Shahriyar ( fa, شهریار), also spelled as ''Sharyar, Sheryar'', ''Shariyar'', ''Shahryar'', ''Schahryar'', ''Shahriar'', ''Shariar'', ''Sheharyar'', ''Shaheryar'', ''Shaharyar'', ''Shehreyar'', or ''Shehiryar,'' and pronounced /sha ree YAAR/, is originally a Persian name used as one of highest titles of nobility, which is equal to 'King' or 'Grand Duke'. In fact, Shahryar consists of two words, '
Shahr
' (city) and 'Yar/Yār
' (friend), leading the name to be sometimes translated as "the city of friend". Therefore, the name may have two meanings in the
Persian language
Persian (), also known by its endonym Farsi (, ', ), is a Western Iranian language belonging to the Iranian branch of the Indo-Iranian subdivision of the Indo-European languages. Persian is a pluricentric language predominantly spoken and ...
. For example, here are some lines of Persian poetry:
Ferdowsi
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi ( fa, ; 940 – 1019/1025 CE), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (), was a Persians, Persian poet and the author of ''Shahnameh'' ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poetry, epic poems created by a sin ...
:
The king told the Iranian people ()
The bad time has passed ()
Hafez:
This land was the city of friends and the origin of kind people ()
What happened to the kings and kindness? ()
Geography
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Shahriar, a city in Tehran Province, Iran
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Shahriar County
Shahriar County ( fa, شهرستان شهریار) is located in Tehran province, Iran. The capital of the county is Shahriar. At the 2006 census, the county's population (including those portions of the county later split off to form Malard ...
, a county in Tehran Province
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Shahriar, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, a village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran
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Shahriar, Fars
Shahriar ( fa, شهريار, also Romanized as Shahrīār) is a village in Zarqan Rural District, Zarqan District, Shiraz County, Fars Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a c ...
, a village in Fars Province, Iran
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Shahriar-e Tavakkoli
Tavakkolabad-e Markazi ( fa, توكل ابادمركزي, also Romanized as Tavakkolābād-e Markazī; also known as Shahrīār-e Tavakkolī and Tavakkolābād) is a village in Doshman Ziari Rural District, Doshman Ziari District, Mamasani County, ...
, a village in Fars Province, Iran
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Shahriar, Lorestan
Shahriar ( fa, شهريار, also Romanized as Shahrīār, Shahriyar, and Shahryār) is a village in Borborud-e Gharbi Rural District, in the Central District of Aligudarz County, Lorestan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic ...
, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran
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Robat Karim
Robat Karim ( fa, رباطكريم, also Romanized as Robāţ Karīm; formerly known as Shahriar and Shahryār) is a city in and capital of Robat Karim County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 62,937, in 16,675 famili ...
, a city in Tehran Province, formerly called Shahriyar
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Shagriar (disambiguation) Shagriar may refer to:
* Nalbandyan, Armenia, formerly Mets Shagriar ("Big Shagriar")
* Pokr Shagriar, Armenia, ("Little Shagriar")
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