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from the little that I know of culture of mid-west asia, eagle-falcon-hawk family are kinda treated very special, a bit like royality. and often it would be believed that such a “majestic” bird perching on someone’s hands would be a divine gesture of some person’s abilities. hence lots of military figures are depicted with such birds. it shows their bravery, and also roughly their royalty.
Falconry is also a very popular form of hunting, historically, amongst nobility. Richard the Lionheart, memorably, sent a gift of hunting falcons to Saladin as a gesture of chivalry during the Third Crusade, as falconry was a shared interest of the aristocracy of both cultures.
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