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, tribal chief in Balochistan
• Shahbaz Nadeem (born 1989), Indian cricketer
• Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistani politician
• Shahbaz Tariq (born 1948), Norwegian politician

Surname

• Anjum Sultan Shahbaz, Pakistani historian
• General Shahbaz Khan Kamboh (1529–1599), Mughal Empire general
• Parsegh Shahbaz (1883-1915), Ottoman Armenian lawyer, political activist, journalist, and columnist
• 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
• Shabaz (band), an American qawwali band

References