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Shahriyar (Persian: شهریار)[a] (pronounced /sha ree YAAR/[needs IPA]), is originally a Persian male name. It is used as one of the highest titles of nobility that is equal to 'King' or 'Grand Duke'.[citation needed] The name consists of two words, "shahr" (city) and "yar/yār" (friend), leading the name to be sometimes translated as "the city of the friend".[citation needed]

Geography

People

Fictional characters

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

Notes

  1. ^ Also spelled Sharyar, Sheryar, Shariyar, Shahryar, Schahryar, Shahriar, Shahria, Shariar, Sheharyar, Shaheryar, Shaharyar, Shehreyar, Shehriyar, Şehriyar, Şəhriyar, Şahriyâr or Shehiryar.

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