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<p>Content Updated.</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Khan&#039;&#039;&#039; a title of dignity given to a high-ranking military officer of the Mughal or pre-Mughal time. The bureaucratic mansabdari system was basically a Turko-Mongol institution. The origin of the decimal basis of the [[Mansabdari|mansabdari]] may be traced back to the early Muslim rulers who organised their armies on a decimal basis. The Turks introduced the decimal system in the Delhi Sultanate. Some ideas about the position of a Khan can be formed from the advice of Sultan Nasiruddin Mahmud [[Bughra Khan|bughra khan]] to his son Muizuddin Kaiqobad (sultan of Delhi, 1287-1290). Bughra Khan describes the army organisation to his son in the following manner: a [[Sar-i-Khail|sar-i-khail]] has ten horsemen under him, a Sipah Salar directs ten Sar-i-Khails, an [[Amir|amir]] has authority over ten Sipah Salars, a Malik has authority over ten Amirs and a Khan&#039;s forces contain at least those of ten Maliks. So a Khan appears to command one lac horsemen.<br /> <br /> In the inscriptions of the Muslim sultans of Bengal there are gradations of titles like Khan, Khaqan/Malik as follows: &#039;&#039;Khan&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Khan al-Muazzam&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Khan al-Azam&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Khan&#039;&#039; etc and &#039;&#039;Khaqan&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Khaqan al-Muazzam&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Khaqan al- Azam&#039;&#039;, &#039;&#039;Khaqan al-Azam al-Muazzam&#039;&#039; etc. [Abdul Karim]<br /> <br /> [[bn:খান]]</div>

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