Shamshir (disambiguation)

The Shamshir, also Shamsher and Shamsheer, is a type of sword

Shamshir may also refer to:

Weapon systems

• PNS Shamsheer, the name of three ships of the Pakistan Navy
• Shamsher, the name given to the SEPECAT Jaguar in Indian Air Force service

People

• Shamsher singh Bhullar
• Baber Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1888–1960), the last Minister of Defense of Nepal from the Rana dynasty
• Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur (1852–1901), the third Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana Dynasty
• Bir Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1852–1901), the third Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty
• Chandra Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1863–1929), the fifth Prime Minister of Nepal from the Rana dynasty
• Dev Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (born 1862), Prime Minister of Nepal
• Kaiser Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1892–1964), field marshal in the Royal Nepalese Army
• Kiran Shamsher Rana (1916–1983), Nepalese army officer
• Mohan Shamsher Jang Bahadur Rana (1885–1967), the prime minister and foreign minister of Nepal
• Shamsher Singh Sandhu (born 1951), well known Punjabi lyricist
• Shamsher Singh Sheri (1942–2005), communist leader in India
• Subarna Shamsher Rana (1910–1977), leading figure in the movement to overthrow the ruling Rana autocracy and to establish democracy in Nepal

Places and settlements

• Shamshir, Helmand, Afghanistan
• Shamshir, Wardak, Afghanistan
• Shamshir, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran
• Shamshir Rural District, an administrative subdivision in Kermanshah Province, Iran

Other

• Shamshir (horse) (born 1988), British-trained thoroughbred racehorse