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 an ...

. For example, here are some lines of Persian poetry:

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: 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

* Shahriar, a city in Tehran Province, Iran *

Shahriar County Shahriar County ( fa, شهرستان شهریار) is located in Tehran 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 Tu ...

, a county in Tehran Province * Shahriar, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, a village in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran * Shahriar, Fars, a village in Fars Province, Iran * Shahriar-e Tavakkoli, a village in Fars Province, Iran * Shahriar, Lorestan, a village in Lorestan Province, Iran * Robat Karim, a city in Tehran Province, formerly called Shahriyar * Shagriar (disambiguation), various towns in Armenia * Shahryar (crater), a crater on Saturn's moon Enceladus

People

* Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, Mohammed Hussein Behjet, who uses the pen name Shahriar *

Ishaq Shahryar Ishaq M. Shahryar (January 10, 1936 – April 12, 2009) was the inventor of the low-cost photovoltaic cell and the first Afghan ambassador to the United States since the Soviet Invasion of Afghanistan in 1979. ''New Scientist'' named Shahryar " ...

, the Afghan ambassador to the United States * Shahriyar (son of Khosrow II), Sassanid prince and the father of Yazdegerd III, the last king of the Sassanid Persia *

Shahryar (Mughal prince) Shahriyar ( fa, شهریار), also spelled as ''Sharyar, Sheryar'', ''Shariyar'', ''Shahryar'', ''Schahryar'', ''Shahriar'', ''Shariar'', ''Sheharyar'', ''Shaheryar'', ''Shaharyar'', ''Shehreyar'', or ''Shehiryar,'' and pronounced /sha ree YAAR/, i ...

, younger brother of Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan *

Shakhriyar Mamedyarov Shahriyar Hamid oghlu Mammadyarov ( az, Şəhriyar Həmid oğlu Məmmədyarov; born 12 April 1985), known internationally as Shakhriyar Mamedyarov , is an Azerbaijani chess grandmaster. he is ranked No. 1 in Azerbaijan and No. 13 in the world ...

, Azerbaijani chess player * Shahryar, pen name of Akhlaq Mohammed Khan (1936–2012), Urdu poet, academic, and Bollywood lyricist * Shahryar Khan, Pakistani former diplomat *

Shahriar Shafiq Shahriar Shafiq ( fa, شهریار شفیق ; 15 March 1945 – 7 December 1979) was an Iranian Imperial Navy Captain and a member of the House of Pahlavi. He was the son of Shahdokht (equivalent to English term Princess) Ashraf Pahlavi, twin si ...

, assassinated Iranian navy officer and Ashraf Pahlavi's son *

Shahriar Shahriari Shahriar Shahriari (born May 30, 1956) is an American mathematician. He is the William Polk Russell Professor of Mathematics at Pomona College. Early life and education Shahriari was born on May 30, 1956, in Tehran, Iran, to Parviz and Zomorod S ...

, American mathematician and professor at Pomona College * Meher Baba (born Merwan Sheriar Irani, 1894–1969), Indian spiritual leader

Fictional characters

* Shahryar, the Sassanid king in ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights''

Geography

People

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