Jamshid (name)

JAMSHĒD or Jamshīd (Kurdish: Cemşîd, , ), also spelled as Jamshed, Jamshid, Jamshaid, Jamsheed, Cemşid, Jamshet, or Jamset, is a Persian masculine given name. It is derived from Jamshid, a mythical king from Iranian history. Jamshid is a common name in Iran, Central Asia and among Muslims and Parsis of South Asia. It may refer to the following:

Given name

• Jamshid Shah Miri (died 1343), second Sultan of Kashmir
• Jamshid Afshar, Iranian fighter pilot
• Jamshid Amouzegar (1923–2016), Iranian politician
• Jamshed Ansari (1942–2005), Pakistani film actor
• Jamshed Anwar (born 1974), Pakistani footballer
• Jamshid Behnam (1928–2021), Iranian writer
• Jamshed Bharucha (born 1956), Indian-American educator
• Jamshed Dasti (born 1972), Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan
• Jamshid Delshad (born 1940), Iranian-American politician
• Jamshid Eshaghi (1961–2026), Iranian brigadier general
• Jamshid Giunashvili (1931–2017), Georgian linguist, Iranologist, researcher, author, and diplomat
• Jamshyd Godrej, billionaire Indian industrialist
• Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy (1783–1859), Indian merchant and philanthropist
• Jamshid Karimov (born 1967), Uzbek journalist
• Jamshid Kashani (c. 1380 – 1429), Iranian medieval mathematician
• Jamshid Maharramov (born 1983), Azerbaijani footballer
• Jamshid Momtaz (born 1949), Iranian academic
• Jamshid Nakhchivanski (1895–1938), Imperial Russian, Azerbaijani, and Soviet military commander
• Jamshid Nassiri (born 1959), Iranian footballer
• Jamshid Sharmahd (1955–2024), Iranian-German software engineer
• Jamsetji Tata (1839–1904), Indian industrial pioneer
• Jamshid bin Abdullah of Zanzibar (1929–2024), Sultan of Zanzibar
• Junaid Jamshed (1964–2016), Pakistani singer
• Nasir Jamshed (born 1989), Pakistani cricketer
• Sam Hormusji Framji Jamshedji Manekshaw (1914–2008), Field Marshal of the Indian Army

See also

• Jamshid Nakhchivanski Military Lyceum
• Jamshed Town, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
• Jamshedpur, India

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