The topic shahanshah is discussed in the following articles:

delineation of Persian kings

  • TITLE: shāh (Iranian title)
    title of the kings of Iran, or Persia. When compounded as shāhanshāh, it denotes “king of kings,” or emperor, a title adopted by the 20th-century Pahlavi dynasty in evocation of the ancient Persian “king of kings,” Cyrus II the Great (reigned 559–c. 529 bc). Another related title or form of address is padshāh, or “lord...

history of Iran

  • TITLE: Iran
    SECTION: The Būyids