Raja

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Imperial, royal, noble, gentry and chivalric ranks in West, Central, South Asia and North Africa
Emperor: Caliph Shahanshah King of Kings Padishah Banbishn Sultan of Sultans Chakravarti Samrat Maharajadhiraja Khagan
King: Maharaja Malik Sultan Sultana Shah Shahbanu Shirvanshah Khan Khatun Hatun Dey Nizam Nawab Amir al-umara Khagan Bek
Prince or Duke: Emir Sheikh Raja Rana Ikhshid Beylerbey Pasha Babu Saheb Sardar Mandal Patil Rajkumar Sahibzada Chhatrapati Nawab Nawabzada Yuvraj Thakur Şehzade Mirza Morza Tegin Khedive Nizam Yabghu Ishkhan Shahzada Vali Ahd Prince of the Sa'id Mir Shad Khanum
Earl or Count: Mankari Dewan Bahadur Sancak bey Rao Bahadur Rai Bahadur Khan Bahadur Atabeg Boila Wāli Sparapet Azat
Viscount: Zamindar Khan Sahib Bey Kadi Baig or Begum Begzada Uç bey
Baron: Lala Agha Hazinedar Rais Jagirdar Saranjamdar Taluqdar Tarafdar Sikdar
Royal house: Damat Gurkani
Nobleman: Zamindar Jenmi Mankari Mian Mirza Pasha Bey Baig Begzada al-Dawla Bibi
Governmental: Lala Vizier Dewan Agha Hazinedar Faujdar Lambardar Mridha Chowdhury Mostowfi ol-Mamalek
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Raja (/ˈrɑːdʒɑː/; from Sanskrit: राजन्, IAST rājan-) is a royal Sanskrit title used for Indian monarchs. The title is equivalent to king or princely ruler in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.

The title has a long history in South Asia and Southeast Asia, being attested from the Rigveda, where a rājan- is a ruler, see for example the daśarājñá yuddhá, the "Battle of Ten Kings".