Khorshid Explained
Khorshīd or Khorshēd (in Persian pronounced as /xoɾˈʃid/, meaning the Sun or the "Radiant Sun"), also spelled as Khurshed and Khurshid, is a Persian given name. In the modern day as well as historical Iran, Turkey, and Azerbaijan, but also in Iraqi Kurdistan, Egypt, Central Asia and South Asia, it is mostly a given name for boys. The origin of the word is related to the Avestan divinity Hvare-khshaeta. In Turkish, it is sometimes written as Hurşit.
People
- Khurshid of Tabaristan (died 761), last Dabuyid ruler of Tabaristan
- Khurshid of Dailam (died 865), a Justanid king
- Khurshid Khan, fifteenth-century minister of Sylhet
- Hurshid Pasha (died 1822), Ottoman general and Grand Vizier
- Hurşit Güneş (born 1957), Turkish politician
- Khurshed Alam Khan (born 1919), Indian Congress Party senior leader
- Khurshed Mahmudov (born 1982), Tajikistani footballer
- Khurshed Nariman, Mayor of Mumbai (1935–1936)
- Khursheed Bano (1914–2001), pioneer film actress and singer of the Indian cinema
- Khurshid Ahmad (disambiguation)
- Hurşit Atak (born 1991) Turkish weightlifter
- Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri (born 1941), Pakistani politician and diplomat
- Khershed Meherhomji (1911–1982), Indian cricketer
- Khurshid Rizvi (born 1942), Pakistani poet
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