Persian king
The crossword clue "Persian king" is answered by SHAH, a 4-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 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 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 2001. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- CYRUS (4 uses in xd)
- DARIUS (2 uses in xd)
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
- Onetime Iranian ruler - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- 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
- 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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- "The King and I" setting - SIAM, used 83 times
- "The Lion King" lioness - NALA, used 76 times
- First king of Israel - SAUL, used 69 times
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