Shams
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Shams is the Arabic word for "sun" (شمس). The word has roots that go back to at least the time of the writing of the Epic of Gilgamesh, which references the Akkadian deity called Shamash.
The word may refer to:
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[edit] Arabic use
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- see also Al-Shams disambiguation (the article "the Sun", is written Al- but pronounced Ash- here)
- Ain Shams, neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt
- Ain Shams University, a university located in Cairo, Egypt
- Al-Shams (newspaper), Libyan government newspaper till 2011
- Ash-Shams, the 91st Sura of the Qur'an
- Majdal Shams, a village in the Golan Heights
- Jebel Shams, a mountain in Oman
- Shams Abu Dhabi, a real estate development on Al Reem Island, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Shams solar power station, a planned concentrating solar power station in the United Arab Emirates
- Shams Ensemble, music group performing Iranian and Sufi music
[edit] People
- The Arabic word is a common male (and a rare female) given name in African, Middle Eastern and a few South Asian countries. The name may refer to:
- Shams Tabrizi, an Iranian Sufi mystic
- Shams Langeroodi, contemporary Iranian poet
- Princess Shams Pahlavi, elder sister of Shah of Iran, the last king of the Iranian monarchy
- Ibrahim Shams, Egyptian Olympic weightlifter
- Shams-ud-din Iltutmish, an alternate name for Iltutmish, the third Muslim Turkic sultan of the Sultanate of Delhi
[edit] English use
- The word also has an English meaning, as the plural of sham, a synonym for hoax or fraud. With this origin, it may refer to:
- The Shams, an all-female folk pop trio from New York
- Shamrock Rovers FC, a football club playing in the League of Ireland
[edit] See also
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