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. 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 {{disambiguation, geo, given name, surname Indian masculine given names Masculine given names Pakistani masculine given names