Editing Shah (section)

==Ruler styles==
* From the reign of [[Ashot II of Armenia|Ashot II]], the Bagratid kings of Armenia used the title ''shahanshah'', meaning "king of kings".<ref>Tim Greenwood, ''Emergence of the Bagratuni Kingdoms'', p. 52, in ''Armenian Kars and Ani'', Richard Hovannisian, ed.</ref>
* The title ''[[Padishah]]'' ([[Great King]]) was adopted from the [[Iranian peoples|Iranians]] by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] and by various other monarchs claiming imperial rank, such as the [[Mughal Empire|Mughals]] that established their dynasty in the Indian subcontinent.
* Another subsidiary style of the Ottoman and Mughal rulers was ''Shah-i Alam Panah'' ([[Persian language|Persian]]: شاه عالم پناه), meaning "the king that is the refuge of the world."
* The [[Shah-Armens]] ("Kings of Armenia", sometimes known as Ahlahshahs), used the title ''Shāh-i Arman'' ({{lit|Shah of Armenians}}).<ref>Clifford Edmund Bosworth "The New Islamic Dynasties: A Chronological and Genealogical Manual". "The Shāh-i Armanids", p. 197.</ref>
* Some monarchs were known by a contraction of the kingdom's name with ''shah'', such as [[Khwarezmshah]], ruler of the realm of [[Khwarezmia]] in the Central Asia, or the [[Shirvanshah]] of the historical region of [[Shirvan]] in Caucasia (present-day [[Republic of Azerbaijan]])
* The kings of [[Georgian kings|Georgia]] called themselves ''shahanshah'' alongside their other titles. The [[Style of the Georgian sovereign|Georgian title]] ''mepetmepe'' (also meaning King of Kings [''[[Mepe (title)|Mepe]]''-king in Georgian]) was also inspired by the ''shahanshah'' title.