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Beta Aquilae ( β Aql, β Aquilae ) is a star in the constellation Aquila.

It has the traditional name Alshain from the Perso-Arabic term الشاهين aš-šāhīn " the ( peregrine ) falcon ", perhaps by folk etymology from the Persian šāhīn tarāzū ( or possibly šāhīn tara zed ; see γ Aquilae ), the Persian name for the asterism α, β and γ Aquilae.