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Shahabuddin Ahmed (শাহাবুদ্দীন আহমেদ)

Shahabuddin Ahmed (শাহাবুদ্দীন আহমেদ), 1930–2022, Bangladeshi jurist; Chief Justice 1990–1995, acting president 1990–1991 after Ershad's fall, and elected President 1996–2001; distinct from president Mohammed Shahabuddin.

Shahada (الشَّهَادَة)

The Shahada (الشَّهَادَة), also called the Testimony of Faith, is the Muslim declaration that there is no god but God and Muhammad is his messenger, recited to enter Islam and in daily prayer.

Shahadi Wright Joseph

Shahadi Wright Joseph (born 2005) is an American actress, singer, and dancer from Brooklyn, known as Broadway's youngest Young Nala, for Zora/Umbrae in Us, Young Nala in The Lion King (2019), and Ruby Lee Emory in Them.

Shahaji (शहाजी भोसले)

Shahaji Bhosale (शहाजी भोसले, 16 March 1599 (?) – 23 January 1664), father of Chhatrapati Shivaji, was a Maratha sardar serving the Nizam Shahi and Adil Shahi sultanates, holder of the Pune and Bangalore jagirs, and father of the Thanjavur Maratha founder Vyankoji.

Shahal Ilani

Shahal Ilani is an Israeli condensed matter physicist at the Weizmann Institute of Science, known for the quantum twisting microscope reported in Nature in 2023.

Shahana Goswami (शाहाना गोस्वामी)

Shahana Goswami (शाहाना गोस्वामी), born 1986 in New Delhi, is an Indian actress known for Rock On!!, Firaaq, Zwigato, Bombay Begums, and Santosh, which won her the 2025 Asian Film Award for Best Actress.

Shahar Isaac

Shahar Isaac (שחר אייזק), Israeli-American actor born 1993 in Haifa, plays Simon Peter in the crowd-funded drama The Chosen; Rutgers-trained, IDF veteran, also a photographer and musician.

Shaharah

Shaharah (شهارة) is a fortified mountain village in 'Amran Governorate, northwestern Yemen, standing at about 2,600 meters on Jabal Shaharah and known for its 17th-century stone bridge.

Shahba

Shahba, also known as Philippopolis, is a town in southern Syria built on a Roman colonia founded in AD 244 by the emperor Philip the Arab.

Shahbaz Khan (हैदर ख़ान) (actor)

Shahbaz Khan (हैदर ख़ान), born Haider Amir, 1966, Indore, is an Indian TV and film actor, son of Ustad Amir Khan; known for The Sword of Tipu Sultan, Chandrakanta, and villain roles.

Shahbazpur Oil and Gas Field

Shahbazpur Oil and Gas Field (শাহবাজপুর গ্যাসক্ষেত্র) is a natural gas field on Bhola island, Bangladesh, discovered in 1995 and producing since 2009 under BAPEX.

Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola

Shahbudin H. Rahimtoola (1931–2018) was a cardiologist and Distinguished Professor at the University of Southern California who coined the concepts of hibernating myocardium and prosthesis-patient mismatch, reshaping cardiovascular practice.

Shahdad (archaeological site)

Shahdad, also known as Tepe Shahdad, is a Bronze Age settlement and necropolis on the western edge of the Lut desert in Kerman, Iran, flourishing in the third millennium BC.

Shahdadpur Oil and Gas Field

Shahdadpur Gas Field is a gas and condensate field in the Gambat South Block, District Sanghar, Sindh, Pakistan, operated by Pakistan Petroleum Limited and discovered in 2013.

Shahe power station

Shahe power station (河北建投沙河发电厂) is a 1,200-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Shahe, Xingtai, Hebei Province, China, owned by Hebei Construction & Investment Group and in operation since 2013.

Shahed 129 (شاهد ۱۲۹)

The Shahed 129 (شاهد ۱۲۹) is an Iranian armed surveillance drone unveiled in 2012, roughly the size of the MQ-1 Predator and the backbone of Iran's drone fleet.

