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khan

ruler in Mongol and Turkic cultures, variously describing kings, princes, and governors
Class type of: governor, monarch Q181888
khan
Anonymous court painter, The Yuan Dynasty (1279–1368) · Public Domain · Wikimedia

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
noble title, position[4]
Subclass of
governor, monarch
Described by source
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, Otto's encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890), Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Different from
Khan[12]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]
Said to be the same as
khagan[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en khan (title) en kan en king en qan en chan en governor en han en khan ar الخان ar خان cs chán de Khan el Χαν es jan es can es xan es khanes es khan fi Khan fi Kagaani
🔖 Identifiers · 17
Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID
300389764
Biblissima authority ID
Ökologiestation Bremen
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
140382
Encyclopedia of Korean Culture ID
E0000501
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/khan-title
Enzyklopädie des europäischen Ostens ID
566f
Freebase ID
/m/0198fr
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
kan-0
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0118528
Latvian National Encyclopedia Online ID
2681
NE.se ID
khan
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
term/544C09C4-B155-479E-8E3C-F4CCC55A41EB
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Oxford Dictionary of English entry ID
9002140408
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
han--hukumdar
Topic's main category
Category:Khans
WikiKids ID
Kan_(titel)
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
10249767-n

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🔗 Connections
Holders of this position 339
Kublai Khan, Hulegu Khan, Jochi, Chagatai Khan, Simeon I of Bulgaria, Nurhaci, Tokhtamysh, Tokhtamysh +331 more
← Occupation 36
Ögedei Khan, Batu Khan, Hulegu Khan, Chagatai Khan, Möngke Khan, Tolui, Berke, Temür Khan +28 more
← Noble title 15
Genghis Khan, Batu Khan, Tokhtamysh, Yesugei, Sartaq Khan, Allahverdi Khan, Kenesary Khan, Ebrahim Pourdavoud +7 more
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Examples 2
Atabeg, Khan of Kokand
Instance of 2
noble title, position
Subclass of 2
governor, monarch
← Honorific prefix 2
Ali Murad Khan, Eshaq Khan Qaraei-Torbati
Different from 1
Khan
Named after 1
Khan
On focus list of Wikimedia project 1
Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
Said to be the same as 1
khagan
Topic's main category 1
Category:Khans
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Khans
← Different from 1
Khan
← Family name 1
Hafiz Rashid Khan
← Is a list of 1
Nominalia of the Bulgarian khans
← Office held by the head of government 1
Talysh Khanate
← Said to be the same as 1
khagan
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Summary

khan is a noble title[1]. khan is a type of governor[2] and monarch[3].

Body

Influence

Things named for khan include Khan[14], a family name[15].

Why It Matters

Entities named for khan include Khan[14], a family name[15].

Related Entities

Abaqa Khan Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur Abu'l-Khayr Khan Abu Sa'id Bahadur Khan Altan Khan Arghun Ariq Böke Batu Khan Berke Chagatai Khan Devlet I Giray Edigu Genghis Khan Ghazan I Hong Taiji Hulegu Khan Jani Beg Jochi Kaidu Khushal Khan Khattak Kublai Khan Kuchlug Mengu-Timur Meñli I Giray Möngke Khan Muhammad Shaybani Nogai Khan Nurhaci Ögedei Khan Öljaitü

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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [15] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Ökologiestation Bremen
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q294966, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
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