Former Mideast bigwig Crossword Clue

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Former Mideast bigwig Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

MIDEAST (noun)
1. the area around the eastern Mediterranean; from Turkey to northern Africa and eastward to Iran; the site of such ancient civilizations as Phoenicia and Babylon and Egypt and the birthplace of Judaism and Christianity and Islam; had continuous economic and political turmoil in the 20th century
BIGWIG (noun)
1. the most important person in a group or undertaking

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