- SHAH
- Man overthrown in Iran's Islamic Revolution
- Ayatollah predecessor
- Former Iranian ruler
- Onetime Iranian ruler
- Onetime ruler of 23A
- Walton of Wal-Mart
- Bygone ruler
- Monarch until 1979
- Title used in many {/tughras/}
- Exiled ruler
- Ruler with a palace in Tehran, once
- ___ mat (Arabic phrase meaning "the king is defeated" that led to the word "checkmate")
- Persian for "king"
- Pahlavi dynasty title
- Jahan's title
- 1979 exile
- 40-Down word for "king"
- Former Mideast ruler
- Old monarch whose name is the root word for "chess"
- Pahlavi, e.g.
- Reza Pahlevi, once
- Title that means "king of kings"
- With 58-Down, leader of Iran who does '50s covers?
- ___ Jahan, emperor who built the Taj Mahal
- Mid-east tyrant
- Persian sovereign
- Iranian king
- Reza Khan, for one
- Persian bigwig
- Ruler until 1979
- Peacock Throne occupant
- Persian ruler
- Former sovereign of Iran
- It means "king" in Persian
- Exile of 1979 headlines
- Word forming part of the etymology of the word "checkmate"
- Image on rial banknotes from 1960-1980, with "the"
- Ayatollah's predecessor
- Exiled Irani
- Iran's last one was overthrown
- Persian monarch
- Reza ___ Pahlavi (one-time ruler of Iran)
- Old imperial figure
- The Taj Mahal's builder, e.g.
- King, in Persian
- Former Iranian sovereign
- Persian pooh-bah
- ___ Jahan (Taj Mahal builder)
- Former leader of Iran
- Deposed ruler of Iran
- Former Iranian leader
- Former Persian potentate
- He ran from Iran
- Former Iranian monarch
- Bygone Iranian leader
- Bygone ruler of Iran
- Former monarchial title of the Mideast
- Leader replaced by an ayatollah
- Monarch ousted in 1979
- Reza Pahlavi, once
- Toppled Iranian leader of 1979
- Former monarch of Iran
- Iranian ruler exiled in 1979
- Former Iranian potentate
- He ran, then ran from, Iran
- Iranian ruler of old
- Ruler deposed in 1979
- Bygone royal
- Exile of 1979
- Former Mideast despot
- Literally, "king"
- 1979 Iranian exile
- Peacock Throne sitter
- Persian ruler exiled in 1979
- Deposed Iranian leader
- Iranian leader exiled in 1979
- Bollywood star ___ Rukh Khan
- Former of ruler of Iran
- Peacock Throne title
- Former monarch
- Sovereign ousted in '79
- 1979 Mideast exile
- Former ruler
- Former ruler of 4 Down
- Iranian exile
- Past Persian potentate
- Former Afghanistan ruler
- Persian king
- Former Persian ruler
- Old monarch
- Taj Mahal builder __ Jahan
- Old ruler
- Persian title
- Bygone Iranian despot
- Deposed Iranian ruler
- Deposed ruler
- Former Mideast leader
- Bygone Mideast ruler
- Iranian ruler until 1979
- Old Iranian VIP
- Bygone Mideast despot
- Former 3-Down leader
- Bygone Persian title
- Old Mideast ruler
- Iranian leader toppled in 1979
- Ousted Iranian
- Ousted Iranian ruler
- Former Iranian despot
- Deposed Iranian despot
- Bygone Mideast sovereign
- Ousted Iranian leader
- Iranian ruler ousted in 1979
- Persian word for "king"
- Toppled Iranian leader
- Hindi film star __ Rukh Khan
- Persian potentate
- Emperor equivalent
- King, in the etymology of "check"
- Jahan was one
- Former head of Iran
- Former 3 Down ruler
- Ayatollah preceder
- Former ruler of Iran
- Irani ruler of old
- Old Iranian ruler
- Ruler of Persia
- Former ruler of 16 Across
- Onetime Mideast ruler
- Former 18 Across ruler
- Onetime Teheran ruler
- Bygone monarch
- Ruler deposed in '79
- Word in the etymology of "checkmate"
- Erstwhile Mideast ruler
- Erstwhile ruler of 113 Across
- Title akin to king
- Title equivalent to "emperor"
- Title like "czar"
- Former ruler of 2 Down
- Former Mideast royal title
- Title akin to emperor
- Deposed Iranian
- Bygone Mideastern title
- Deposed leader
- Iranian ruler, once
- Iranian sovereign, once
- Taj Mahal builder ___ Jahan
- Leader toppled in 1979
- Bygone Iranian ruler
- Onetime ruler of the Middle East
- Persian ruler's title.
- Iranian ruler.
- Pahlevi of Iran.
- Ruler of Iran.
- Title of Mohammed Riza Pahlevi.
- Mossadegh reports to him.
- Pahlevi, for instance.
- Recent royal bridegroom.
- Ruler in Teheran.
- Ruler of Entezam's country.
- Supreme ruler in Iran.
- Iran's ruler.
- Ruler of a troubled country.
- Soraya's spouse.
- Top man in Teheran.
- Monarch.
- Eastern ruler.
- First man of Iran.
- Pahlevi.
