(a) In Persian-speaking areas: a prince. Also used as a title before or, esp. in Iran (Persia), after the name of a prince. (b) In Iran (Persia)…

‘The title for many centuries of the Hindu Sovereign of Calicut and the country round’ (Yule).

A Hindu (esp. Rajput) prince or raja; spec. a member of the family of Rajput origin which effectively ruled Nepal from 1846 to 1951. Also used as a…

A title given to various Muslim leaders. Applied to. The Caliph, as sovereign of the community, and (now or formerly) to other independent…

(The title of) the hereditary ruler of Hyderabad, a former state of Southern India, divided in 1956 between Andhra Pradesh, Mysore (now Karnataka)…

An ancient form of the word khan, n.1; applied (after the medieval Latin and Greek chroniclers) to the sovereign of the Avars in the 6th and 7th…

A Tartar ruler: a khan.

(The title of) the ruler of the state of Baroda, India.

The hereditary ruler of a Shan state in Eastern Burma (Myanmar).

In traditional Malay states, a high-ranking official, usually commanding the army and the police. Also, the title of the rulers of Johore, 1824–85.