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.
Shahbaz or Shabaz may refer to:
Given name
- Shahbaz Bhatti (1968–2011), Christian Pakistani politician
- Shahbaz Alam (born 1975), Indian Businessman & Social worker
- Shahbaz Khan (actor) (born 1966), formerly Haider Amir, Indian actor
- Shahbaz Khan (cricketer) (born 1991), Pakistani cricketer
- Shahbaz Khan (hydrologist), Australian climatologist and hydrologist
- Shahbaz Khan Bugti, tribal chief in Balochistan
- Shahbaz Khan Kamboh (1529–1599), Mughal general of Akbar
- Shahbaz Sharif, Pakistani politician
- Shahbaz Tariq (born 1948), Norwegian politician
Surname
- 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
Places
- Dakshin Shahbazpur Union, union council in Moulvibazar district, Bangladesh
- 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
- Shahbazpur (disambiguation), list of places named after the word/name Shahbaz
- Shahbaz FC, an association football club associated with Shahin Tehran F.C.
- Hajj Shahbazkhan Mosque, Kermanshah, Iran
- Shahbaz (bird), mythological bird
- Shabaz (band), American qawwali band
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