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Shams-i Siraj Afif
Shams-i Siraj Afif (شمس سراج عفیف) was a historian of the Delhi Sultanate who served Sultan Firuz Shah Tughluq and wrote the Tarikh-i Firoz Shahi, his reign's chronicle.
Shamshad Cockcroft
Shamshad Cockcroft is a cell biologist and Professor of Cell Physiology at University College London, known for work on phosphoinositide signaling, the P2X7 receptor, and G-protein regulation of phospholipase C.
Shamsheer Vayalil
Shamsheer Vayalil is an Indian radiologist-turned-entrepreneur who founded VPS Healthcare with one Abu Dhabi hospital in 2007 and now chairs Burjeel Holdings, listed on the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange in 2022.
Shamsher Bahadur I (कृष्णराव)
Shamsher Bahadur I (कृष्णराव), also Krishna Rao (1734–1761), son of Peshwa Bajirao I and Mastani, Maratha ruler of Banda in Bundelkhand; killed at the Third Battle of Panipat; founder of the Nawabs of Banda line.
Shamsher Bahadur Singh
Shamsher Bahadur Singh (1911–1993) was a Hindi poet and translator, a major figure of the Nayi Kavita movement and winner of the 1977 Sahitya Akademi Award.
Shamshera (शमशेरा)
Shamshera (शमशेरा) is a 2022 Yash Raj Films period action drama directed by Karan Malhotra, starring Ranbir Kapoor in a double role as bandit Shamshera and his son Balli opposite Sanjay Dutt; a big-budget box-office disaster.
Shamshi-Adad II
Shamshi-Adad II (Šamši-Adad II) was a king of Assyria around 1600 BC, the 57th ruler in the Assyrian King List, with a reign of 6 years.
Shamshi-Adad III
Shamshi-Adad III (Šamši-Adad III) was a king of Assyria, entry 59 of the Assyrian King List, which credits him with a 16-year reign and a royal genealogy.
Shamshi-Adad IV
Shamshi-Adad IV (Šamši-Adad IV) was a king of Assyria who reigned from 1053 to 1050 BC, having seized the throne from his nephew Eriba-Adad II.
Shamshi-Adad V
Shamshi-Adad V (Šamši-Adad V) was king of Assyria from 823 to 811 BC, a son of Shalmaneser III who won a long civil war against his brother Ashur-danin-pal.
Shamshi-ilu
Shamshi-ilu (Šamšī-ilu) was commander-in-chief of the Assyrian army from about 796 to 752 BC, boasting victories over Urartu in inscriptions that often omitted the king's name.
Shamshir
The shamshir (شمشیر) is a Persian saber with a narrow, deeply curved, single-edged blade, the favored battlefield sword of Persian armies in the 16th and 17th centuries.
Shamshu Mons
Shamshu Mons is a 210-km-wide tectonic mountain on Jupiter's moon Io, named in 2000 for an Arabian sun goddess and bordered by active Shamshu Patera.
Shamshu Patera
Shamshu Patera is a roughly 100 km volcanic depression (patera) on Jupiter's moon Io at 9.95°S, 63.17°W, named for an Arabian sun goddess (IAU 1997), with a Galileo NIMS hot spot and a proposed pull-apart tectonic origin; distinct from Shamash Patera.
Shamsul Islam (author)
Shamsul Islam is a Delhi-based left activist, author, and theater person, a retired University of Delhi political science professor who critiques the RSS through its own internal documents.
Shamsur Rahman
Shamsur Rahman (শামসুর রাহমান) was a Bangladeshi poet, journalist, and columnist, a key figure in Bengali literature known as the "Poet of Independence" for his 1971 war poetry.
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi
Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (شمس الرحمان فاروقی) was an Indian Urdu poet, critic, and scholar of Urdu literature who edited the journal Shabkhoon and won the Saraswati Samman.
Shamu
Shamu was a female orca captured in Puget Sound, Washington, in 1965 and sold to SeaWorld San Diego, where she was the park's first performing killer whale.
Shamu (SeaWorld show)
Shamu, SeaWorld's killer whale show brand and stage name for its performing orcas since the original 1965 capture, spanned shows like Believe and One Ocean before the theatrical format ended in 2017 amid the Blackfish backlash.
Shan Boodram
Shan Boodram, also known as Shannon Boodram, is a Canadian sex educator and sexologist. She is the author of The Game of Desire and host of Lovers by Shan.
Shan Chao
Shan Chao (单超) was an Eastern Han eunuch official under Emperor Huan who co-led the 159 plot that destroyed the regent Liang Ji, becoming the leading of five eunuch marquises.
Shan Jiuliang
Shan Jiuliang (单九良, born 1964) is the founder of the Fanya Metal Exchange in Kunming, a rare-metals venue that collapsed in 2015, costing investors billions; he received an 18-year prison sentence in 2019.
Shan Krishnasamy
Shan Krishnasamy, full name Shanmugam Krishnasamy, is an Indian software engineer who co-founded Freshworks in Chennai in 2010 and served as its chief technology officer until 2022.
Shan Masood (شان مسعود)
Shan Masood (شان مسعود), born 1989 in Kuwait, is a Pakistani left-handed opening batsman, Test captain from December 2023 to July 2026, with 2,550 Test runs at 30.72 and a long Derbyshire county career.
Shan people (ရှမ်းလူမျိုး)
The Shan people are a Tai-speaking ethnic minority concentrated in Shan State in eastern Myanmar. Mostly Theravada Buddhists, they historically ruled hereditary principalities, shaping their political relationship with the Burmese state.
Shan Plateau
Shan Plateau, upland in eastern Myanmar extending into Yunnan, China and Thailand; average elevation about 910 m; bounded by Sagaing and Red River faults; Sibumasu Terrane with ~12 mm/yr sinistral fault slip.
Shan State (ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်)
Shan State (ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်), also called Muang Tai, is Myanmar's largest state at 155,801 km², bordering China, Laos, and Thailand, with capital Taunggyi; since Operation 1027 (October 2023) it has hosted intense civil war fighting and at least 12 parallel administrations.
Shan State Army
The Shan State Army (SSA) is an insurgent force founded in 1964 to fight for Shan autonomy in Myanmar's Shan State, later splitting into north and south factions.
Shan United F.C.
Shan United F.C. (ရှမ်းယူနိုက်တက် အသင်း), founded 2003 as Kanbawza FC, is a Taunggyi-based Myanmar National League club; record seven MNL titles, six consecutive championships, and a 100-match unbeaten league run.
Shan Wuwei
Shan Wuwei (善无畏, Sanskrit Śubhakarasiṃha, 637–735) was an Indian Buddhist monk who brought esoteric teachings to Tang China and served Emperor Xuanzong as national teacher.