd III (), eventually seizing the throne after a ...

(), Sasanian king of Iran *

Peroz II Peroz II ( pal, 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰, fa, پیروز دوم), also known as Gushnasp-Bandeh was king of Persia. He was son of Mah-Adhur Gushnasp and Kahar-dukht, who was daughter of Yazdandad son of Khosrau I Khosrow I (also spelled Khosrau, K ...

(), Sasanian king of Iran *

Piruz Khosrow Piruz Khosrow (Middle Persian: ''Pērōz Khusraw''), also known as Piruzan or Firuzan, was a powerful Persian aristocrat who was the leader of the ''Parsig'' (Persian) faction that controlled much of the affairs of the Sasanian Empire during the S ...

(died 642), Persian aristocrat who murdered the Sasanian queen of Iran Boran * Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz (died 644), Persian slave who killed the second Islamic caliph Umar *

Peroz III Peroz III ( pal, 𐭯𐭩𐭫𐭥𐭰 ''Pērōz''; ) was son of Yazdegerd III, the last Sasanian King of Kings of Iran. After the death of his father, who legend says was killed by a miller at the instigation of the governor of Marw, he retreated ...

(636 – 679), son of Yazdegerd III, the last Sasanian king of Iran, who traveled to Tang dynasty China and became a general and governor *

Firouz Firouz was a wealthy Armenian Christian convert to Islam and armor maker who held a high post in Yaghi-Siyan's Seljuk Turkish government during the Crusades. Notably, he also served as a spy for Bohemond during the Siege of Antioch. Bohemond h ...

(), a wealthy Armenian Christian convert to Islam who held a high post in Yaghi-Siyan's Seljuk Turkish government. * Ruknuddin Firuz (), ruled the Delhi sultanate for a short time *

Jalal ud din Firuz Khalji Jalal-ud-din Khalji, also known as Firuz-Al-Din Khalji or Jalaluddin Khilji (c. 1220 – 19 July 1296, ) ( fa, جلال‌الدین خلجی) was the founder and first Sultan of the Khalji dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate from 1290 to 132 ...

(), the first Indian ruler of the Delhi Sultanate and the founder of the Khalji dynasty *

Shamsuddin Firoz Shah Shamsuddin Firuz Shah ( fa, شمس الدين فيروز شاه, bn, শামসুদ্দীন ফিরুজ শাহ, ''Shams Ad-Dīn Firūz Shāh'') (reigned: 1301–1322) was the independent ruler of the Gauḍa (city), Lakhnauti Ki ...

(), independent ruler of the Lakhnauti Kingdom *

Firuz Shah Tughlaq Sultan Firuz Shah Tughlaq (1309 – 20 September 1388) was a Muslim ruler from the Tughlaq dynasty, who reigned over the Sultanate of Delhi from 1351 to 1388.

(1309 – 1388), Muslim ruler of the Tughlaq dynasty in India *

Alauddin Firuz Shah I Alauddin Firuz Shah I ( bn, প্রথম আলাউদ্দিন ফিরোজ শাহ) was the son and successor of Sultan Shihabuddin Bayazid Shah of Bengal. He was a sultan only in name; the effective powers being wielded by Raja Gan ...

(), ruled the Sultanate of Bengal for a short time * Jam Feroz (), last ruler of the Samma Dynasty of Sindh *

Alauddin Firuz Shah II ʿAlā ad-Dīn Fīrūz Shāh ( bn, আলাউদ্দীন ফিরোজ শাহ, fa, ) was the son and successor of Sultan Nasiruddin Nasrat Shah of Bengal. He served as a governor of Chittagong during his father's reign, and was a pa ...

(), three-month ruler of the Sultanate of Bengal *

Pherozeshah Mehta Sir Pherozeshah Merwanjee Mehta (4 August 1845 – 5 November 1915) was an Indian politician and lawyer from Bombay. He was knighted by the British Government in India for his service to the law. He became the Municipal commissioner of Bombay ...

(1845 – 1915), Indian Parsi politician and lawyer *

Peruz Terzakyan Peruz (1866 in SivasM. Nihat Özön, Baha Dürder (ed.), ''Türk Tiyatrosu Ansiklopedisi'', Yükselen Matbaası, 1967, p. 345. – c. 1920 in Istanbul) also known as Peruz Hanım or Kantocu Peruz, Yılmaz Öztuna, ''Türk Musikisi Ansiklopedisi'', ...

(1866 – c. 1920), Ottoman Armenian kanto singer

People (modern)

Fairuz Nouhad Wadie' Haddad ( ar, نهاد وديع حداد, ; born November 21, 1934), known as Fairuz ( ar, فيروز, ; also spelled Fairouz, Feyrouz or Fayrouz), is a Lebanese singer. She is considered by many as one of the leading vocalists a ...

, a Lebanese singer *

Farooq Feroze Khan Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan ( ur, ; born: 17 August 1939 – 9 October 2021), best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani military officer who served as the 6th four-star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force and also served as the ...

, a Pakistan Air Force officer * Feroz, nickname of

Arsen Goulamirian Arsen Goulamirian ( hy, Արսեն Գուլամիրյան; born 4 October 1987) is an Armenian-born French professional boxer who has held the WBA (Super) cruiserweight title since 2019. Professional career Early career Arsen turned profession ...

