Shaista

Shayesteh or Shaista (, ) is a given name and is often given to females.

In Persian, "شایسته" means "worthy" or "admirable", whereas translating it from Pashto it is derived from Shaist (), meaning “beauty”.

This name can be found across Central and South Asia, along with some parts of the Middle East.

Notable people with this name include:

• Shaista Khan, Mughal subahdar of Bengal
• Shaista Lodhi, Pakistani actress
• Shaista Nuzhat, Punjabi linguist
• Shaista Pervaiz, Pakistani politician
• Shaista Shameem, Fijian lawyer
• Shaista Suhrawardy Ikramullah, Pakistani politician
• Shaista Wahab, Afghan author
• Jalal-ud-Din Khalji, ruler of the Delhi Sultanate under the Khalji dynasty. Jalaluddin was given the epithet of "Shaista Khan" by Muiz ud din Qaiqabad.

See also

• Shaista Khan Mosque, a mosque in Dhaka built by Shaista Khan
• Shayestaganj Upazila, a sub-district in Bangladesh named after Syed Shaista Miah

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