Shahbaz

Shahbaz or Schahbaz is a Persian name that occurs particularly in Iran and Iranian- speaking countries, as well as Pakistan and India . It is also used in the spelling Shabaz / Schabaz among emigrants .

The name is from the words shah ( pers. For ruler / King ) and Baz ( Hawk ) together and accordingly is king hawk .

Bearer of the first name

are among others:

• Shahbaz Ahmed (* 1968), Pakistani hockey player
• Shahbaz Bhatti (1968–2011), Pakistani politician
• Shahbaz Khan (hydrologist) , Australian climatologist
• Shahbaz Sharif (* 1951), Pakistani politician
• Shahbaz Tariq (* 1948), Norwegian politician

Bearer of the family name

• Shahbaz Khan Kamboh (1529–1599), Indian general of the Mughal Empire
• Hasan Shahbaz (1921–2007), Iranian writer, poet, editor and translator
• Anjum Sultan Shahbaz (* 1967), Pakistani writer
• John C. Shabaz (* 1931), US federal judge 1996-2009
• Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (1177–1274), Iranian poet, Sufi master and philosopher
• Michael Shabaz (* 1987), American tennis player

Shahbaz in other names

• Parsegh Schahbaz (1883–1915), Armenian-Ottoman lawyer and columnist
• Alireza Shapour Shahbazi (1942–2006), Iranian archaeologist and Iranist
• Fereydon Shahbazian , Iranian composer

Others

• Shahbaz , bird in Zoroastrian religion and Iranian mythology
• Shahbaz-khan Mosque in Kermanshah, Iran .