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Khan

noun

A title given to rulers or other important people in Asian countries.

An inn in some eastern countries with a large courtyard that provides accommodation for caravans. Synonyms: caravan inn, caravansary, caravanserai.

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"Khan" Quotes from Famous Books

... listen!"] Mem Sahib! No human tongue revealed it to me. It was the Ange Gibhrayeel. [Footnote: The Angel Gabriel.] He came to me last night as I slept, and said, 'O son of Jaffur Khan! to your prayers is granted the knowledge that, for all these years, has been denied to Kafirs. Arise! obey! and with humility receive the treasures reserved for thee, thou faithful follower of the Prophet!' ...

— The English Governess At The Siamese Court • Anna Harriette Leonowens

... were seizing the opportunity to attack their old enemies from the south. Finally, in 1234, the independence of the Golden Dynasty of Nue-chens was extinguished by Ogotai, third son of the great Genghis Khan, with the aid of the southern Sungs, who were themselves in turn wiped out by Kublai Khan, the first Mongol Emperor to ...

— China and the Manchus • Herbert A. Giles

... experience of a khan, those oriental substitutes for hotels, and it was a deceptively good khan, indeed it was not a khan at all, it was an inn; it provided meals, it had a kind of bar, or at any rate a row of bottles and glasses, it possessed an upper floor with rooms, separate rooms, opening on to a gallery. The ...

— The Research Magnificent • H. G. Wells

... Emir Ali Khan! A hundred paces before his clan, That ebony steed of the prophet's breed Is the foal of death and of danger. A spurt of fire, a gasp of pain, A blueish blurr on the yellow plain, The chief was down, and his bridle rein Was in ...

— Songs of Action • Arthur Conan Doyle

... pointing, "either to-day or to-morrow will pass the trader Afzul Khan: and if indeed ye come ...

— Hetty Wesley • Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

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