- Queen Soraya's husband.
- Ruler.
- V.I.P. in Iran.
- Visiting ruler.
- Recent visitor to U. S.
- Royal visitor to U. S.
- Relative of caliph.
- Riza Pahlevi.
- Soraya's husband.
- Jahan of Hindustan.
- Reza Pahlavi.
- Grand Vizier's master.
- Persian chief.
- Potentate.
- See 6 Down.
- Pahlavi.
- Reza Pahlevi.
- Iranian visitor with "headaches."
- Eastern VIP.
- Jehan, for example.
- The man of Tehran.
- Jahan, for one.
- Oriental title.
- Sovereign.
- Middle East ruler.
- Oriental ruler.
- Monarch's title.
- Title of a monarch.
- Eastern title
- Irani bigwig
- Mideastern ruler
- Persian V.I.P.
- Mideast V.I.P.
- Mideast ruler
- Riza Pahlavi, for one
- Iranian leader
- Mideast king
- Pahlavi's title
- Iranian V.I.P.
- Leader of Iran
- Mideast leader
- Sultan's relative
- Iranian chief
- V.I.P. in Teheran
- Iranian in exile
- Iranian monarch
- Pahlavi, once
- Former Eastern ruler
- He once ran Iran
- ___ Jahan
- Mohammed Riza Pahlevi
- Pre-Khomeini monarch
- Ruler who died in exile
- Former ruler at Teheran
- Ruler ousted on Jan. 16, 1979
- He ran Iran before he ran
- Former Iranian title
- Pahlevi's title
- Riza Pahlevi, e.g.
- Deposed Irani
- Emperor ___ Jahan
- He ruled 25 Across
- Pahlavi, formerly
- Pahlevi, e.g.
- Pahlevi, once
- Persian potentate, once
- Pahlavi was one
- Riza Khan Pahlevi, e.g.
- Ruler who fled: Jan. 16, 1979
- Ex-sovereign of Iran
- Riza Pahlevi, once
- Former potentate
- Iranian chief, once
- Toppled leader of 1979
- ___ of Iran
- Bygone leader
- Mideast ruler of years past
- Onetime Iranian chief
- Bygone Mideast leader
- Old potentate
- Overthrown Iranian leader
- Onetime Islamic leader
- Bygone title
- Ex-head of Iran
- Ex-leader of Iran
- India's ___ Jahan
- Overthrown leader
- Asian autocrat of old
- Deposed king
- Old Iranian leader
- Onetime throne occupier
- Pahlavi, for one
- Ruler exiled in 1979
- Head of old Iran
- Leader's name that's etymologically related to "chess"
- Who ran Iran, once
- Ruler toppled in 1979
- Bygone potentate
- Onetime C.I.A.-backed foreign leader
- Any member of the Safavid dynasty
- Bygone sovereign
- Onetime Asian autocrat
- 1970s exile
- Bygone head of Iran
- Deposed leader of 1979
- Notable 1979 exile
- Pre-ayatollah leader
- Exiled leader of Iran
- World leader in 1979 headlines
- Noted exile of 1979
- Onetime Iranian leader
- Onetime royal
- Ruler's title from which the word "chess" is derived
- Exiled leader of 1979
- Leader from the House of Pahlavi
- Persian leader
- ___ Jahan, leader who commissioned the Taj Mahal
- Onetime leader of Iran
- Political figure granted asylum by Anwar Sadat
- Persian word from which "chess" comes
- Bollywood's ___ Rukh Khan
- Persian ruler of old
- Former Middle East leader
- Persian title from which "checkmate" is derived
- Title for Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
- Abbas the Great, for instance
- He fled on Jan. 16, 1979
- How Reza Pahlavi was better known
- He died in Egypt in 1980
- ___ Jahan (Taj Mahal man)
- Tehran bigwig, once
- King, in Farsi
- Title for a Persian king
- Royal title from which the word "checkmate" is derived
- _____ of Iran
- _____ Jahan (Taj Mahal builder)
- Leader before the Ayatollah
- Ex-Iranian VIP
- Certain overthrown leader
- Has-been of 47-Down
- Bygone Middle Eastern leader
- Reza Pahlavi, e.g.
- 1979 Middle East exile
- 1979 Middle Eastern exile
- Ruler toppled in 1973
- Ruler of Iran, once
- Exiled Iranian ruler
- Old title in Iran
- Noted 1979 exile
- Bygone Iranian monarch
- Former ruler whose plural is a palindrome
- Ruler ousted in 1979
- Bygone Iranian royal
- Former ruler in Teheran
- Jahan of Agra fame
- Mideast honorific
- Mideast ruler once
- Mideast sovereign
- Iran royalty once
- He ran Iran
- Sovereign of Iran, once
- Obsolete Mideast ruler
- Obsolete potentate
- 1979 exiled Irani
- Irani sovereign
- Iran leader, once
- Deposed ruler granted asylum by Carter
- Ruler of 5-Down
- Peacock Throne loser
- Monarch of yore
- Ousted Iranian monarch
- Old crowned head
- Iranian emperor
- Pahlavi Crown wearer
- Onetime ruler of Iran
- Former Persian monarch
- Old Persian ruler
