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> Also the Czars of Russia. Yep. "Czar" = "Caesar". Likewise "Kaiser" in the Germanic regions. The British monarch was called "Kaisar-i-Hind" by Hindi-speakin
by Turing_Machine 3y ago
> Also the Czars of Russia.
Yep. "Czar" = "Caesar". Likewise "Kaiser" in the Germanic regions.
The British monarch was called "Kaisar-i-Hind" by Hindi-speaking people, when the subcontinent was controlled by the British.
- PontifexMinimus 3y agoIncidently, the last Caesar (the Czar of Bulgaria until 1946) is still alive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha