Persian rulers
The crossword clue "Persian rulers" is answered by SHAHS, a 5-letter entry. Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
SHAHS
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SHAHS answer page.
Used 13 times across 11 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1998. It appears in 8 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SHAHS
Every other clue in this collection answered by SHAHS, most used first.
- Former Iranian rulers - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
- Persian potentates - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
- Former Iranian leaders - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Persian kings - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- Bygone rulers - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Former Iranian monarchs - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
- Persian bigwigs - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Former Russian rulers - TSARS, used 37 times
- Rulers - TSARS, used 33 times
- Persian Gulf emirate - DUBAI, used 31 times
- Russian rulers - TSARS, used 30 times
- Old Russian rulers - TSARS, used 23 times
- Persian Gulf nation - QATAR, used 23 times
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