Turkish Honorary Titles: State Artists of Turkey, Turkish Titles, Bar Mano, Sultan, Bey, Khan, Trkan Oray, Vizier, Leyla Gencer

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 235. Not illustrated. Chapters: State Artists of Turkey, Turkish Titles, Bar Manco, Sultan, Bey, Khan, Turkan oray, Vizier, Leyla Gencer, Ahmed Adnan Saygun, Hulya Kocyi it, Ajda Pekkan, Idil Biret, Orhan Gencebay, Necil Kaz m Akses, Pasha, Necdet Ya ar, Okay Temiz, Emir, Mirza, Zeki Muren, Attila Ilhan, Padishah, Effendi, Agha, Kaymakam, Gulsin Onay, ener en, Reis, Rengim Gokmen, Ottoman Titles, Derebey, Ilhan Usmanba, Grand Vizier, Y ld z Kenter, Gurer Aykal, Gazanfer Ozcan, Muazzez Ersoy, Nilufer Yumlu, Suna Kan, Khatun, W li, Dey, Beylerbey, Kaptan Pasha, Serdar, Muammer Sun, Celebi, Bostanji, Ahmet Ozhan, Cemal Re it Rey, Muazzez Abac, Sanjak-Bey, Chiaus, Mutasarr f, Emel Say n. Excerpt: Khan (sometimes spelled Han, Xan, Ke-Han, Turkic: khn Mongolian: , Chinese: or, kehan or han, where Chinese adjective /k/ stands for great) is an originally Central Asian title for a sovereign or military ruler, first used by medieval Altaic-speaking nomadic tribes living to the north of China. 'Khan' is also seen as a title in the Xianbei confederation for their chief between 283289. The probably proto-Mongolian Rourans were the first people who used the titles Khagan and Khan for their emperors, replacing the Chanyu of the Xiongnu, whom Grousset and others assume to be Turkic. It was subsequently adopted by the Ashina before the Gokturks (hence the Turkic peoples) and the Mongols brought it to the rest of Asia. In the middle of the sixth century it was known as Kagan - King of the Turks to the Persians. It now has many equivalent meanings such as commander, leader, or ruler. Presently Khans exist mostly in South Asia and Central Asia. The female alternatives are Khatun and Khanum. Various Mongolic and Turkic peoples from Central Asia had given the title new prominence after the Mongol invasion and later brought the title Khan...