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。

And for this, thou who art the King of kings hast decked thyself in beauty to captivate my heart.

因此，你这万王之王曾把自己修饰了来赢取我的心。

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。

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。”

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。