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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All labels observed (16)

Label Occurrences
Shahanshah 18
Shahanshah of Iran 7
King of Persia 5

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 (53)

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

Alexander the Great → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
Akbar → hasTitle → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi → positionHeld → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah of Iran
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Darius I of Persia → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
King of Anshan → followedBy → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
Bardiya → positionHeld → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Persia
Cambyses II → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Persia
Akbar II → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Afsharid Empire → headOfStateTitle → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Darius III → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
Padishah → relatedTerm → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: shahanshah
Aryamehr → relatedConcept → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Al-Sultan al-Azam → usedAlongside → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Kay Khosrow → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Iran
Shapur I → positionHeld → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Kings of the Sasanian Empire
Shapur I → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Kings of Iran and non-Iran
Negusa Nagast → relatedConcept → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Thirty-first Dynasty of Egypt → subordinateTo → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great King of the Achaemenid Empire
Imperial State of Iran → headOfStateTitle → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Safi I → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah of Iran
Sultan Husayn → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah of Iran
Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Ahmad Shah Qajar → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
Alamgir II → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Fath-Ali Shah Qajar → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Kings of Iran
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Mughal Emperor → styleOfAddress → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Hecatomnid dynasty → subordinateTo → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great King of Persia
Antalcidas Peace → guaranteedBy → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Persian King
Sogdianus → royalStyle → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
Great King → hierarchicalRank → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: highest royal rank in Achaemenid Persia
Persian monarchy → titleOfRuler → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Xerxes II of Persia → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Darius II of Persia → positionHeld → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
Darius II of Persia → positionHeld → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Persia
King of Anzan → followedBy → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Persia
Abu Nasir Mu'in ud-din Muhammad Akbar Shah II → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Badshah → relatedTitle → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Tanyoxarces → positionHeld → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Persia
Gaumata → positionHeld → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Kings of the Achaemenid Empire
Tahmasp II → title → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah of Iran
Persian satraps → servedUnder → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great King of Persia
Empire of Alexander the Great → rulerTitle → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
Iranian dynasties → hasPart → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah of Iran
Shah → shortFormOf → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah (King of Kings)
Shah → influencedTitle → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah
Persian satrapy of Hellespontine Phrygia → tributaryTo → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Great King of Persia
Ardashir I → claimedTitle → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of Kings of the Iranians
coronation of Reza Shah Pahlavi → monarchicalTitleConferred → Shahanshah of Persia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shahanshah of Iran