Definition of khanate
: the state or jurisdiction of a khan
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Following the Bolshevik Revolution, Tajikistan and the other former emirates and khanates of the region were absorbed into the Soviet Union.
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In 1552, Ivan the Terrible conquered Kazan, capital of a Muslim successor state to the Mongol khanate.
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Mongolian khanates, armies and tribes fell under his rule, often after vicious battles.
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1799
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