Shahrokh, Shahrukh, Shahroze, or Shah Rukh ( fa, شاهرخ ) is the name of a

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ian literature. It is built of two parts: Shah meaning a king, and Rukh (or Rogh, or Rokh), another enormous mythological bird. In the ''

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'' stories, Rukh helps Sinbad escape from a dangerous island. Shah Rukh, therefore, means king of the Rokh. It may also be written as Shaahinrokh or Avestan Saeenrokh. (E.g., Iranian city of Shaahindezh or Saeendezh and also city of Sannadazh). This has been converted to saeem-rokh, then seem-rokh, seem-rogh and vulgarised as see-morgh. Seemorgh is also known in mystics’ ideas as the king of birds or God.

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in his Persian-English Dictionary has translated Shahrokh as "The Great Rook" and according to "A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary"A Comprehensive Persian-English Dictionary
by F. Steingass Shahrokh means "The horn of a

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; the rooks in chess; a title given to the sons of the nobility; name of a son of

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