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Shah of Iran

DEFINITIONS OF: Shah of Iran

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n title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran

Synonyms:
Shah
Examples:
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
Shah of Iran who was deposed in 1979 by Islamic fundamentalists (1919-1980)
Type of:
crowned head, monarch, sovereign
a nation's ruler or head of state usually by hereditary right
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