Across the world, شاہ (Shah 
, شاہ 
) is a widespread predominantly boy's, but very infrequently feminine given name. The first name شاہ is characteristic of Pakistan, where it is a common boy's name, Saudi Arabia, where it is quite a common primarily boy's, but very seldom feminine name, and United Arab Emirates (explore the name in all countries). Measured by absolute frequency, it is commonest in Southern Asia, particularly Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh. More prevalently, شاہ is the last name as well as the forename.
شاہ is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Shah Noshirwan , the fictional analogue of Persian monarch Khosrau I, Shâh Noshirwân, King of Persia and Shah of Persia , the musical character in the musical Paradise Found by Johann Strauss II.
| شاہ رکن عالم Sufi saint, PK (b. 1251) |
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شاہ عقیق بابا Sufi saint, spiritual surgeon, PK (b. 1432) |
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شاہ حسین 16th century Indian Punjabi poet, PK (b. 1538) |
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شاہ أشرف هوتک Hotak emir of Afghanistan (died 1730), AF (b. 1700) |
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| جہاں شاہ emperor (1673-1712), PK (b. 1673) |
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| شاہ جمال اللہ PK (b. 1724) |
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| شاہ سلطان Ottoman princess, the daughter of Sultan Mustafa III., TR (b. 1761) |
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پير مہر علی شاہ Sufi scholar and a mystic Punjabi poet (1859–1937), PK (b. 1859) |
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نادر علی شاہ A Sufi Muslim Saint of Pakistan, PK (b. 1897) |
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شاہ احمد نورانی Spiritual and political leader, PK (b. 1926) |
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| شاہ نواز بھٹو Pakistani politician, PK (b. 1888) |
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| شاہ بانو بیگم PK (b. 1906) |
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| یر محمد کرم شاہ Pakistani judge and scholar, PK (b. 1918) |
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شاہ اویس نورانی Pakistani politician, PK |
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| غوث علی شاہ Pakistani politician, PK (b. 1934) |
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