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[[Image:proskynesis.jpg|thumb|right|270px|[[Darius I of Persia|Darius the Great]], the first to bear the title Shahanshah.]]

'''Shāhanshāh''' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: شاهنشاه ) is a [[Persia]]n [[Iranian monarchy|monarchial]] title, literally meaning ''[[King of Kings]]''. It is often confused with [[Shah]], a similar title used by Persian rulers, which is translated as ''[[Monarch|king]]''.

==History==

(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 with unknown copyright status removed: [[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 alr(contracted; show full)[[ta:ஈரான்]]
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