(born 1987), Armenian born French professional boxer *

Feroz Abbasi Feroz Abbasi is one of nine British men who were held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps, in Cuba. He was repatriated in 2005 and released by the British government the next day. He was released from det ...

, a British man held in extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay detainment camps in Cuba *

Feroz Abbas Khan Feroz Abbas Khan is an Indian theatre and film director, playwright and screenwriter, who is most known for directing plays like Mughal-e-Azam, ''Saalgirah'', ''Tumhari Amrita'' (1992), ''Salesman Ramlal'' and ''Gandhi Viruddh Gandhi''. Car ...

, an Indian theatre and film director, playwright and screenwriter *

Feroz Ahmad Feroz Ahmad (born 1938) is a retired academic, historian and political scientist who taught at different universities, including the University of Massachusetts Boston, Tufts University, Harvard University, Columbia University and Yeditepe Univer ...

, Indian historian and academic * Feroz Khan, an Indian actor, film editor, producer and director *

Feroz Khan Noon Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon, ( ur, ملک فیروز خان نون; 7 May 18939 December 1970), best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Pakistan from 1957 until being removed wh ...

, a politician from Pakistan *

Feroze Gandhi Feroze Gandhi (born Feroze Jehangir Ghandy;: "Feroze Gandhi was also from the Nehrus' home town, Allahabad. A Parsi by faith, he at first spelt his surname 'Ghandy'. However, after he joined the national movement as a young man, he changed th ...

, an Indian politician and journalist *

Feroze Khan (field hockey) Feroze Khan (9 September 1904 – 21 April 2005) was a field hockey player who represented India at the Summer Olympic Games. At the time of his death, he was the world's oldest Olympic gold medal winner, following the death of U.S. athlete ...

, a field hockey player who represented British India in the Olympics * Firoz Khan, known as Arjun, Indian actor *

Firuz Kanatlı Firuz Kanatlı (1932 – 18 October 2017) was a Turkish businessman and founder and honorary president of the well known company Eti. He was born in Eskişehir, Turkey in 1932. He attended primary school until the third school year, after which ...

Turkish businessman, founder of the Eti company. *

Firuz Kazemzadeh Firuz Kazemzadeh ( fa, فیروز کاظم‌زاده; October 27, 1924 – May 17, 2017) was a Russian-born American historian who was professor emeritus of history at Yale University. Biography Firuz Kazemzadeh was born in Moscow to an Iranian f ...

, a professor emeritus of history at Yale University *

Firuz-Shah Zarrin-Kolah Firuz-Shah Zarrin-Kolah ( fa, فیروزشاه زرین کلاه, lit=King Firuz of the Golden Crown) was a Kurdish dignitary,F. Daftary, "Intellectual Traditions in Islam", I.B.Tauris, 2001. pg 147: "But the origins of the family of Shaykh Safi al ...

, an Iranian dignitary with Kurdish origin * Pirouz Davani, an Iranian leftist activist * Pirouz Mojtahedzadeh, an Iranian political scientist and historian * Piruz Dilanchi, Azerbaijani activist

Characters

* Feroz, a planeswalker in ''

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Hajji Firuz Hāji Firuz ('' fa, حاجی فیروز'') or Khwāje Piruz ('' fa, خواجه پیروز'') is a fictional character in Iranian folklore who appears in the streets by the beginning of Nowruz. His face is covered in soot, and he is clad in brigh ...

, the traditional herald of Nowruz

Places

Firuz District Firuz District ( fa, بخش فیروز) is in Kowsar County, Ardabil province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turke ...

, of Iran * Firuz, Kerman, a village in Kerman Province, Iran *

Naushahro Feroze District Naushahro Feroze District ( sd, نوشهرو فيروز ضلعو, ur, ) is a district in the province of Sindh, Pakistan. Its capital is Naushahro Feroze city. Administratively subdivided into five talukas and 51 union councils, according to ...

, a district in Sindh, Pakistan ** Naushahro Feroze, a town in Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh, Pakistan * Piruz, Iran, a village in Hamadan * Piruzabad, Kerman * Piruzabad, Khuzestan * Piruzabad, Golestan * Piruzeh, a village in Kermanshah Province

Film and television

* ''Feroz'' (film), a 1984 Spanish film * ''Feroz'' (telenovela), a 2010 Chilean telenovela

Other

Feroz Shah Kotla The Feroz Shah Kotla or Kotla ("fortress", "citadel") was a fortress built by Feroz Shah Tughlaq to house his version of Delhi city called Firozabad. A pristine polished sandstone Topra Ashokan pillar from the 3rd century BC rises from the pa ...

, a cricket ground in Delhi, India *

Firuz Ağa Mosque The Firuz Ağa Mosque ( tr, Firuz Ağa Camii) is a 15th-century Ottoman mosque in the Fatih district of Istanbul, Turkey. It was built by Firuz Ağa, the head treasurer of Sultan Beyazıt II Bayezid II ( ota, بايزيد ثانى, Bāyezīd-i ...