Referring Clues

• Monarch until 1979
• 1979 exile
• ___ of Iran
• Mideast ruler of years past
• Onetime Iranian chief
• Exile of 1979
• Bygone ruler
• Overthrown Iranian leader
• Bygone Mideast leader
• ___ Jahan (Taj Mahal builder)
• Old potentate
• Bygone leader
• Onetime Islamic leader
• Bygone title
• Ex-head of Iran
• Bygone royal
• Deposed leader
• India's ___ Jahan
• Overthrown leader
• Ex-leader of Iran
• Peacock Throne occupant
• Former Iranian leader
• Onetime throne occupier
• Ruler exiled in 1979
• He ran from Iran
• Iranian "king"
• Pahlavi, for one
• Old Iranian leader
• Deposed king
• Asian autocrat of old
• Former ruler of Iran
• Leader's name that's etymologically related to "chess"
• Head of old Iran
• Who ran Iran, once
• Old Iranian ruler
• Mideast ruler
• Persian potentate
• Persian for "king"
• Literally, "king"
• Former Iranian ruler
• Bygone monarch
• Ruler toppled in 1979
• Ayatollah's predecessor
• Bygone potentate
• Deposed Iranian
• Onetime C.I.A.-backed foreign leader
• Persian pooh-bah
• Former leader of Iran
• Deposed ruler of Iran
• Former Persian potentate
• Former Iranian monarch
• Bygone Iranian leader
• Exiled Irani
• Former monarch of Iran
• Iranian ruler exiled in 1979
• Former Mideast ruler
• Old Iranian VIP
• Onetime Asian autocrat
• Iranian ruler, once
• Iranian sovereign, once
• Taj Mahal builder ___ Jahan
• Onetime Iranian ruler
• Bygone Mideastern title
• Ayatollah preceder
• Leader toppled in 1979
• Onetime ruler of the Middle East
• Bygone Iranian ruler
• Iranian ruler until 1979
• Bygone Iranian despot
• Ruler until 1979
• Bygone Mideast ruler
• Ruler of Persia
• Persian monarch
• Former ruler of 16 Across
• Persian word for "king"
• 1979 Middle Eastern exile
• Ruler toppled in 1973
• Ex-Iranian VIP
• 1979 Middle East exile
• Iranian ruler ousted in 1979
• Ex-sovereign of Iran
• Persian ruler
• Ruler ousted in 1979
• Any member of the Safavid dynasty
• Toppled leader of 1979
• Former 3-Down leader
• Deposed Iranian leader
• Bygone sovereign
• 1979 Iranian exile
• Bygone Mideast despot
• Bygone Persian title
• Iranian exile
• Deposed Iranian ruler
• Onetime Mideast ruler
• Persian king
• Ruler deposed in 1979
• Very Important Persian, once
• Monarch till 1979
• Persian word for "king"
• Persian ruler of old
• Top Iranian, once
• Ayatollah predecessor
• Eastern ruler
• He ran, then ran from, Iran
• Jahan was one
• Former Iranian potentate
• 1979 exiled Irani
• Former Middle East leader
• Irani sovereign
• Former Mideast leader
• Iranian ruler of old
• Persian bigwig
• Persian leader
• Persian bigwig of yore
• Iranian bigwig, once
• Persian sovereign
• Persian VIP
• Sovereign ousted in '79
• Old Mideast ruler
• Ruler of Iran, once
• 1970s exile
• Arabian potentate
• Former 18 Across ruler
• Former Mideast despot
• Onetime Teheran ruler
• Onetime head of Iran
• Iranian ruler
• Deposed ruler
• Reza or Pahlavi
• Iranian leader toppled in 1979
• Peacock Throne sitter
• Bygone head of Iran
• Fromer sovereign of Iran
• Deposed leader of 1979
• Former Persian ruler
• Persian big wig
• Ousted Iranian
• Peacock throne
• Persian ruler exiled in 1979
• Notable 1979 exile
• Pre-ayatollah leader
• World leader in 1979 headlines
• Onetime Iranian leader
• Ousted Iranian ruler
• Monarch ousted in 1979
• Tehran bigwig, once
• Iran leader, once
• Old Persian title
• Old Iranian title
• Has-been of Iran
• Iranian leader, once
• Exiled leader of Iran
• Ruler's title from which the word "chess" is derived
• Exiled Iranian ruler
• Pahlavi, e.g.
• Onetime royal
• Erstwhile ruler of 113 Across
• Noted exile of 1979
• Erstwhile Mideast ruler
• Former Iranian despot
• Leader from the House of Pahlavi
• Khomeini foe
• Onetime ruler of Iran
• Persian rule
• Old title in Iran
• Deposed ruler granted asylum by Carter
• King, in the etymology of "check"
• Emperor equivalent
• Exiled leader of 1979
• ___ Jahan, leader who commissioned the Taj Mahal
• Pahlavi's title
• Persian title
• Title of former rulers of Iran
• Iranian leader until 1979
• Persian royal
• Jahan or Pahlavi
• Sovereign ousted in 1979
• Ruler's quiet sigh
• Iranian monarch
• Old Middle Eastern ruler
• Emperor of Iran
• Iranian emperor
• King of Persia
• Ruler's quiet sigh of relief
• Leader has worked hard
• Pahlavi Crown wearer
• Exile of 1979 headlines
• It means "king" in Persian
• Title of deposed Iranian leader
• Title equivalent to "emperor"
• Former leader in Tehran has worked hard
• Peacock Throne figure
• Title akin to king
• Former 36-Across ruler
• Old ruler of Iran
• Exiled Iranian leader
• Onetime leader of Iran
• Even the top man can make a hash
• Political figure granted asylum by Anwar Sadat
• Deposed Iranian despot
• Title like Czar
• Persian word from which "chess" comes
• Former Iranian leader cooking hash
• Bygone Mideast sovereign
• Persian for “king”
• Bygone title of 10-Down
• Ousted Iranian leader
• Noted 1979 exile
• Former ruler whose plural is a palindrome
• Ruler of 5-Down
• Bollywood's ___ Rukh Khan
• Bygone Iranian monarch
• Iranian deposed in 1979
• Former Iranian title
• Toppled Iranian leader
• Old type of Iranian leader
• Common surname in Pakistan
• Pahlavi dynasty title
• Onetime Persian title
• Ruler who commissioned the Taj Mahal, for one
• Title derived from the Persian for "king"
• Hindi film star ___ Rukh Khan