shah
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- shahdom noun
Etymology
Origin of shah
1560–70; < Persian: king
Example Sentences
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Demonstrators clapped and chanted, “Long live the shah!”
On the eve of the 1979 revolution that overthrew the shah, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, there was a much clearer vision of what would follow.
It peaked on 8 and 9 January after Reza Pahlavi, the exiled son of the late shah, called for nationwide protests to take place.
From BBC
Hundreds of thousands of people took part in demonstrations around the world against the Iranian government on Saturday, following calls from the exiled son of the late shah for a "global day of action".
From BBC
Eighteen months later, the shah was gone and his repressive rule replaced with the Islamic Republic.
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