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Shire (name)

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Male

Language(s)
  
Somali

Shire (Somali: Shire, Arabic: شيري‎‎) is a traditional Somali name.

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Given name

  • Shire Haji Farah, the current Minister of Finance of the Puntland region of Somalia.
  • Shire Jama Ahmed, was a Somali linguist who is credited with having devised a unique Latin script for transcribing the Somali language.

    • Surname

  • Abdisamad Ali Shire, former Vice-President of the Puntland region of Somalia.
  • Barre Adan Shire Hiiraale, former Minister of Defense of Somalia.
  • Hussein Shire, a Somali entrepreneur.
  • Mohamoud Ali Shire, the 26th Sultan of the Warsangali Sultanate, reigning from 1897 to 1960.
  • Said Hassan Shire, current Speaker of the Puntland regional parliament.
  • Warsan Shire, British-Somali poet.
  • Abdi Shire Warsame, former Somali ambassador to Iran and Kenya.
  • Ali Shire Warsame, former Somali politician and businessmen.
  • Warsame Shire Awale, a prominent Somali poet, playwright and songwriter.

    • References

    Shire (name) Wikipedia
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