Shah of Shahs (book)

{{Short description|1982 book by Ryszard Kapuściński}}

{{Infobox book

| name = Shah of Shahs

| image = Szachinszach (Ryszard Kapuściński).png

| caption = First edition cover (Polish)

| title_orig = Szachinszach

| translator = William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand

Translator( Valiallah Ebrahimi), translated the English version of Shah of Shahs in Persian

| author = Ryszard Kapuściński

| cover_artist = Andrzej Heidrich

| country = Poland

| language = Polish

| subject = Mohammad Reza Pahlavi

| publisher = Czytelnik

| release_date = 1982

| media_type = Print (hardcover)

| pages = 179

| isbn = 83-07-00704-6

}}

Shah of Shahs ({{langx|pl|Szachinszach}}) is a 1982 non-fiction book by Polish journalist Ryszard Kapuściński. It is his analysis of the decline and fall of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran.{{Cite web |url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/ryszard-kapuscinski-4/shah-of-shahs/ |title=Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuscinski |website=Kirkus Reviews |access-date=15 December 2019}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/in-praise-of-older-books-shah-of-shahs-by-ryszard-kapuscinski-1982-1.3666698 |title=In praise of older books: Shah of Shahs by Ryszard Kapuscinski (1982) |last=Parsons |first=Julie |author-link=Julie Parsons |date=27 October 2018 |newspaper=The Irish Times |access-date=15 December 2019}}{{Cite journal |last=Ruthven |first=Malise |author-link=Malise Ruthven |date=4 July 1985 |title=The Fall of the Shah |url=https://www.lrb.co.uk/v07/n12/malise-ruthven/the-fall-of-the-shah |journal=London Review of Books |volume=7 |issue=12 |pages=22–23 |access-date=15 December 2019}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-03-17-bk-35252-story.html |title=SHAH OF SHAHS by Ryszard Kapuscinski, translated from Polish by William R. Brand and Katarzyna Mroczkowska-Brand (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich/a Helen and Kurt Wolff book: $12.95; 152 pp.) |last=Eder |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Eder |date=17 March 1985 |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=15 December 2019}}