khan

Example Sentences

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Upon hearing this, Kublai, who was returning for the kurultai, also declared himself the new khan.

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

Aziz began to feel that her mother had also left her, and would only return with the khan.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri