Shahid or Shahed ( ar, شاهد ') is a

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translating to " Witness" in Arabic and "Beloved" in Persian, mostly found in

South Asia South Asia is the southern subregion of Asia, which is defined in both geographical Geography (from Greek: , ''geographia''. Combination of Greek words ‘Geo’ (The Earth) and ‘Graphien’ (to describe), literally "earth descr ...

. Shahid, or Shaheed (Arabic: شهيد šahīd, plural: شُهَدَاء šuhadāʾ; female: šahīda), originates from the Quranic Arabic word meaning "witness" and is also used to denote a martyr in Islam. The word shahid in Arabic means "witness". It is derived form the same root š-h-d (c.f. Shahadah)."One who tells, or gives information of, what he has witnessed, or seen or beheld with his eye; one who declares what he know ..a witness, as meaning one who gives testimony, or evidence; who bears witness; ..'The witness'' against those to whom he has been sent." Lane, '' Arabic-English Lexicon'' (1863) I.1611. It is also used as a surname, ''Aš-šāhid'' "the witness" Shahid is a Muslim boy name and it is Arabic in origin with multiple meanings. The name is most famous in Asian countries like Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and Afghanistan. The related term ''

Shahid ''Shaheed'' ( , , ; pa, ਸ਼ਹੀਦ) denotes a martyr in Islam. The word is used frequently in the Quran in the generic sense of "witness" but only once in the sense of "martyr" (i.e. one who dies for his faith); ...

'' ( ar, شَهيد ), "martyr", is used as ''A martyr who is slain in the cause of God's religion; one who is slain by unbelievers in the field of battle; one who is slain fighting in the cause of God's religion'', so called because the angels of mercy are present with him; because the angels are present at the washing of his corpse, or at the removal of his soul to Paradise; or because God and his angels are witnesses for him of his title to a place in Paradise; or because he is one of those who shall be required to bear witness on the day of resurrection.

People named Shahid

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Shahid Khaqan Abbasi Shahid Khaqan Abbasi ( ur, ; born 27 December 1958) is a Pakistani politician and businessman who served as the 21st prime minister of Pakistan from August 2017 to May 2018. Abbasi is the senior vice president of the Pakiatan Muslim League ...

(born 1958), politician and former Prime Minister of Pakistan * Shahid Afridi (born 1980), Pakistani cricketer * Shahid Ahmed (born 1988), Pakistani footballer * Shahid Ahmed (cricketer) (born 1975), cricket player *

Shahid Azmi Shahid Azmi (1977 – 11 February 2010) was an Indian lawyer, best known for defending cases of persons accused of terrorism. Azmi was accused of crime at a young age; in 1992, aged 15, he was arrested for violence during the 1992 Bombay riots. ...

(1977-2010), Indian lawyer and human rights activist *

Shaheed Kader ''Chennaiyil Oru Naal'' () is a 2013 Indian Tamil-language thriller film written by brothers Bobby and Sanjay and directed by Shaheed Kader. The film has an ensemble cast including R. Sarathkumar, Prakash Raj, Cheran, Devan, Prasanna, Raadh ...

, Indian film director *

Shahid Kapoor Shahid Kapoor (; born 25 February 1981) is an Indian actor who appears in Hindi films. Initially recognised for portraying romantic roles, he has since taken on parts in action films and thrillers, and is the recipient of several awards, in ...

(born 1981), Bollywood actor * Shahid Khan (disambiguation), multiple people *

Shaheed Latif Shaheed Lateef (11 June 1913 – 16 April 1967) was Hindi film director, writer, and producer. He was the maker of films like ''Ziddi (1948 film), Ziddi'' (1948) which launched Dev Anand's career and ''Arzoo (1950 film), Arzoo'' (1950) starring D ...

(1913–1967), Indian film producer *

Shahid Parvez Khan Ustad Shahid Parvez Khan (commonly known as Shahid Parvez, born 14 October 1954) is an Indian classical sitar maestro from the Imdadkhani gharana. He represents the seventh generation of the Etawah Gharana as its primary exponent. He is praised ...

(born 1955), Indian sitar player *Shaied Nazir (born 1980), convicted of the racially motivated

murder of Ross Parker Ross Andrew Parker (17 August 198421 September 2001), from Peterborough, England, was a seventeen-year-old white English male murdered in an unprovoked racially motivated crime. He bled to death after being stabbed, beaten with a hammer an ...

Shahid Mahmood Shahid Mahmood (Urdu: شاہد محمود) (17 March 1939 – 13 December 2020) was a Pakistani cricketer who played in one Test in 1962. He played first-class cricket in Pakistan from 1957 to 1969. He played his only Test on the tour to ...

(1939–2020), Pakistani cricketer

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Shahid (actor) Shahid Hameed (Punjabi, ur, ), known simply as Shahid, is a Pakistani film actor who starred in many films of the 1970s and 1980s. His first film was Aansoo, released in 1971. He worked in more than 150 films. Shahid quit working in films ...

, Pakistani actor active from 1971 to 1998

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* Abdulla Shahid Maldivian MP *Imran Shahid, ringleader of gang responsible for the racially motivated

murder of Kriss Donald Kriss Donald (2 July 1988 – 15 March 2004) was a 15-year-old Scottish teenager who was kidnapped and murdered in Glasgow in 2004 by a gang of British men of Pakistani origin, some of whom fled to Pakistan after the crime. Daanish Zahid, Imr ...

in Scotland *

Leila Shahid Leila Shahid (born in Beirut in 1949) is a Palestinian diplomat. She was the first woman ambassador of Palestine, serving the PLO in Ireland in 1989, in The Netherlands in 1990, then serving the PA in France where she had taken office in Paris in ...

, Palestinian diplomat *

Mohammed Shahid Mohammed Shahid (14 April 1960 – 20 July 2016) was an Indian field hockey player. He is considered one of India's best to have played the game and was known for his dribbling skills. He was a member of the Indian team that won the gold medal ...

(born 14 April 1960), Indian

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ...

player *

Munib Shahid Munib Shahid (1908-1973) was Chairman of Hematology and Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut. He built the hematology laboratory at the Faculty of Medicine, a development that increased research output significan ...

, Chairman of Hematology and Oncology at the Faculty of Medicine of the American University of Beirut * Rashid Shaheed (born 1998), American football player *

Serene Husseini Shahid Serene Husseini Shahid ( ar, سيرين حُسيني شهيد, French: Sirine Husseini Shahid; 1920–2008) was born in Jerusalem as a member of the influential Husayni family. Her father was Jamal al-Husayni (himself a second cousin of the then ...

; writer, promoter of Palestinian costumes. *Zeeshan Shahid, convicted of the racially motivated

in Scotland * Ash-Shakur Nafi-Shahid Stevenson aka

Shakur Stevenson Ash-Shakur Stevenson (born June 28, 1997) is an American professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the WBO featherweight title from 2019 to 2020, the WBO super featherweight title from 2021 to 2022, and ...

.Two time unified world champion and Olympic silver medalist.

Legendary figures

* Shahid ibn Jarr (Shehid ibn Jerr), the name for Seth in

Yazidism Yazidism , alternatively Sharfadin is a monotheistic ethnic religion that has roots in a western Iranic pre-Zoroastrian religion directly derived from the Indo-Iranian tradition. It is followed by the mainly Kurmanji-speaking Yazidis and i ...

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