Shahbaz

Shahbaz (Persian: شهباز‎‎) is a Persian word referring to the fabled guardian Shahbaz which also implies "King's Own Royal Falcon." Specifically in merchant trade, an adult female Accipiter gentilis caught wintering in Khorasan and trained in Falconry is called Shahbaz and is esteemed by connoisseurs in South Asia for hunting small-game.^[1]^[2]

The name Shahbaz or Shabaz may refer to:

Given name

Shahbaz Ahmed (born 1968), Pakistani hockey player
Shahbaz Bhatti (1968–2011), Christian Pakistani politician
Shahbaz Khan (hydrologist), Australian climatologist and hydrologist
Shahbaz Khan Bugti, Knight of the British Empire
Shahbaz Nadeem (born 1989), Indian cricketer
Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistani politician
Shahbaz Tariq (born 1948), Norwegian politician
Shahbaz Jamal (born 1995), Australian-Pakistani preacher

Surname

Anjum Sultan Shahbaz, Pakistani historian
General Shahbaz Khan Kamboh (1529–1599), Mughal Empire general
Hafizullah Shabaz Khail, Afghan prisoner in US detention at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
John C. Shabaz (1931–2012), United States federal judge
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177–1274), Sufi saint, philosopher and poet
Michael Shabaz (born 1987), American tennis player
Muhammad Shahbaz (born 1972), Pakistani hockey player
Philip Shahbaz, American actor
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, Malcolm X, human rights activist

Places

Shahbaz (Shabbaz), historical place (fortress) in ancient Khorazm, currently part of Uzbekistan
Dasht Shahbaz, historical place in Balochistan province, Pakistan
Shahbaz Azmat Khel, town in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Shahbaz Garhi, historic site in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Shahbaz Khel, village in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Shahbaz Khel, Punjab, town in Punjab province, Pakistan

Other uses

Hajj Shahbazkhan Mosque, Kermanshah, Iran
Shahbaz (bird), mythological bird

References

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