The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . and of no-madic chiefs and various state officers in Per-sia ; also, one of the titles of the sultan of Tur-key. The title has degenerated in dignity. In Persia andAfghanistan it has now a vague value, about equivalent toetquire, and in India it has become a connnon afBx to thenames of respectable Hindus, especially of those who claima Iathun descent. But estwarde on the see sydeA piynce there is that rulyth wyde,Callyd the Cane of Iatowe [(\athay|.Interlude o/ t
The century dictionary and cyclopedia, a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge with a new atlas of the world . and of no-madic chiefs and various state officers in Per-sia ; also, one of the titles of the sultan of Tur-key. The title has degenerated in dignity. In Persia andAfghanistan it has now a vague value, about equivalent toetquire, and in India it has become a connnon afBx to thenames of respectable Hindus, especially of those who claima Iathun descent. But estwarde on the see sydeA piynce there is that rulyth wyde,Callyd the Cane of Iatowe [(\athay|.Interlude o/ ttie Four Elements (ed. Halliwell, 1848).Both of them seruing the great Can in those warres. Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. Xanadu did Kubla KhanA stately pleasure-dome decree,Where Alph, the sacred river, ran. Coleridge, Kubla (kan), n. [Formerly alsokawn, kaun, kanc,cane, hane; < Turk, khdn = Hind. khdna,< «a, a house, dwelling.] One of a class of un-furnished inns in Turkish and some other Ori-ental lands, generally belonging to the govern-ment. Some are designed for the gratuitous use of trav- 32S1. Interior of a Khiin. elers and pilgrims; others, of a better kind, for the accom-modation of traders and their trains and wares, the traderspaying chiuges. The Cane lockt up by the Turks at noons and at nights,for feai-e that the Franks should suffer or offer any out-rage. Sandys, Travailes, p. 90. The khan ]m Syria] is usually built around a courtyard,with sheds or booths for the animals occupying the groundfloor, while the travelers may take what chance there isfor sleep on the more elevated platforms. T?ie Century, XXXV. 817. khanate(kanat or kanat), «. [< khan^ + -ate^.]The dominion or jurisdiction of a khan. The khanate was annexed to Muscovy more than threecenturies ago. D. M. Wallace, Russia, p. 4. khanjee (), n. [Repr. Hind, khangi,khaniigl, IJeng. khdnki, belonging to the house,< Pers. khdnagi, belonging to the house, < khdna,hous
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