Shahinshah __socratesPageHistoryEdit Visual Text SHAHINSHAH شاهنصاة A Persian title given to the King of Persia — "King of Kings." It Is a title strictly forbidden in Traditions, in which it is related that Muhammad said "'King of Kings' is the vilest name you can call a man, for there is no other King of Kings but God."' (Mishkat, book xxii. ch. viii.) Based on <a href="https://www.juancole.com/library/books/encyclopedias/dictionary-of-islam-hughes ">Hughes, Dictionary of Islam</a> CancelTweetShareRedditEmail