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PADISHAH

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 444 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PADISHAH  , the

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Turkish
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form of the
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Persian padshah, a
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title —equivalent to "
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lord
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king "—of the reigning
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sovereign . Though strictly applied in the
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East to the shahs of
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Persia, it was also used of the
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Great Moguls or Tatar emperors of
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Delhi, and hence it is now used by the natives of
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British
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India of the British sovereign as
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emperor of India . In
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Europe it is applied to the
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sultan of
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Turkey . The Persian padshah is from pati, lord,
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master, and shah, king . It is now generally considered to have no etymological connexion with "
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pasha " (q.v.) .

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