Shuja (, , ) is a surname and male given name.
Notable people with this name include:
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Shuja al-Khwarazmi
Shuja al-Khwarazmi also known as Umm Jaʽfar () or Umm al-Mutawakkil () was the Umm walad of eighth Abbasid caliph al-Mu'tasim and mother of al-Mutawakkil.
Shuja was the concubine of Abbasid prince Muhammad. She entered the abbasid harem probabl ...
, was the mother of Abbasid caliph
Al-Mutawakkil
Ja'far ibn al-Mu'tasim, Muḥammad ibn Harun al-Rashid, Hārūn al-Mutawakkil ʿalā Allāh (); March 82211 December 861, commonly known by his laqab, regnal name al-Mutawwakil ala Allah (), was the tenth Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasid caliph, rul ...
(r. 847–861)
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Ahmad Shuja Pasha
Ahmad Shuja Pasha (born 18 March 1952) is a retired three-star rank army general of the Pakistan Army. He was the 24th Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), the main intelligence agency of Pakistan, from October 2008 until ...
(born 1952), Pakistani general
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Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja
Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja is a Bangladeshi politician. He was elected a member of the 1988 fourth Jatiya Sangsad from Sunamganj-1 for the Jatiya Party.
Birth and early life
Badruddoza Ahmed Shuja was born in the Sunamganj District in the Sylhe ...
, Bangladeshi politician
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Hakim Ahmad Shuja
Hakim Ahmad Shuja MBE (; 4 November 1893 – 4 January 1969) was a prominent Pakistani poet, playwright and lyricist, who published his works in the Urdu and Persian languages.
Background
Hakim Ahmad Shuja was born in an old and promi ...
(1893–1969)
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Kashif Shuja
Kashif Shuja, (; born 20 July 1979 in Abbottabad, Pakistan) is a New Zealand former professional squash player.
Biography
Kashif Shuja is a Pakistan-born Kiwi from Taupō, New Zealand. Kashif was national junior champion of Pakistan and repres ...
(born 1979), Pakistani squash player
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Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman
Mian Mujtaba Shuja-ur-Rehman is a Pakistani politician who is currently serving as the Provincial Minister of the Finance Department of Punjab, Pakistan in the Maryam ministry since March 2024. He is a member of the Provincial Assembly of the P ...
, Pakistani politician
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Shah Shuja (Mughal prince)
Mirza Shah Shuja (Bengali language, Bengali: মির্জা শাহ সুজা, Persian language, Persian: مرزا شاه شجاع) (23 June 1616 – 7 February 1661) was the second son of the Mughal Empire, Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan a ...
(1616–1661)
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Shah Shujah Durrani
Shah Shuja Durrani (Pashto/ Persian: ; November 1785 – 5 April 1842) was the ruler of the Durrani Empire from 1803 to 1809. He then ruled from 1839 until his death in 1842. A son of Timur Shah Durrani, Shuja was of the Saddozai line of the A ...
(1785–1842)
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Shakir Shuja Abadi
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Shuja Haider
Shuja Haider or Shuja Hyder (; ; born 20 November 1982) is a Pakistani singer, songwriter, composer, and record producer. Haider is best known as a playback singer for films '' Khuda Kay Liye'' (2007) and '' Bol'' (2011) and more recently for ...
, Pakistani musician
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Shuja Haider (cricketer)
Shuja Haider (born 31 May 1994) is a Pakistani cricketer who plays for Lahore. He made his first-class debut on 26 October 2015 in the 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
The 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was the 58th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam T ...
(born 1994), Pakistani cricket player
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Shuja Khanzada
Colonel Shuja Khanzada (; 28 August 1943 – 16 August 2015) was a Pakistani politician and Pakistan Army colonel, who served as the Home Minister of Punjab from 2014 until his assassination on 16 August 2015.
As an army officer, Khanzad ...
(1943–2015), Pakistani politician and colonel
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Shuja ud-Din
Shuja ud-Din (born 12 September 1913, date of death unknown) was an Afghan field hockey player who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, playing in both of his team's games. He was a member of the Durrani dynasty
The Durrani dynasty (; ) ...
(born 1913), Afghan field hockey player
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Shuja ul Mulk
Shuja ul Mulk is a Pakistani politician who had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007.
References
Living people
1968 births
Pashtun politicians
Pakistani MNAs 2002–2007
Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) politicia ...
, Pakistani politician
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Shuja ul-Mulk
Highness, His Highness Sir Shuja ul-Mulk Order of the Indian Empire, KCIE (1 January 1881 – 13 October 1936) was the ruler (from ) of the Chitral (princely state), State of Chitral, and reigned it for 41 years until his death in 1936. He belo ...
(1881–1936)
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Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala
Shuja ul-Mulk Jalala (born 1952), also known as Ghulam Rasul, is a politician in Afghanistan. He was the governor of Kunar Province, appointed by President Hamid Karzai on July 15, 2013, after a suggestion by the Independent Directorate of Local ...
(born 1952), Afghan politician
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Shuja-ud-Daula
Shuja-ud-Daula (19 January 1732 – 26 January 1775) was the third Nawab of Oudh and the Vizier of Delhi from 5 October 1754 until his death 26 January 1775.
He was a key 18th-century Mughal ally who despised the Maratha-backed Imad-ul-Mulk. ...
(1732-1775)
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Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan
Shuja-ud-Din Muhammad Khan was the second Nawab of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa. He married Zainab un-nisa Begum and Azmat un-nisa Begum, the daughters of Murshid Quli Khan by Nasiri Banu Begum. Shuja-ud-Din's third wife was Durdana Begum Sahiba. ...
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Shuja-ul-Mulk, Pakistani politician
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Usman Shuja
Usman Shuja is an American former cricketer.
He was selected for ICC's Division 5 dream team in 2008. He also participated in the World Cup T20 Qualifiers in the UAE in 2010 and 2012. His best performance is against Scotland (3/39) in T20 forma ...
, American cricket player
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Shuja Noori, Afghan Activist
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Shuja Asad, Pakistan actor
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