Shahed 136

The Shahed 136 is an Iranian delta-wing, one-way attack drone that flies a preprogrammed route and detonates on impact, used by Russia against Ukraine since 2022 as the Geran-2.

Shahed 238

The Shahed 238 is an Iranian jet-powered one-way attack drone developed by Shahed Aviation Industries as a faster derivative of the Shahed-136, first shown in 2023.

Shaheed (شهيد)

Shaheed (شهيد) is an Arabic honorific meaning "witness" that in Islamic usage denotes a martyr, above all one killed in the cause of God; the Quran uses it mainly for eyewitness.

Shaheed (शहीद) (1965 film)

Shaheed (शहीद), 1965 Hindi biographical film by S. Ram Sharma on Bhagat Singh, starring Manoj Kumar; released 1 January 1965, 11th highest-grosser of the year, won three 13th National Film Awards.

Shaheed Minar, Dhaka

Shaheed Minar (শহীদ মিনার), the Central Shaheed Minar of Dhaka, is Bangladesh's national monument to the 1952 Bengali Language Movement martyrs, in the Dhaka Medical College hostel grounds. Designed by Hamidur Rahman with Novera Ahmed, built 1957–1963, destroyed in 1971, rebuilt and expanded by 1984.

Shaheed misl

The Shaheed misl (ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਮਿਸਲ), also called the Shaheedan misl, was one of the twelve Sikh misls, founded by Baba Deep Singh and named after his martyrdom in 1757.

Shaheen Afridi (شاہین شاہ آفریدی)

Shaheen Shah Afridi (شاہین شاہ آفریدی), born 2000, is Pakistan's left-arm fast bowler and ODI captain from 20 October 2025, with 131 ODI wickets and a 2019 World Cup best of 6/35.

Shaheen Holloway

Shaheen Holloway, Seton Hall point guard 1996-2000 (record 681 assists, 2000 Sweet Sixteen) and head coach; led Saint Peter's to the first 15-seed Elite Eight in 2022, won the 2024 NIT, and was unanimous 2026 BIG EAST Coach of the Year.

Shaheen Jafargholi

Shaheen Jafargholi (شاهین جعفرقلی), born 1997 in Swansea, is a Welsh actor and singer, seventh-place Britain's Got Talent 2009 finalist who sang at Michael Jackson's memorial and played Shakil Kazemi in EastEnders and Marty Kirkby in Casualty.

Shaheen-III (شاہین ۳)

Shaheen-III (شاہین ۳) is a Pakistani two-stage, solid-fueled, road-mobile medium-range ballistic missile with a claimed range of 2,750 km, first tested in 2015, designed to carry nuclear or conventional warheads.

Shaheer Sheikh

Shaheer Sheikh (born 1984, Jammu) is an Indian television actor and model, a former lawyer, known for Arjun in Mahabharat (2013–2014), Dev Dixit in Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi, and his 2024 Netflix film debut Do Patti.

Shahenshah (शाहंशाह) (1988 film)

Shahenshah (शहँशाह), 1988 Hindi action film directed by Tinnu Anand, starring Amitabh Bachchan as a corrupt cop who becomes a costumed vigilante; story by Jaya Bachchan, released 12 February 1988 amid boycott threats.

Shahgoli 2nd Phase

Shahgoli 2nd Phase (فاز ۲ ائل گولی) is a theme park in East Azerbaijan Province, Iran, the second-phase expansion of Tabriz's El Goli (Shahgoli) park, begun 1389 SH to quadruple the park, with a 50-hectare first phase and 220-hectare total.

Shahi Kabir

Shahi Kabir (ഷാഹി കബീർ, Shahi K M), born 1978 in Alappuzha, is a Malayalam screenwriter-director and former Kerala Civil Police Officer, writer of Joseph, Nayattu, Officer on Duty, and Unmadham, director of Ela Veezha Poonchira and Ronth, and National Award winner for Nayattu's screenplay.