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Bygone Iranian royal (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shah

(Other definitions for shah that I've seen before include "Sovereign ousted in 1979" , "Persian monarch" , "Former Iranian leader" , "Former Persian ruler" , "Old Middle Eastern ruler" .)

I've seen this clue in the Universal.
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