KHAN

Khan

Kaan/Khan/ Kahn / Kagan is an originally Mongol and subsequently Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler, widely used by medieval nomadic Mongol tribes living to the north of China. "Khan" is also seen as a title in the Xianbei confederation for their chief between 283 and 289. The Rourans were the first people who used the titles Khagan and Khan for their emperors, replacing the Chanyu of the Xiongnu, whom Grousset and others assume to be Turkic.

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khan

Noun

  1. after Genghis Khan, a ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages
  2. an Ottoman sultan
  3. a noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. a caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan
    • 1923: ‘Guess the name of that,’ she said, pointing to her delicate parts. The porter tried this name and that and ended by asking her to tell him and cease her slapping. ‘The khan of Abu-Mansur,’ she replied. — The Thousand Nights and One Night, tr. Powys Mathers


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