khanate

[ kah-neyt, kan-eyt ]

/ ˈkɑ neɪt, ˈkæn eɪt /

the area governed by a khan.

Origin of khanate

First recorded in 1790–1800; khan¹ + -ate³

khama, khambhat, khamenei, khamsin, khan, khanate, khanbalik, khanda, khanga, khania, khaniá

In Mongolia under the Chinese Government it answers to khanate.

The Bbur-nma in English |Babur, Emperor of Hindustan
The Czar's officials had little difficulty in picking a quarrel with the Khanate of Khokand.

The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1914 (5th ed.) |John Holland Rose
A khanate situated in the valley of the lower Oxus, bordering Bokhara on the southeast.

Matthew Arnold's Sohrab and Rustum and Other Poems |Matthew Arnold
Mahomed Yakoob was born in or about the year 1820, in the flourishing little town of Piskent, in the khanate of Khokand.

The Life of Yakoob Beg |Demetrius Boulger

Bokhara rugs which are made in the city and Khanate of that name, are not the so-called Bokhara rugs of the Western world.

Rugs: Oriental and Occidental, Antique & Modern |Rosa Belle Holt

khanate

/ (ˈkɑːneɪt, ˈkæn-) /

the territory ruled by a khan

the position or rank of a khan