Shahbaz

Not to be confused with Shabazz.

Shahbaz (Persian: شهباز) is a Persian word referring to the fabled guardian bird Shahbaz. It’s also a common name in Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.

Shahbaz, Shabaz or Shehbaz may refer to:

People with the given name

• Shahbaz Bhatti (1968–2011), Christian Pakistani politician
• 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 (1897-1989), tribal chief in Balochistan
• Shahbaz Khan Kamboh (1529–1599), Mughal general of Akbar
• Shehbaz Sharif (born 1951), Pakistani politician
• Shahbaz Tariq (born 1948), Norwegian politician

People with the 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 (born 1946), 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 (born 1974), 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

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
• Shahbaz Garhi, site of certain pillars of Ashoka in Pakistan