Shahin

Shahin or Shaheen or Shaahiin or francicized Chahine (from the Persian: شاهين, Shāhīn) is a name of Persian origin, referring specifically to the Barbary falcon utilized in falconry. The name has been used in the English language taxonomy to describe the Shaheen falcon. In Persian, Shahin literally mean "like a king", "worthy of a king", "majestic" or "kingly". As a given name or surname, Shahin is also found with variant spellings, these include: Chahine, Chahin, Chagin, Shaaheen, Shaahin, Sjahien, Shaheen, Şahin, Shehin and uncommonly spelled Chejin and Cejin among families of Lebanese origin in parts of Latin America.

Given name

Shaheen

Shahin

Middle name

Surname

Shaheen
  • Abdel Hamid Shaheen (1943–2014), Egyptian footballer
  • Adam Shaheen (American football), Tight End for the Chicago Bears of the NFL
  • Adam Shaheen (born 1964), British-Canadian artist, television producer, Animation Producer and entrepreneur
  • Alfred Shaheen (1922–2008), Lebanese-American textile industrialist and designer of aloha shirts
  • Bob Shaheen (born 1933), American businessman of Syrian descent
  • Elias Shaheen or Elias Chahine (1914–1991), first bishop of the Maronite Church in Canada
  • Fadi Shaheen (born 1979), Jordanian footballer
  • Faiza Shaheen (born 1983), British economist and activist
  • George Shaheen (born 1944), American businessman
  • Hina Shaheen (born 1971), Pakistani TV, film stage actress and stage dancer
  • Ibrahim Shaheen, Palestinian man who with his Egyptian wife Inshirah Moussa worked for the Israeli intelligence service Mossad from 1967 until their arrest in 1974. Shaheen was executed in Egypt in 1977
  • Jeanne Shaheen, American politician
  • Jack Shaheen, American media scholar
  • John Shaheen, American twentieth century OSS officer, financier, and businessman
  • Matt Shaheen (born 1965), American politician and member of the Texas House of Representatives
  • Mohammad Shaheen, Jordanian professor of English literature
  • Muhammad Parvesh Shaheen, Pakistani historian and author
  • Musarrat Shaheen, Pakistani actress in Pashto cinema and politician from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Najma Shaheen (born 1962), Pakistani politician and Member of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
  • Naseeb Shaheen (1931–2009), American scholar
  • Natali Shaheen, Palestinian international footballer
  • Qasim Riza Shaheen (born 1971), British artist and writer
  • Robert Joseph Shaheen, Lebanese-American Eparch Emeritus of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles
  • Saif Saaeed Shaheen, formerly Stephen Cherono, Kenyan-born Emirati long-distance runner
  • Sarah Shaheen (born 1983), Egyptian beauty pageant and model
  • Shaher Shaheen (born 1990), Syrian footballer
  • Simon Shaheen (born 1955), Palestinian-American oud and violin virtuoso
  • Yasser Shaheen, Syrian footballer

Shahin

Chahine

Military
  • Black Shaheen, a variant of the Storm Shadow/SCALP EG air-launched cruise missile, for export to the UAE
  • Shaheen, the military symbol of Pakistan Air Force
  • Shaheen-I, a short range ballistic missile developed by Pakistan
  • Shaheen-II, a medium/intermediate range ballistic missile developed by Pakistan
  • Shaheen-III, a medium/intermediate range ballistic missile developed by Pakistan
  • Mersad or Shahin, a supersonic Iranian ground-to-air guided missile
  • Shahin (rocket), an Iranian artillery rocket

Places

Other uses
  • 4103 Chahine, a main-belt asteroid
  • Shaheen Falcon, non-migratory subspecies of the Peregrine Falcon
  • Shaheen (supercomputer), Cray supercomputer
  • Shaheen (novel), by Naseem Hijazi
  • Shaheen Air, defunct Pakistani airline
  • Shaheen Airport Services, Aircraft ground handling company
  • Shahin F.C., Iranian football club
  • Al Shaheen Oil Field, a production oil and gas field off the north east coast of Qatar
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See also
  • Şahin (disambiguation), the usual Turkish spelling
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