Badshah

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Badshah is an imperial title historically used by Mughal emperors and other Muslim sovereigns in South Asia to denote supreme rulership.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Badshah canonical 5
Badshahs 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf imperial title
monarchical title
royal title
associatedReligion Islam
contrastsWith Shah
Sultan
culturalContext Indo-Persian political culture
Islamic monarchy in South Asia
denotes supreme rulership
denotesScopeOfRule supreme authority over an empire
universal sovereignty
etymologyFrom Persian word "padshah"
hasAlternativeSpelling Badshah self-link
hasGender masculine title
hasHonorificStyle His Majesty
hasLanguage Persian
hasMeaning emperor
hasPluralForm Badshah self-linksurface differs
surface form: Badshahs
hasTitleHolderType emperor of Hindustan
sovereign monarch
hasTransliteration Badshah self-link
higherRankThan Shah
Sultan
relatedTitle Padishah
Shahanshah of Persia
surface form: Shahanshah
semanticField kingship
sovereignty
timePeriodOfUse 16th century
17th century
18th century
early modern period
usedBy Mughal Emperor
surface form: Mughal emperors

Muslim sovereigns in South Asia
usedByRuler Akbar
Aurangzeb
Jahangir
Shah Jahan
usedInCourtCulture Mughal court
usedInEmpire Mughal Empire (in much of the territory)
surface form: Mughal Empire
usedInInscriptionType coins
royal farmans
royal seals
usedInLanguage Hindi
Punjabi
Urdu language
surface form: Urdu
usedInRegion South Asia

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akbar II title Badshah
Mughal Emperor hasTitle Badshah
Badshah hasTransliteration Badshah self-link
Badshah hasAlternativeSpelling Badshah self-link
Badshah hasPluralForm Badshah self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Badshahs
Padshah Begum relatedTitle Badshah