variants
often Shah
: a sovereign of Iran
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Toward the end of the 19th century, the shah granted exclusive concessions to the British for everything from telegraph lines to tobacco.
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Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
The son of the last shah of Iran before the revolution, Pahlavi has been issuing statements about the war and been positioning himself as a potential transition leader should the regime completely collapse.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2026
The shah fled the country in January 1979, and on February 1 Khomeini returned triumphant to Iran and was proclaimed the leader of the Iranian Revolution.
—Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Mar. 2026
Safavi was executed by the shah a decade later, when Ali Khamenei was a teenager.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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Daniel Thomas Potts, The Conversation, 30 Mar. 2026
The son of the last shah of Iran before the revolution, Pahlavi has been issuing statements about the war and been positioning himself as a potential transition leader should the regime completely collapse.
—Zach Lachance, The Washington Examiner, 22 Mar. 2026
The shah fled the country in January 1979, and on February 1 Khomeini returned triumphant to Iran and was proclaimed the leader of the Iranian Revolution.
—Tracy Grant, Encyclopedia Britannica, 10 Mar. 2026
Safavi was executed by the shah a decade later, when Ali Khamenei was a teenager.
—Karim Sadjadpour, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026
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“Shah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shah. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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shah
noun
ˈshä 
ˈshȯ
: a ruler of Iran until the 1979 revolution
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