Clues for the word "SHAH"
We've had 221 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 522 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on April 12, 2026.
Definition of shah
- n. - The title of the supreme ruler in certain Eastern countries, especially Persia.
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"
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