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Sasanian kings continued to use the title šāhān šāh ('King of Kings'). [86] The title was extended by Ardashir to šāhān šāh ērān ('King of Kings of Iran') [87] and extended again by his son Shapur I (240–270) to šāhān šāh ērān ud anērān ('King of Kings of Iran and non-Iran').
Nomadism in Iran: From Antiquity to the Modern Era. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0199330799. Zabir, Sepehr (2011). The Iranian Military in Revolution and War (RLE Iran D). Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-81270-5. Bāmdād, Mahdī [in Persian] (2005). ʻAlīʹzādah Ishkavarī, D̲abīḥallāh (ed.).
The Sasanian monarchs were the rulers of Iran after their victory against their former suzerain, the Parthian Empire, at the Battle of Hormozdgan in 224. At its height, the Sasanian Empire spanned from Turkey and Rhodes in the west to Pakistan in the east, and also included territory in what is now the Caucasus, Yemen, UAE, Oman, Egypt, Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, Jordan and Central Asia.
History of Iran; List of ancient Persians; List of royal consorts of Persia; Monarchism in Iran; 2,500-year celebration of the Persian Empire; Iranian National Jewels; List of rulers of the pre-Achaemenid kingdoms of Iran; List of rulers of Parthian sub-kingdoms; Islamic dynasties of Iran; Notes and references
The Parthian, or Arsacid, monarchs were the rulers of Iran from their victories against the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire in the 140s BC (although they had ruled a smaller kingdom in the region of Parthia for roughly a century at that point, founded by Arsaces I) until the defeat of the last Parthian king, Artabanus IV, at the Battle of Hormozdgan in AD 224.
Cyrus II the Great or Cyrus (III), his son, king of Anshan 559–529. He conquered the Median Empire in 550 and established the Persian Empire. Line of Ariaramnes; Ariaramnes of Persia, son of Teispes (II), king of Persia. His reign is doubtful. Arsames of Persia, son of Ariaramnes, king of Persia until 550, died after 520. His reign is doubtful.
Ardabil, Iran: 22 December 1501 – 23 May 1524 23 May 1524 (aged 36) Near Tabriz, Iran Founded the dynasty. Formation of the first central government after the Arab invasion of Iran. Selecting Tabriz as the capital. Declaring Shiism as the official religion of the government. Victory in the war against the Uzbeks at 1510.
Mohammad Reza deliberately chose to crown himself as Shah ('King'), rather than Shahanshah ('King of Kings'), pledging that he would not do so until he turned Iran into a prosperous and modernised nation. On the 26th year of his reign, in 1967, his imperial coronation ceremony took place and he was elevated to the title of Shahanshah. [1]