Word: shahanshah
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Shah has often been criticized for enjoying a sumptuous life-style while his people suffer economic distress. His Imperial Majesty, Shahanshah (King of Kings) is, at 58, trim and fit. He and his wife, Empress Farah, 40, Crown Prince Reza, 18, and three other children, shuttle among five palaces in Iran. The Shah enjoys a good game of tennis, skiing at St. Moritz, and flying his own JetStar. He works even harder than he plays, frequently putting in 15-hour days, which are often spent conferring with a handful of trusted advisers...
from Iran's Shahanshah, Mohammed Resa Pahlavi
Although he no longer worries as much about potential attacks from other Arabs as he did in the days of Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser a decade ago, Faisal faces other political complications. One is the Shahanshah of Iran across the Persian Gulf (Saudis doggedly refer to it as the "Arabian Gulf). Like Faisal, the Shah is an oil-rich absolute monarch, but he disagrees with the King about religion (Iranians are Shia Moslems; Saudis, more orthodox Sunnis) and the military steps necessary to protect the Gulf...
...roughly one-tenth of the world's proven reserves. The disposition of "this noble product" (as Iranians like to call it), and the money to be made from it, is in the firm hands of one man: His Imperial Majesty Mohammed Reza Pahlavi, Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans), Shahanshah (King of Kings). Once dismissed by Western diplomats as an insecure, in effective playboy-King, this emperor of oil commands new respect these days, as much for his ambitions as for his wealth. By means of what he has called a "white revolution," the Shah is determined to transform Iran...
...colored trousers and high-necked gold-braided uniform jackets; it was a scene oddly reminiscent of the days of Metternich. At a signal from the master of ceremonies, they carried out a prescribed ritual: a bow, a kiss bestowed on the outstretched imperial hand and flowery salutations, "Tavalod-e-Shahanshah Aryamehr ra Tabrik Arz Mikonam [Greetings on your Imperial Majesty's birthday...