Shahrokh Explained

Shahrukh, Shahrokh or Shah Rukh (fa|شاهرخ|link=no) is a Persian name meaning "royal face" (shah means "king", while rukh means "face"). It may refer to:

Historical

• Shah Rukh (1377–1447), ruler of the Timurid empire
• Shahrukh Bey, first Khan of Kokand Khanate
• Shahrukh Afshar (c. 1730–1796), Iranian king
• Shahruh Mehmed (died 1510), Dulkadirid prince and statesman
• Shahrukh of Shirvan, Shirvanshah from 1535 to 1538

Given name

• Shahrokh Meskoob (1924–2005), Iranian writer
• Shahrukh Husain (born 1950), Pakistani author
• Shahrokh Bayani (born 1960), Iranian footballer
• Shah Rukh Khan (born 1965), Indian actor, producer, television personality and philanthropist
• Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam (born 1967), Iranian folkloric dancer and theatre director
• Shahrukh Murtazaev (born 1994), Uzbek Producer
• Shahrukh Khan (born 1995), Indian cricketer
• Shahrokh Razmjou, Iranian Archaeologist & Historian

Surname

• Seyyed Ahmad Reza Shahrokhi (born 1966), Iranian Cleric
• Muhammad Shah Rukh (born 1926), Pakistani field hockey player and cyclist

Other

• Shahrokh (mythical bird), in Iranian literature

See also

• Roc (mythology)
• Simurgh, a mythical bird in Iranian mythology