Shamsi ( ar, شمسی) is a given name and a family name, which is commonly found in the

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, and

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. People with this name include:

People with the given name Shamsi

Shamsi Ali Imam Shamsi Ali is a prominent Indonesian Muslim Scholar known for promoting interfaith dialogues among Abrahamic Religions in United States and the Chairman of the Al-Hikmah Mosque and the Director of Jamaica Muslim Center in Jamaica, Queens, ...

(born 1967), Indonesian Muslim scholar * Shamsi Asadullayev (1840–1913), Azerbaijani businessman and philanthropist *

Shamsi Badalbeyli Shamsi Badal oghlu Badalbeyli ( az, Şəmsi Bədəl oğlu Bədəlbəyli) (23 February 1911, Shusha – 23 May 1987, Baku) was an Azerbaijani theatre director and actor. Life and career Shamsi Badalbeyli was born in Shusha to Badal Badalbeyli, a m ...

(1911–1987), Azerbaijani theatre director *

Shamsi Fazlollahi Shamsi Fazlollahi ( fa, شمسی فضل‌اللهی, also Romanized as "Shamsi Fazlollāhi"; born December 1, 1941 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian actress. Shamsi Fazlollahi began her acting career in the 1950s performing for radio theater sho ...

(born 1941), Iranian actress * Shamsi Hekmat (1917–1997), Iranian woman who pioneered reforms * Shamsi Vuai Nahodha (born 1962) Tanzanian politician

People with the surname Shamsi

* Baseer Shamsi (1922–2015), Pakistani soldier and cricketer * Mir Shamsi, Indian mystic and a saint *

Tabraiz Shamsi Tabraiz Shamsi (born 18 February 1990) is a South African cricketer. He has played first-class cricket for teams such as Dolphins, Gauteng, Gauteng Under-19s, KwaZulu Natal, KwaZulu-Natal Inland, Lions, and Titans. His batting style is right-han ...

, South African cricketer *

Tahir Shamsi Tahir Sultan Shamsi ( ur, ڈاکٹر طاہر سلطان شمسی; 18 February 1962 – 21 December 2021) was a Pakistani professor of medicine, researcher and pioneer of Bone marrow transplant in Pakistan worked as a clinical hematologist and bo ...

(1962–2021), Pakistani physician * Ahsan Shemsi (1967), Pakistani Researcher

Etymology

The word Shamsi means "of sun", "sunny", or "solar". The name can also mean "a disciple of Shams", in reference to communities in

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

India India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...

and

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

that were descendent or converted to

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

Sufi Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ...

Saints, haikh Shamsudin-Baray Sarkar and Shaikh Badar ud Din-Chotay Sarkar of Badaun UP, India 1206-1280 CE

Shamsuddin Sabzwari Shamsuddin Sabzwari arrived in Multan in early 1200 C.E. in modern Pakistan, established a dargah and preached Islam to the local population. Shamsuddin Sabzwari is considered to be a saint due to his poetry and the local traditions. Shamsuddin S ...

and Shahjamal Shamsul Arifeen (Aligarh).

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People with the given name Shamsi

People with the surname Shamsi

Etymology

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