Sharif (disambiguation)

Sharif (also spelled Sherif) is an Arabic word (شريف) meaning "noble", "highborn", or "honourable", traditionally used as a title for the descendants of the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad.

Sharif may also refer to:

Name

• Sherif or Sharif, a proper name (including a list of people with this name)

People

• Mehrshad Sharif (born 1952), Iranian and French chess master
• Mohammed Sharif (social worker), Indian social worker
• Nawaz Sharif (born 1949), Former Prime Minister of Pakistan
• Omar Sharif (1932–2015), Egyptian film actor
• Raheel Sharif (born 1956), Pakistani retired four-star general and former Chief of Army Staff
• Talal al-Sharif, Jordanian politician both elected and expelled from office in 2013
• Sharif Finch (born 1995), American football player
• Sharif Hikmat Nashashibi co-founder and chairman of Arab Media Watch
• Sharif family, a Pakistani political family based in Punjab

Villages in Iran

• Sharif, Ilam
• Sharif, Khuzestan

Other uses

• Sharif of Mecca
• Sharif University of Technology in Iran

See also

• Shareef (disambiguation)
• Mazar-i-Sharif
• Sharifabad (disambiguation)
• Sharifate of Mecca
• Sharifian (disambiguation)
• Sharifism, term used for the rising prominence of the shurafāʾ in early modern Morocco