Persian · noun · Iqbal's Emblems

Shaheen-e-Kohistan

शाहीन-ए-कोहिस्तान
said shaa-HEEN-e-ko-his-TAAN
also written: shaheen-e-kohistan, falcon of the mountains
Meaning

The falcon of the highlands; the mountain hawk that nests on bare peaks, Iqbal's emblem of the hardy, self-reliant spirit.

Literally: falcon of the mountain-land

How Iqbal uses it

Iqbal's shaheen of the heights builds no soft nest and craves no scattered grain, living on the storm-swept crag as the figure of the free Muslim self.