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Falconry
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Falconry (bāzdārī), the practice of hunting with various raptors or birds of prey, especially the genera falco (falcons) and accipiter (hawks), such as sparrowhawks, peregrines and saker falcons. Falconry is also concerned with the principles of classifying these birds, together with the practices of their maintenance, fosterage, training and ve…

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Muhammad Ali Mowlavi, Stephen Hirtenstein and Translated by Alireza Sameti, “Falconry”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 27 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_036086>
First published online: 2018
First print edition: 20180110



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