variants
often Shah
: a sovereign of Iran
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During the shah’s reign, filmmakers wrapped their civic appraisals in allegory, like Dariush Mehrjui’s 1969 Iranian New Wave classic, The Cow, about how a cow’s death spins its owner into unhinged chaos.
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
In the course of human events — at the courts of tsars, sultans, kaisers, shahs and the like — fealty has usually trumped expertise.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2025
The shah was admitted to the United States on October 22.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Kings, or shahs, ruled Persia – it became known as Iran in 1935 – until the Iranian Revolution of 1979 eliminated the monarchy and established the Islamic Republic of Iran.
—Debbie Felton, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2025
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Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2025
In the course of human events — at the courts of tsars, sultans, kaisers, shahs and the like — fealty has usually trumped expertise.
—Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2025
The shah was admitted to the United States on October 22.
—Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Kings, or shahs, ruled Persia – it became known as Iran in 1935 – until the Iranian Revolution of 1979 eliminated the monarchy and established the Islamic Republic of Iran.
—Debbie Felton, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2025
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“Shah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shah. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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shah
noun
ˈshä 
ˈshȯ
: a ruler of Iran until the 1979 revolution
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