khan
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Did succession to the position of great khan work out as Chinggis Khan had hoped in the decades after his death?
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
When Mongke’s brother Kublai succeeded him as great khan, the empire was beginning to divide into those who preferred the old nomadic ways and those who had adopted a settled lifestyle of wealth and trade.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
London Mayor Sadiq khan said he was “heartbroken” by the news.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 19, 2021
There is this story in our family: Near my grandfather’s shop, by the Great Mosque, there was a khan where a mufti named Haji İbrahim—who belonged to the prominent Pirinççizade clan—drank tea.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 29, 2014
The day Aziz became an exile is also the day she lost her father, the great khan, forever.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
Vocabulary lists containing khan
Chinese History - Introductory
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Civilizations of East Asia and Southeast Asia, Lessons 1–3
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Chinese History - Middle School and High School
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