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khanHistorically, the ruler or monarch of a Mongol tribe. Early on a distinction was made between the title of khan and that of khakan, or “great khan.” Later the term khan was adopted by the Seljuq and Khwarezm-Shah dynasties as a title for the highest nobility. Gradually it became an affix to the name of any Muslim property owner. Today it is often used as a surname. khan 1. a. (formerly) a title borne by medieval Chinese emperors and Mongol and Turkic rulers: usually added to a name b. such a ruler 2. a title of respect borne by important personages in Afghanistan and central Asia How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Truth be told, the differences between the eccentric Abd-ul Rahman family and the more traditional Khans - whose children are hoping to marry - don't seem all that unbridgable. Genghis Khans habit of slaying people he conquered, especially males, would have helped this form of the Y chromosome displace others. In the early 1990s, Banerjee, a lecturer in anthropology at University College London, spent months in the frontier region with Khans family and interviewed seventy surviving Khidmatgar members. |
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