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PADISHAH , the See also:Turkish See also:form of the See also:Persian padshah, a See also:title —See also:equivalent to " See also:lord See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king "—of the reigning See also:sovereign. Though strictly applied in the See also:East to the shahs of See also:Persia, it was also used of the See also:Great Moguls or Tatar emperors of See also:Delhi, and hence it is now used by the natives of See also:British See also:India of the British sovereign as See also:emperor of India. In See also:Europe it is applied to the See also:sultan of See also:Turkey. The Persian padshah is from pati, lord, See also:master, and shah, king. It is now generally considered to have no etymological connexion with " See also:pasha " (q.v.).
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