Shuja ( ar, شجاع, ur, شجاع, bn, সুজা) is a surname and male given name.
Notable people with this name include:
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Shuja al-Khwarazmi
Shuja al-Khwarazmi also known as Umm Jaʽfar ( ar, أم جعفر) or Umm al-Mutawakkil ( ar, أم المتوكل) was the Umm walad of eighth Abbasid dynasty, Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim and mother of al-Mutawakkil.
Shuja was the concubine of Abb ...
, was the mother of Abbasid caliph
Al-Mutawakkil
Abū al-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad al-Muʿtaṣim bi-ʾllāh ( ar, جعفر بن محمد المعتصم بالله; March 822 – 11 December 861), better known by his regnal name Al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh (, "He who relies on God") was t ...
(r. 847–861)
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Ahmad Shuja Pasha
Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha ( ur, ), HI(M) (born 18 March 1952) is a retired three-star rank army general of the Pakistan Army. He was the director-general of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the main intelligence service of P ...
(born 1952), Pakistani general
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Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja
Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja is a Bangladeshi politician. He was elected a member of the 1988 fourth Jatiya Sangsad from Sunamganj-1 for the Jatiya Party.
Birth and early life
Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja was born in the Sunamganj District in the Sylh ...
, Bangladeshi politician
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Hakim Ahmad Shuja (1893–1969)
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Kashif Shuja (born 1979), Pakistani squash player
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Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman
Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman is a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2002 to May 2018.
Early life and education
He was born on 1 September 1967 in Lahore.
He has the degree of Master of Public ...
, Pakistani politician
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Shah Shuja (Mughal prince) (1616–1661)
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Shah Shujah Durrani (1785–1842)
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Shakir Shuja Abadi
Shakir Shujabadi ( ur, ) is a prominent Saraiki-language poet (born 25 February 1954) in Shujabad, a small city near Multan, Pakistan . In 2007, he received his first presidential award. In 2017, he received his second presidential award. His fi ...
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Shuja Haider, Pakistani musician
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Shuja Haider (cricketer)
Shuja Haider (born 31 May 1994) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for Lahore. He made his first-class debut on 26 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
The 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was the 58th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam T ...
(born 1994), Pakistani cricket player
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Shuja Khanzada
Shuja Khanzada ( ur, ; 28 August 1943 – 16 August 2015) was a Pakistani politician and Pakistan Army colonel, who served as the Home Minister of Punjab from 2014 until his assassination on 16 August 2015.
As an army officer, Khanzada fo ...
(1943–2015), Pakistani politician and colonel
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Shuja ud-Din
Shuja ud-Din (born 12 September 1913) was an Afghan field hockey player who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (Germa ...
(born 1913), Afghan field hockey player
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Shuja ul Mulk
Shuja ul Mulk is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007.
References
Living people
1968 births
Pashtun people
Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) politicians
P ...
, Pakistani politician
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Shuja ul-Mulk
His Highness Sir Shuja ul-Mulk KCIE (1 January 1881 – 13 October 1936) was the Mehtar (from fa, ) of the princely state of Chitral, and reigned it for 41 years until his death in 1936. He belonged to the royal Katur dynasty, which ruled t ...
(1881–1936)
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Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala
Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala (born 1952), also known as Ghulam Rasul, is a politician in Afghanistan. He is the governor of Kunar Province, appointed by President Hamid Karzai on July 15, 2013 after a suggestion by the Independent Directorate of Local Go ...
(born 1952), Afghan politician
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Shuja-ud-Daula (1732-1775)
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Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan
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Shuja-ul-Mulk
Shuja-ul-Mulk is a Pakistani politician who served as a member of Senate of Pakistan between 2003 and 2009.
He is the brother of former Chief Justice of Pakistan Nasir-ul-Mulk
Nasirul Mulk ( ur, , born 17 August 1950) served as the ...
, Pakistani politician
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Usman Shuja
Usman Shuja, is an American cricketer and the opening fast bowler for team USA. He is currently the leading wicket taker for the US in 50-over international games. He represented USA in ICC Division 5, Division 4 and Division 3. He was the high ...
, American cricket player
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Shuja Noori
Shuja ( ar, شجاع, ur, شجاع, bn, সুজা) is a surname and male given name.
Notable people with this name include:
* Shuja al-Khwarazmi, was the mother of Abbasid caliph Al-Mutawakkil (r. 847–861)
* Ahmad Shuja Pasha (born ...
, Afghan Activist
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