Shami may refer to:

Regions

Damascus Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth Holiest sites in Islam, holiest city in Islam. Kno ...

, also known as Shami *

Bilad al-Sham Bilad al-Sham (), 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 corresponded with the Byzantine Diocese of the East, con ...

Syria Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the west, Turkey to Syria–Turkey border, the north, Iraq to Iraq–Syria border, t ...

People

Religious groups

* Shami Jews, Jews from Damascus *

Yemenite Jews Yemenite Jews, also known as Yemeni Jews or Teimanim (from ; ), are a Jewish diaspora group who live, or once lived, in Yemen, and their descendants maintaining their customs. After several waves of antisemitism, persecution, the vast majority ...

, some of them also called Shami Jews

Individuals with the nickname

* Shami-Damulla (died 1932), figure in the development of Islamic fundamentalism in Soviet Central Asia

Individuals with the given name

Shami Abdulahi Shami Abdulahi Dawit (born 16 July 1984) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner who specialises in marathon races. He won the 2012 Hamburg Marathon in a course record time and has a personal best of 2:05:42 hours for the distance. Biography A late ...

(born 1984), Ethiopian long-distance runner *

Shami Chakrabarti Sharmishta 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 promotes civil l ...

(born 1960), British lawyer and politician * Shami Hassan (born 1984), Qatari footballer *

Shami Kermashani Shami Kermashani (,), 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 most of his poems in Southern Kurdish dialect. He became ...

(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 to adopt the name "Chishti", so that, if the Chishti o ...

(died 940), Muslim scholar * Al Shami (singer), Syrian-Turkish singer *

Ali Al Shami Ali Al Shami (born 1945) is a Shia Lebanese academic and a member of the Amal movement. He was Lebanon's minister of foreign affairs and emigrants from 2009 to 2011. Early life and education Shami was born into a Shiite family in 1945. He recei ...

(born 1945), Lebanese academic and politician *

Basim Shami Basim Shami (born October 7, 1986) is an American businessman. He started his career at Farouk Systems, a Houston-based haircare products company he founded. Early life and education Basim Shami was born on October 7, 1986, in Houston, Texas. B ...

(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 (; born 3 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer who plays as a right-arm fast bowling, fast-bowler, for the India national cricket team and for the Bengal cricket team, Bengal in domestic cricket and for the Sunrise ...

(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 Glossary of association football terms#O, outf ...

(born 1993), Qatari footballer *

Mubarak Hassan Shami Mubarak Hassan Shami (, 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 inaugurated by Paul Tergat, i ...

(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 belongs to a Punjabi Shaikh family. He appears on the talk show ''Nuqta e Nazar'' on Dunya News. He is also the founder ...

, Pakistani journalist and columnist * Yitzhaq Shami (1888–1949), Palestinian Jewish writer

Other uses

* Shamī: a village in

Khuzestan province Khuzestan province () is one of the 31 Provinces of Iran. Located in the southwest of the country, the province borders Iraq and the Persian Gulf, covering an area of . Its capital is the city of Ahvaz. Since 2014, it has been part of Iran's R ...

of Iran *Shami, another name for

Levantine Arabic Levantine Arabic, also called Shami (Endonym and exonym, autonym: or ), is an Varieties of Arabic, Arabic variety spoken in the Levant, namely in Syria, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestine, Israel and southern Turkey (historically only in Adana Prov ...

* Shami, Shemi or Shimi: a village in Semnan province of Iran *Shami goat or

Damascus goat The Damascus goat, also known as Aleppo, Halep, Baladi, Damascene, Shami, or Chami, is a breed of goat. It originated in Syria and was imported by the Antoniades family and the British into Cyprus during the 1920s, where it has been selectively b ...

, a goat breed *

Shami Hospital Al-Shami Hospital () is a central hospital in Al-Malky street, Damascus, Syria Damascus ( , ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in the Levant region by population, largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital in the world and, a ...

, a hospital in Damascus, Syria *

Shami kebab Shami kabab or shaami kabab is a South Asian variety of kebab, composed of a shallow fried small patty of minced meat, generally beef, but occasionally lamb or mutton (a chicken version exists as well), with ground chickpeas, egg as binder, ...

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

Prosopis cineraria ''Prosopis cineraria'', also known as Persian mesquite or ghaf or khejri, 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, ...

'', 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 i ...

, a statue found in Shami, Khuzestan, Iran * Shami-Amourae, a demon lord in the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' role-playing game