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:

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