These caliphs were not the successors of the Byzantine emperors or of the Sassanian king of kings.

哈里发不是拜占庭皇帝的继承人，也不是萨珊王朝万王之王的继承人。

On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: king of kings and lord of lords.

在他衣服和大腿上有名写着说：" 万王之王，万主之主。"

The rights of kings are deduced in a direct line from the King of kings; and that of parents from our first parent.

国王的权利直接从万王之王推导出来； 以及我们第一任父母的父母。

The Caliph now styled himself as a king of kings, just like the Achaemenids had, and pretty soon the caliph’s rule was a lot more indirect, just like the original Persians’.

哈里发现在自封为万王之王，就像阿契美尼德王朝一样， 很快哈里发的统治就变得更加间接， 就像最初的波斯人一样。

They were agents of God, and Shapur's full titles emphasise his religious role: the good worshipper of God, Shapur, the King of Iran and non-Iran, of the divine race of God, the King of Kings.

也是神的代言人。沙普尔的完整封号表现出他的宗教身份：“神的虔诚信徒，沙普尔，统管伊朗与非伊朗，神之后裔，万王之王。”