Padishah

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(n.) Chief ruler; monarch; sovereign; - a title of the Sultan of Turkey, and of the Shah of Persia.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

From two Persian words meaning "protector prince," is a title given to the Shah of Persia and the Sultan of Turkey, and at one time applied, among others, to the Emperors of Austria and Russia.

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