Onetime Iranian ruler
The crossword clue "Onetime Iranian ruler" is answered by SHAH, a 4-letter entry. Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHAH
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHAH answer page.
Used 15 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for SHAH
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHAH, most used first.
- Former Iranian ruler - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
- Persian ruler - used 33 times, most recently in 2026
- Persian for "king" - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Persian leader - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Former Iranian leader - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Ayatollah's predecessor - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Exile of 1979 - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Ruler. - used 19 times, most recently in 1968
- Persian bigwig - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
- Former ruler of Iran - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Former Iranian monarch - used 13 times, most recently in 2018
- Eastern ruler. - used 12 times, most recently in 1978
- Peacock Throne occupant - used 12 times, most recently in 2015
- Old Iranian ruler - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Persian monarch - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Persian potentate - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- Ruler deposed in 1979 - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
- 1979 exile - used 9 times, most recently in 2020
- Ayatollah predecessor - used 9 times, most recently in 2015
- Deposed Iranian ruler - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Former leader of Iran - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
- Persian king - used 9 times, most recently in 2022
- Deposed Iranian - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
- Exiled Irani - used 8 times, most recently in 2013
- Monarch. - used 7 times, most recently in 1968
- Ousted Iranian ruler - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Bygone Iranian ruler - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Iranian ruler until 1979 - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- ___ Jahan (Taj Mahal builder) - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Pahlavi, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2016
- Persian word for "king" - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
Related clues
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- Russian ruler - TSAR, used 89 times
- Ruler - TSAR, used 87 times
- Old Russian ruler - TSAR, used 84 times
- Mideast ruler - EMIR, used 82 times
- Former Russian ruler - TSAR, used 78 times
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