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Recent Examples of khan
The Nizari imams claim direct descent from the Prophet Mohammed; it has been rumored that the current khan’s personal fortune is $13.3 billion.
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John Ganz,
Harper's Magazine,
22 May 2024
Her tribe also elected her as its khan, its leader, after her father died.
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Hannah Fish,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Feb. 2024
As Russia, under the rule of the Mongol khans, missed the European Renaissance, so, too, had Putin missed the romantic period of perestroika.
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Keith Gessen,
The New Yorker,
12 June 2023
William does not explain Batu’s decision, but presumably Batu, as a regional leader, handled all domestic matters related to his own jurisdiction but had to refer matters of international diplomacy to the great khan.
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Valerie Hansen,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Sep. 2022
John Ganz,
Harper's Magazine,
22 May 2024
Her tribe also elected her as its khan, its leader, after her father died.
—
Hannah Fish,
The Christian Science Monitor,
15 Feb. 2024
As Russia, under the rule of the Mongol khans, missed the European Renaissance, so, too, had Putin missed the romantic period of perestroika.
—
Keith Gessen,
The New Yorker,
12 June 2023
William does not explain Batu’s decision, but presumably Batu, as a regional leader, handled all domestic matters related to his own jurisdiction but had to refer matters of international diplomacy to the great khan.
—
Valerie Hansen,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Sep. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for khan
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Many of them urged the shah to toughen up and crack down harder on protesters.
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The book is described in promotional materials as providing vivid portraits of the lives of her mother, Farah Arvand, and her grandmother, princess Ashraf Palavi, sister of the last shah of Iran.
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The sultan learned about the American colonists’ war for independence indirectly, through the local French consul and European reports.
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They were welcomed by Oman’s foreign minister at the airport and are set to meet with Oman’s sultan for discussions.
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African prince Akeem is trading palaces, from his lavish kingdom to Queens in search of a woman who loves him for him.
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Daeron Targaryen Daeron Targaryen, otherwise known as Daeron the Drunkard, is a bookish and melancholy Targaryen prince known for his prophetic dreams.
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At the airport, the emperor and empress were greeted by Belgium’s Princess Elisabeth, who was making her debut in this type of institutional duty typical of her future role as queen.
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The soldiers, gifts from the sister city of Xi’an, China, are replicas of some of the 7,000 life-sized terra-cotta warriors found at the tomb of China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang.
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Nonetheless, he is made king and often found eschewing his royal duties in favor of visiting brothels or hanging out with those who work for him.
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The cinema may be king after all.
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Saracho will serve as showrunner and executive producer of the drama series following a captive princess who gets kidnapped by a brooding werewolf alpha and plunged into a bloodthirsty war.
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They’re pursued by Azula (Elizabeth Yu), princess of the Fire Nation, and her friends Mai (Thalia Tran) and Ty Lee (Momona Tamada).
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Trump held a call today with the emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to discuss strategic relations and the situation in the Middle East, the Qatari government said in a statement.
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The emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, attended the last World Cup held in Qatar in 2022.
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In 2022, Austrian director Marie Kreutzer released Corsage, the excellent feminist re-reading of the life of 19th century Empress Elizabeth, known as Sissi, with Vicki Krieps as the eccentric, anorexic empress and Florian Teichtmeister as her philandering husband, Franz Joseph I.
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Contemporary art work, frescoes and artifacts discovered during the property’s restoration, including a marble head of the Roman empress Livia Drusilla, are also on display.
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“Khan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/khan. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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