沙赫巴茲

沙赫巴茲（波斯語：شاه‌باز‎）是波斯神話中的一隻神鳥。外表是雕，體型略大於鷹或隼。在波斯前伊斯蘭時代，沙赫巴茲是波斯的國家象徵、百鳥之王。^[1]據希臘史家色諾芬的敘述，這隻鷹被置於阿契美尼德王朝皇家紋章之上，腳踩一支木杆或長槍。^[2]作為波斯王權的象徵，它在波斯歷史和傳說中有着重要的地位。^[3]英國探險家理查德·弗朗西斯·伯頓推測沙赫巴茲應該是一隻蒼鷹^[4]

參考來源

^ Taheri, Amir. The Persian Night: Iran under the Khomeinist Revolution. Encounter Books. 2010: 1970. ISBN 9781594035524.
^ Lukonin, Vladimir. Persian Art. Parkstone International. 2015. ISBN 9781783107964.
^ Berquist, Jon L. (編). Focusing Biblical Studies: The Crucial Nature of the Persian and Hellenistic Periods: Essays in Honor of Douglas A. Knight. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 2012: 121. ISBN 9780567369079.
^ Burton, Sir Richard Francis. Falconry in the valley of the Indus. 1852.

[1] Taheri, Amir. The Persian Night: Iran under the Khomeinist Revolution. Encounter Books. 2010: 1970. ISBN 9781594035524.

[2] Lukonin, Vladimir. Persian Art. Parkstone International. 2015. ISBN 9781783107964.

[3] Berquist, Jon L. (編). Focusing Biblical Studies: The Crucial Nature of the Persian and Hellenistic Periods: Essays in Honor of Douglas A. Knight. Bloomsbury Publishing USA. 2012: 121. ISBN 9780567369079.

[Burton-4] Burton, Sir Richard Francis. Falconry in the valley of the Indus. 1852.

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