Muslim Name · Male · Persian origin
Bahman Shah Name Meaning in Islam
Bahman the king, regnal name of ʿAlāʾ ad-Dīn Bahman Shāh, founder of the Bahmani Sultanate of the Deccan.
- Meaning
- Bahman the king
- Gender
- Boy
- Urdu
- بہمن شاہ
Is Bahman Shah an Islamic name? Yes. Bahman Shah is an established name in Muslim use. Its settled meaning is: Bahman the king. It was carried by Bahman Shah (Hasan Gangu). Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
Persian bahman, a Zoroastrian-era angel and an Iranian dynastic name, + shāh.
An Iranian regnal name carried into Deccan-Muslim sultanship by Hasan Gangu.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Read through the Science of Letters, Bahman Shah opens with Ba (ب), the letter of building, and resolves on Nun (ن), the letter of depth. Between the two stand origin, awareness, love, origin, depth., a chord of interior qualities the name carries forward.
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
The letters in Bahman Shah cluster around fire, the element of will, warmth, and forward motion. This is a name that leans toward decisiveness and radiance, with the courage to begin what others hesitate to. Threaded through it is Al-Batin, the Interior, carried by a person as an interior life that runs deeper than what is shown. A person named Bahman Shah tends to bring warmth to a room and light to a decision.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
A Persian regnal compound: Bahman (the classical Zoroastrian holy name, adopted into Persian Muslim usage) plus shah (king). Ala al-Din Bahman Shah (r. 1347 to 1358) was the founder of the Bahmani Sultanate of the Deccan.
The Bahmani Sultanate ruled the Muslim Deccan from Gulbarga and Bidar for nearly two centuries, patronising Persian poets, Sufi shaykhs, and architects. Its Chand Minar at Daulatabad and the Bidar madrasa are among the great works of Deccani Islamic architecture.
The name preserves the memory of the founder who established the Deccan as a distinct centre of Muslim political and cultural life.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Bahman Shah (Hasan Gangu) . Founder of the Bahmani Sultanate of the Deccan in 1347.
How to Pronounce Bahman Shah
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