Khanate

A khanate or khaganate is a type of historic polity ruled by a khan, khagan, khatun, or khanum.^[1][2] Khanates were typically nomadic Turkic, Mongol and Tatar societies located on the Eurasian Steppe,^[3][4][5] politically equivalent in status to kinship-based chiefdoms and feudal monarchies. Khanates and khaganates were organised tribally, where leaders gained power on the support and loyalty of their warrior subjects,^[3] gaining tribute from subordinates as realm funding.^[6] In comparison to a khanate, a khaganate, the realm of a khagan, was a large nomadic state maintaining subjugation over numerous smaller khanates.^[7] The title of khagan, translating as "Khan of the Khans", roughly corresponds in status to that of an emperor.^[4]