Identifier: baznamayinasirip00husarich (find matches)
Title: The Baz-nama-yi Nasiri, a Persian treatise on falconry;
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Husam al-Dawlah Timur Mirza, d. 1874 Phillott, Douglas Craven, 1860-1930, tr
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Publisher: London, B. Quaritch
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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n escape them . Considerable confusion exists as to the term Shdh/n. Arab falconersin the Persian Gulf and the Persians of Bushire call the female peregrineshnliJva, and rarely hahrJya. The ShaijMls of Bahrayn Island procureperegrines from Bushire. The shdJiJyi (but not the peregrine) seems tobe unknown in Basrah and Baghdad. An Arabic MS. composed in thetenth century says, If you desire to possess a shahin, then procureone of the peregrine (haljrl) kind, especially if it be black-backed,ugly-faced, narrow-bodied, short-tailed, large-headed, sunken-eyed,piercing-eyed, large-beaked, deep-mouthed, short-backed, with longflight-feathers, and wings far apart from the body. The peregrine(hahrt) is unknown to the falconers of Kirman except by name. Theshahin, however, is not uncommon in the district. The translator, whowas for eighteen months in Kirman, found three nests of the shahin andone of the chargJi. The shahins of Pdriz are, however, no longer famous. * Is this meant for Ezerum ? 43
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\ II INTEBJtEWED IEREGUINE 44 BAZ-NATMA-YI NASIM iu Ottoman territory, from Ardah/l ^ in Persia, and from the hills ofShammar ^ in Arabia on the road to the holy city of Mecca. The Urifin shahin is particularly common in Slvds,^ which placemay be described as the mine of this variety. My privateopinion, however, is that this, the shabin of JJrJim, is not a shahinat all, but the young of the Peregrine ; i.e., when snared it is aperegrine,^when taken from the nest a shahin.^ My reasonfor forming this opinion is that I happened one Spring to be inSivas and called on the Governor. At my request he gave mea guide, who conducted me to a spot about two farsaMl from thecity, where there was a shahins eyrie in the hill-side. I sat downto observe it. My patience was soon rewarded by the appearanceof the parent birds, bringing food for their young. I observed thebirds closely, and discovered that they were not shahius butperegrines. This strengthened my previous supposition thatconfusion existed

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