Shahin

Shahin (from the Persian: شاهين, Shāhīn) is a name of Persian origin, referring specifically to Falco pelegrinoides utilized for Falconry. The name has been used in the English language taxonomy to describe the Shaheen falcon. As a given name or surname, Shahin is also found with variant spellings, these include: Chahine, Chahin, Chagin, Shaaheen, Shaahin, Shaheen, Şahin, Shehin and uncommonly spelled Chejin and Cejin in Parts of Latin America .

Given name

• Shahin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer
• Shaheen Ariefdien, Canadian musician
• Shahin Badar, British Bangladeshi singer
• Shaheen Khan, Indian film actress
• Shahin Kheiri, Iranian footballer
• Shahin Najafi, Iranian musician
• Shaheen Sheik, Indian singer-songwriter
• Shahin Vahmanzadegan, Sasanian general

Surname

• Adam Shaheen, British Animation Producer and entrepreneur - Cuppa Coffee Studios.
• Jeanne Shaheen, American politician
• Jammal Shahin, Jordanian footballer
• Jack Shaheen, American media scholar
• John Shaheen, American twentieth century OSS officer, financier, and businessman
• Matt Shaheen, American politician
• Omar Shahin, Jordanian activist
• Robert Joseph Shaheen, Lebanese American Eparch Emeritus of the Maronite Catholic Eparchy of Our Lady of Lebanon of Los Angeles
• Saif Saaeed Shaheen, Kenyan long-distance runner
• Tarek Shahin, Egyptian cartoonist
• Youssef Chahine, Egyptian film Director

Military

• Shahin Vahmanzadegan, a general serving under Persian Sasanian king Chosroes II Parvez/Aparvez. He laid siege to Constantinople during the greatest expansion of the Sasanian Persia.
• 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
• Shahin, a supersonic Iranian ground-to-air guided missile

Other uses

• 4103 Chahine, a main-belt asteroid
• Shaheen Falcon, non-migratory subspecies of the Peregrine Falcon
• Shaheen (supercomputer), Cray supercomputer
• Shaheen (novel), a novel by Naseem Hijazi
• Shaheen Air, Pakistani airline
• Shaheen Airport Services, Aircraft ground handling company
• Shahin F.C., Iranian football club
• Shahin, Iran, village in Iran
• Shahin-e Olya, village in Iran
• Shahin Shahr, planned satellite city in Iran