khanate

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So long as Bati lived, this khanate was united and powerful, but after his death, in 1257, it gradually lost strength.

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  1. noun The realm of a khan.
  2. noun The position of a khan.

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  • He felt the shape of his travels in his mind, and found he could not remember enough of the last few weeks to be sure of his location, relative to the Moravian Gate, or the khanate of the Golden Horde. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • "He will be allowed to live, if he promises to work for the khanate on things that are real I am sure he will agree to that," Iwang said. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • That was something Nadir had brought to the khanate, it occurred to Bahram, something from deep in the heart of Islam: the law was the law. —  THE YEARS OF RICE AND SALT - Kim Stanley Robinson
  • Accordingly he lost no time in sending to the Russian commander-in-chief a request that he would despatch an armed force to take possession in the name of the emperor of the khanate, then vacant by the death of the youngest son of Pachu Biké, who had been assassinated, as was said, by order of Schamyl. —  The Project Gutenberg eBook of Life Of Schamyl, by J. Milton Mackie.
  • Accordingly he lost no time in sending to the Russian commander-in-chief a request that he would despatch an armed force to take possession in the name of the emperor of the khanate, then vacant by the death of the youngest son of Pachu Biké, who had been assassinated, as was said, by order of Schamyl Thereupon General Lasskoi being placed in command of a considerable body of troops, was ordered to march on Chunsach, and to sweep the country on his way of all opposition. —  Life of Schamyl And Narrative of the Circassian War of Independence Against Russia
 

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/ˈkæneɪt/
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