khan
Example Sentences
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Because he could not establish descent from Chinggis, he could not claim the title of khan himself.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
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
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
After just a few weeks, the khan was considered dead, and the mansion in the saffron fields fell into decay.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
