Shah

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monarchical title royal title

Shah is a royal title historically used for monarchs and rulers in Persia (Iran) and other regions of the Islamic world.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Shah canonical	24
Shah of Persia	9
shah	2
Persian king ("King")	1
Pādishāh	1
Shah of Afghanistan	1
Shahs	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monarchical title ⓘ royal title ⓘ
abolishedIn	Iranian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Iranian Revolution of 1979
appearsInReligionContext	Islamic monarchy ⓘ Shia Islamic rulership in Iran ⓘ
appearsInTitleStyle	Shahanshah Aryamehr ⓘ
appearsInWork	Shahnameh ⓘ surface form: Shahnameh (Book of Kings)
associatedWithDynasty	Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ Qajar Iran ⓘ surface form: Qajar dynasty Safavid Empire ⓘ surface form: Safavid dynasty
cognateWith	Sanskrit "kshatriya" (disputed etymology) ⓘ
equivalentTo	king (in Persian context) ⓘ
etymologicallyRelatedTo	Old Persian "xšāyaθiya" ⓘ
femaleEquivalent	Shahrbanu ⓘ surface form: Shahbanu
genderForm	male title ⓘ
hasCulturalSignificanceIn	Iranian national identity ⓘ Persian literature ⓘ
hasHonorificForm	Shah of Iran ⓘ surface form: His Imperial Majesty the Shah of Iran
hasLanguageOrigin	Persian language ⓘ
hasPluralForm	Shah self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Shahs
influencedTitle	Padishah ⓘ Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ surface form: Shahanshah Shahzada ⓘ
linkedToConcept	divine kingship in Iranian tradition ⓘ hereditary monarchy ⓘ
notableBearerTitle	Abbas I ⓘ surface form: Abbas I of Persia (Shah Abbas the Great) Mohammad Reza Pahlavi ⓘ surface form: Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Naser al-Din Shah Qajar ⓘ Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ
semanticField	royalty ⓘ sovereignty ⓘ
shortFormOf	Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ surface form: Shahanshah (King of Kings)
usedAsSurname	yes ⓘ
usedBy	monarchs ⓘ rulers ⓘ
usedByState	Imperial State of Iran ⓘ
usedIn	Iran ⓘ Islamic world ⓘ Persia ⓘ
usedInChessTerm	"shah" meaning check in Persian chess terminology ⓘ
usedInHistoricalEmpire	Achaemenid Empire (as king title ancestor) ⓘ Sasanian Empire ⓘ surface form: Sasanian Empire (as king title ancestor)
usedInRegion	Central Asia ⓘ Greater Iran ⓘ South Asia ⓘ
usedSince	ancient Persia ⓘ

Referenced by (39)

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

Shahanshah of Persia → componentWord → Shah ⓘ

Shahanshah of Persia → higherRankThan → Shah ⓘ

Timur Shah Durrani → title → Shah ⓘ

Mahmud Shah Durrani → positionHeld → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shah of Afghanistan

Mahmud Shah Durrani → title → Shah ⓘ

Afsharid Empire → headOfGovernmentTitle → Shah ⓘ

Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai → honorificPrefix → Shah ⓘ

Padishah → hasTransliteration → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pādishāh

Padishah → higherThan → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: shah

Order of the Lion and the Sun → conferralAuthority → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shah of Persia

Azam Shah → royalTitle → Shah ⓘ

Waris Shah → familyName → Shah ⓘ

Jamshid → title → Shah ⓘ

Shah Hussain → honorific → Shah ⓘ

Anthony Jenkinson → associatedWith → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shah of Persia

Sultan Husayn → positionHeld → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shah of Persia

Ahmad Shah Qajar → positionHeld → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shah of Persia

Abbas I → positionHeld → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shah of Persia

Injuids → usedTitle → Shah ⓘ

Mozaffar ad-Din Shah Qajar → positionHeld → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shah of Persia

Shah Murad → title → Shah ⓘ

Shah Murad → usedTitle → Shah ⓘ

Haji Ali Shah Bukhari → honorificSuffix → Shah ⓘ

Hotak family → titleHeldByMembers → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shah of Persia

King's Peace → namedAfter → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Persian king ("King")

Mahmud Hotak → positionHeld → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shah of Persia

Mahmud Hotak → style → Shah ⓘ

Badshah → contrastsWith → Shah ⓘ

Badshah → higherRankThan → Shah ⓘ

Abdullah Qutb Shah → title → Shah ⓘ

Adil Shah Afshar → title → Shah ⓘ

Shahzada → etymologicallyDerivedFrom → Shah ⓘ

Shahzada → relatedConcept → Shah ⓘ

Ashraf Hotak → positionHeld → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shah of Persia

Shah → hasPluralForm → Shah self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shahs

Ebrahim Afshar → occupation → Shah ⓘ

this entity surface form: shah

Durrani → usedTitle → Shah ⓘ

Muhammad Shah → title → Shah ⓘ

Abdul Latif → hasTitle → Shah ⓘ

subject surface form: Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai