Shams

Shams is the Arabic word for "sun" (شمس).

The word may refer to:

Arabic use

see also Al-Shams disambiguation (the article "the Sun", is written Al- but pronounced Ash- here)

- 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
Shams, a defunct Saudi Arabian newspaper
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

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 Badran, Egyptian military officer
Shams Al-Baroudy, Egyptian actress
Shams Langeroodi, contemporary Iranian poet
Shams-ud-din Iltutmish, an alternate name for Iltutmish, the third Muslim Turkic sultan of the Sultanate of Delhi
Shams Pahlavi, elder sister of Shah of Iran, the last king of the Iranian monarchy
Shams Tabrizi, an Iranian Sufi mystic
Ibrahim Shams, Egyptian Olympic weightlifter
Shams (singer), a Saudi-Kuwaiti singer

The word also has an English meaning, as the plural of sham, a synonym for hoax or fraud. It may also 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
Covers for your pillows (they usually have an opening in the back to put your pillow through and a finished edging or border). Mainly used for decoration.