Shah of Iran

Examples

• All

• The United States then reinstalled the hated Mohammed Reza Pahlavi as the Shah of Iran.

  Academic text (2004)

• In 1959, the United States was very friendly with the shah of Iran.

  Rush Hour 2 (2001)

• The shah of Iran had become the poster boy for the U.S. nuclear industry.

  Academic text (2007)

• Since the official withdrawal of Britain from the Gulf, the Shah of Iran had helped to secure and safeguard Western interests in the region.

  Academic text (1991)

• In 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini led a revolution in Iran, overthrowing the U.S.-supported Shah of Iran and taking sixty-six Americans hostage for fifteen months.

  Academic text (2004)

• The immediate context of this development was the Islamic Revolution of Iran, which overthrew Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran, staunch ally of the U.S., in February 1979.

  Academic text (2014)

• The Shah of Iran faced increasing opposition leading up to the 1979 Revolution.

• After the Shah of Iran fled the country, a new government was established.

Synonyms

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shah

vsShah of Iran

1 9.8

A former king of Iran from a royal family

is specific to the title that ended in 1979

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Sophy

vsShah of Iran

• Archaic

9.9

A historic ruler of Persia, especially a Safavid king

is the modern general title rather than an archaic dynasty term

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology