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.
All labels observed (2)
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 ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Badshahs