Shahanshah of Persia

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imperial title monarchical title royal title

The Shahanshah of Persia was the imperial title used by the monarchs who ruled over the Persian Empire, signifying their status as "King of Kings" and supreme sovereign over subordinate rulers.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Shahanshah	5
King of Persia	2
King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire	1
Shahanshah of Iran	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	imperial title ⓘ monarchical title ⓘ royal title ⓘ
abolishedWith	Iranian Revolution ⓘ surface form: Iranian Revolution of 1979
appliesToJurisdiction	Persia ⓘ surface form: Persian Empire
associatedWithRegion	Greater Iran ⓘ Iran ⓘ
componentWord	Shah ⓘ anshah (of kings) ⓘ
country	Persia ⓘ
culturalContext	Iranian royal ideology ⓘ Persian imperial tradition ⓘ
denotes	overlord of subordinate kings ⓘ supreme sovereign ⓘ
equivalentTitle	Emperor ⓘ
etymologyDerivedFrom	Old Persian "xšāyaθiya xšāyaθiyānām" ⓘ
hasFemaleEquivalent	Khanum ⓘ surface form: Shahbanu of Persia
hasStyle	His Imperial Majesty ⓘ
hasSubordinate	local rulers ⓘ vassal kings ⓘ
higherRankThan	Shah ⓘ
languageOfOrigin	Middle Persian language ⓘ surface form: Middle Persian New Persian ⓘ Old Persian ⓘ
meaning	King of Kings ⓘ
predecessorTitle	King of Persia ⓘ surface form: Shah of Persia
symbolizes	imperial authority ⓘ universal kingship ⓘ
timePeriod	antiquity ⓘ early modern period ⓘ medieval era ⓘ modern era ⓘ
titleHolderRole	head of government of Persia ⓘ head of state of Persia ⓘ
usedBy	Iranian dynasties ⓘ Persian monarchy ⓘ surface form: Persian monarchs
usedInDynasty	Achaemenid Empire ⓘ Afsharid Empire ⓘ surface form: Afsharid dynasty Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ Parthian Empire ⓘ Qajar Iran ⓘ surface form: Qajar dynasty Safavid Empire ⓘ surface form: Safavid dynasty Sasanian Empire ⓘ
usedInPoliticalSystem	absolute monarchy ⓘ hereditary monarchy ⓘ
usedInReligionContext	Shia Muslim dynasties ⓘ Zoroastrian empires ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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

King of Anshan → followedBy → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ

this entity surface form: King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire

Akbar → hasTitle → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