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Shahbaz (テンプレート:Lang-fa) is the name of a fabled bird in Persian mythology. It is described as having a body similar to an eagle, being bigger in size than a hawk or falcon, and having inhabited somewhere within the Zagros, Alborz and Caucasus mountain ranges of Greater Iran. In ancient Persian mythology, the Shahbaz was a god who helped the Iranian peoples and guided the Faravahar to Greater Iran.

History

The word Shahbaz literally translates to "royal falcon". It was the practice at this time for the Shah (English: king) to keep a royal falcon or bird of prey. This bird symbol represented both strength and aggressiveness. The ancient Egyptian deity of Horus is speculated to have been the archetype for the Standard of Cyrus the Great.テンプレート:By whom

The British explorer Richard F. Burton considered the symbol to refer to the goshawk species, Accipiter gentilis. Shahbaz could have alternatively referred to another common bird over the skies of the Persian plateau, the eastern imperial eagle, though this observation has never been claimed by historians as merited.

During the Achaemenian rule, the Persian imperial flag was hence rectangular in shape, divided kite-like into four equal triangles alternating between two colours. The standard, a ceramic plaque with the fabled bird-like creature, speculated to be Shahbaz (Derafsh-e Shahbaz-e-Talayi) carved out, was found following the excavations of Persepolis in the early 20th century. The belief is that this was the official symbol of the Iranian empire under Cyrus the Great and his heirs.テンプレート:Citation needed

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