shah meaning

• Noun: Shah
  1. Title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran
     - Shah of Iran

  Derived forms: Shahs

  Type of: crowned head, monarch, sovereign

  Encyclopedia: Shah, Lalon Shah, Bahadur Shah Shah, Waris Shah, Ras al-Khaimah Shah, Mahmud

• shah jahan:    Noun: Shah Jahan&n ...
• shah of iran:    Noun: Shah of Iran ...
• shah pahlavi:    Noun: Shah Pahlavi ...

Examples

1. the shah took literally the western academic doctrines.
2. their design then unfolded precisely as the shah and bhutto had predicted.
3. we owed the shah a great deal for his unflagging loyalty during the october war.
4. on january 16, 1979, the shah left town, within a few weeks, the price of gas doubled.
5. a variation of critique of our policy is that the error was not the decision to arm the shah.