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  • I love that "sometimes biased by pan-Turkism"; yeah, I'd say that someone who derives shogun from the Qarluq title sagun may have a teeny little bias somewhere.

    languagehat.com: BARBARIAN NAMES. 2005

  • Validi Togan, a scholar of profound erudition but sometimes biased by pan-Turkism, derived shogun, Sino-Japanese for chiang chün, "general," from the Qarluq title sagun.

    languagehat.com: BARBARIAN NAMES. 2005

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