Shahrukh, Shahrokh or Shah Rukh ( fa, شاهرخ) is a
Persian
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name meaning "royal face" (''shah'' means "king", while ''rukh'' means "face"). It may refer to:
People
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Shah Rukh
Shah Rukh or Shahrukh ( fa, شاهرخ, ''Šāhrokh'') (20 August 1377 – 13 March 1447) was the ruler of the Timurid Empire between 1405 and 1447.
He was the son of the Central Asian conqueror Timur (Tamerlane), who founded the Timurid dynas ...
(1377–1447), ruler of the Timurid empire
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Shahrukh Bey Shahrukh Bek, later referred to as Shahrukh Khan was the leader of the Kokand Khanate and Uzbek Mings tribe from to and alleged descendant of Babur though the legend of Altun Bishik.
As the first ruler of the independent Kokand Khanate after ...
(), first Khan of Kokand Khanate
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Shahrukh Afshar
Shahrokh Mirza ( fa, شاهرُخمیرزا; 1734–1796), better known by his dynastic title of Shahrokh Shah () was the Afsharid king (shah) of the western part of Khorasan (corresponding to the present-day Khorasan Province) from 1750 to 17 ...
(c. 1730–1796), Iranian king
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Shahrokh Bayani
Shahrokh Bayani (31 December 1960) is an Iranian former football midfielder who played for Iran in the 1984 Asian Cup. He also played for Esteghlal, Al-Shamal and Zob Ahan and Iran national football team .http://www.fnews.ir/Default.aspx?tab ...
(born 1960), Iranian footballer
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Shahrokh Meskoob
Shahrokh Maskoub ( fa, شاهرخ مسکوب) (January 11, 1924 in Babol, Iran – April 12, 2005 in Paris, France), was an Iranian writer, translator, social critic, literary historian, and university professor. Meskoob is considered a preeminent ...
(1924–2005), Iranian writer
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Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam or Shahrokh Moshkinghalam ( fa, شاهرخ مشکینقلم, Šâhrukh Muškîn-Qalam; born April 21, 1967, in Khorramshahr) is an Iranian modern dancer who lives and works in Paris. A graduate in history of art and t ...
(born 1967), Iranian folkloric dancer and theatre director
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Shahrukh Husain (born 1950), Pakistani author
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Shah Rukh Khan (born 1965), Indian actor, producer, television personality and philanthropist
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Muhammad Shah Rukh
Shazada Muhammad Shah-Rukh (2 October 1926 – 6 September 2015) was a Pakistani field hockey player and cyclist. He competed in the field hockey event at the 1948 Summer Olympics and in four cycling events at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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(born 1926), Pakistani field hockey player and cyclist
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Shahrokh (mythical bird)
Shahrokh, Shahrukh, Shahroze, or Shah Rukh ( fa, شاهرخ ) is the name of a mythological bird in Iranian literature. It is built of two parts: Shah meaning a king, and Rukh (or Rogh, or Rokh), another enormous mythological bird. In the ''On ...
, in Iranian literature
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Roc (mythology)
The roc is an enormous legendary bird of prey in the popular mythology of the Middle East.
The roc appears in Arab geographies and natural history, popularized in Arabian fairy tales and sailors' folklore. Ibn Battuta tells of a mountain hoveri ...
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Simurgh
Simurgh (; fa, سیمرغ, also spelled ''simorgh, simorg'', ''simurg'', ''simoorg, simorq'' or ''simourv'') is a benevolent, mythical bird in Persian mythology and literature. It is sometimes equated with other mythological birds such as the ...
, a mythical bird in Iranian mythology
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