Shami may refer to:

Regions

* Damascus, also known as Shami *

Bilad al-Sham Bilad al-Sham ( ar, بِلَاد الشَّام, Bilād al-Shām), often referred to as Islamic Syria or simply Syria in English-language sources, was a province of the Rashidun, Umayyad, Abbasid, and Fatimid caliphates. It roughly correspon ...

* Syria

People

Religious groups

Shami Jews Syrian Jews ( he, יהודי סוריה ''Yehudey Surya'', ar, الْيَهُود السُّورِيُّون ''al-Yahūd as-Sūriyyūn'', colloquially called SYs in the United States) are Jews who lived in the region of the modern state of Syri ...

, Jews from Damascus *

Yemenite Jews Yemenite Jews or Yemeni Jews or Teimanim (from ''Yehudei Teman''; ar, اليهود اليمنيون) are those Jews who live, or once lived, in Yemen, and their descendants maintaining their customs. Between June 1949 and September 1950, the ...

, some of them also called Shami Jews

Individuals with the nickname

Shami-Damulla Shami-Damulla (died 1932) (russian: Шами-дамулла) was a nickname for Sa‘id ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Wahid ibn ‘Ali al-‘Asali al-Tarablusi al-Shami al-Dimashqi, an important figure in the development of Islamic fundamentalism in ...

(died 1932), figure in the development of Islamic fundamentalism in Soviet Central Asia

Individuals with the given name

* Shami Abdulahi (born 1984), Ethiopian long-distance runner *

Shami Chakrabarti Sharmishta "Shami" Chakrabarti, Baroness Chakrabarti, (born 16 June 1969) is a British politician, barrister, and human rights activist. A member of the Labour Party, she served as the director of Liberty, a major advocacy group which promote ...

(born 1960), British lawyer and politician *

Shami Hassan Shami Hassan (Arabic:شامي حسن; born 8 March 1984) is a Qatari footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American ...

(born 1984), Qatari footballer *

Shami Kermashani Shami Kermashani ( ku, شامیی کرماشانی, lit=Şamî Kirmaşanî,), also known as Shamurad Mushtaq (1927–November 23, 1984), was a famous Kurdish poet from the city of Kermanshah, Iran, also known as Iranian Kurdistan. He has composed ...

(1927–1984), Iranian Kurdish poet

Individuals with the surname

* Abdullah Al Shami (born 1994), Syrian footballer *

Abu Ishaq Shami Abu Ishaq Shami () (died 940) was a Muslim scholar who is often regarded as the founder of the Sufi Chishti Order. He was the first in the Chishti lineage (''silsila'') to live in Chisht and so to adopt the name "Chishti", so that, if the Chisht ...

(died 940), Muslim scholar * Al Shami (singer), Syrian-Turkish singer * Ali Al Shami (born 1945), Lebanese academic and politician *

Basim Shami Basim Shami (born October 7, 1976) is a Palestinian-born American businessman. He started his career at Farouk Systems, a Houston Houston (; ) is the List of cities in Texas by population, most populous city in Texas, the Southern United S ...

(born 1976), Palestinian-American businessman and philanthropist *

Farouk Shami Farouk Shami is a Palestinian-American businessman and founder of the hair-care and spa products company, Farouk Systems located in Texas.

, Palestinian-American businessman *

Mohammed Shami Mohammed Shami Ahmed (born 3 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who plays for the Indian national cricket team in all formats of the game as a right-arm fast bowler. He plays domestically for Bengal and in the Indian Premier L ...

(born 1990), Indian cricketer *

Mohammed Ibrahim Shami Mohammed Ibrahmi Shami ( Arabic:محمد إبراهيم شامي) (born 30 September 1993) is a Qatari footballer who plays as a left back In the sport of association football, a defender is an outfield position whose primary role is to stop ...

(born 1993), Qatari footballer *

Mubarak Hassan Shami Mubarak Hassan Shami ( ar, مبارك حسن شامي, born Richard Yatich on December 1, 1980) is a Kenyan-born Qatari long-distance runner. He specializes in half marathon and marathon races. Biography Shami won the Baringo Half Marathon, a race ...

(born 1980), Kenyan-Qatari long-distance runner *

Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami is a Pakistani journalist and columnist who is the chief editor of ''Daily Pakistan'' newspaper. He appears on the talk show ''Nuqta e Nazar'' on Dunya News.Yitzhaq Shami Yitzhaq Shami ( he, יצחק שמי) (August 4, 1888 – March 1, 1949) was a Palestinian Jewish and Israeli writer, who wrote both in Arabic and Hebrew. He is one of the earliest modern Hebrew literature writers in Palestine, prior to Israeli st ...

(1888–1949), Palestinian Jewish writer

Other uses

* Shamī: a village in

Khuzestan Province Khuzestan Province (also spelled Xuzestan; fa, استان خوزستان ''Ostān-e Xūzestān'') is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. It is in the southwest of the country, bordering Iraq and the Persian Gulf. Its capital is Ahvaz and it cover ...

of Iran *Shami, another name for

Levantine Arabic Levantine Arabic, also called Shami ( autonym: or ), is a group of mutually intelligible vernacular Arabic varieties spoken in the Levant, in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel, and Turkey (historically in Adana, Mersin and Hatay o ...

* Shami, Shemi or Shimi: a village in Semnan Province of Iran *Shami goat or Damascus goat, a goat breed *

Shami Hospital Al-Shami Hospital ( ar, مَشْفَى الشَّامِي, Mašfā aš-Šām) is a central hospital in Al-Malky street, Damascus, Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Repu ...

, a hospital in Damascus, Syria *

Shami kebab Shami kabab or shaami kabab is a local variety of kebab, originating from the Indian subcontinent. It a popular dish in modern-day Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi cuisines. It is composed of a small patty of minced meat, generally beef, but o ...

, a type of kebab from the Indian subcontinent *Shami or ''

Prosopis cineraria ''Prosopis cineraria'', also known as ghaf, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is native to arid portions of Western Asia and the Indian Subcontinent, including Afghanistan, Bahrain, Iran, India, Oman, Pakistan, S ...

'', the state tree of Rajasthan, India *Shami Statue or

Statue, National Museum of Iran 2401 The Shami statue is one of the main surviving works of Parthian art. It is currently in the National Museum of Iran (Inv. no. 2401) and was found at Shami (modern Khūzestān Province), where there was an ancient sanctuary. The bronze statue is ...

, a statue found in Shami, Khuzestan, Iran *

Shami-Amourae In the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game, "monsters" are generally the antagonists which players must fight and defeat to progress in the game. Since the game's first edition in 1974, a bestiary was included along other game ma ...

, a demon lord in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game