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see also [[Shah]]
[[Image:proskynesis.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Darius I, the Great (521-486 B.C.), The First Shahanshah]]
'''Shāh''' "king", and '''Shāhanshāh''' "[[king of kings]]", two ''different'' imperial titles in [[Persian]] and [[Iranian|Iranian culture]].

(contracted; show full)the title "queen of queens" (Middle Persian ''bāmbishnān bāmbishn'', written MLKT'-n MLKT'), borne by the monarch's principal wife, to distinguish her from the other queens in the royal household, and similarly further down the hierarchy, with the ''mowbed ī mowbedān'' "priest of priests", and so forth. It is not unlikely that [[Islam|Islamic titles]] like ''kādī 'l-kudāt'' continue this Iranian tradition.


[[Image:Shahanshah Aryameher.jpg|thumb|right|270px|Mohammad-Reza Pahlavi (1919-1980), possibly the last Shahanshah]]⏎
[[Persian language|Neo-Persian]] ''shāh'' (also ''shah'') is the usual word for "king" in that language, and is used either by itself or else in conjunction with a personal name. In the latter case it can precede the name (e.g. shāh Mahmud), follow it in an ''izafa''-construction (Mahmud-i shāh), or be appended directly to the name and form an accentual unit with it (Mahmud-shāh). The latter usage is the most common and, though found alre(contracted; show full)[[pl:Sasanidzi]]
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