Khan
an Asiatic governor; a king, a prince, a chief. Also an inn, a caravansary; of these there are two kinds, one for travelers and pilgrims, where lodging is provided free; the other for traders, where a small charge is made and a toll or duty charged on goods sold therein.
KHANDESH (khän-dāsh'), a district of British India, Bombay presidency, forming the most N. portion of the Deccan tableland, and intersected by the Tapti river. În 1906 it was divided into two districts, West and East Khandesh.
Pop. about 960,000.
KHARKOV (kär'kov), the capital of the Russian province of Kharkov, and one of the chief towns of the Ukraine; 465 miles S. by W. of Moscow. It is the seat of a Greek bishop and of a KHERSON university. This university was an energetic center of the Nihilist movement, especially previous to the assassination of Alexander II. in 1881. Pop. about 250,000. The province situated in Little Russia has an area of 21,041 square miles; pop. about 3,500,000.