Also khanat. [f. KHAN1 + -ATE1.] A district governed by a khan; the position of a khan.

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1799.  W. Tooke, View Russian Emp., II. 37. This state split … into several petty khanates.

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1841.  Penny Cycl., XX. 375/1. Samarcand is a town in Asia, in the khanat of Bokhara.

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1849.  E. B. Eastwick, Dry Leaves, 74. I was forthwith employed to draw up a full report of his son’s claim to the Khánate, the names, force, and situation of the various tribes, etc.

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1893.  McCarthy, Dictator, I. 80. In the Khanate of some Central Asian despot.

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