Lexicographical Neighbors of Chagans
Literary usage of Chagans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1899)
"... and their son Yezid derived his genuine or fabulous descent from the Chosroes
of Persia, the Caesars of Home, and the chagans of the Turks or Avars, ..."
2. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1901)
"... and their son Yezid derived his genuine or fabulous descent from the Chosroes
of Persia, the Caesars of Rome, and the chagans of the Turks or Avars ..."
3. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1897)
"In both realms together there were eight chagans, two sovereign, six subordinate ;
and thus their statement as to the ' eight parts ' was true of the Turks ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1897)
"... Moldavia, Transylvania, and the parts of Hungary beyond the Danube, and
established the Dacian Empire of the chagans (so their king was called), ..."
5. Italy and Her Invaders by Thomas Hodgkin (1895)
"... and warned her husband, who, summoning the chagans lieutenant into his presence,
overpowered his resistance, fastened a cord round his neck, ..."
6. The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Other Principal Saints by Alban Butler (1866)
"In the *ixth century they were divided into seven, sometimes into tea tribes,
governed by so many independent chagans, that is, chains or kings. ..."
7. The Metropolitan (1843)
"He owed his fabulous descent to the Chosroes of Persia, the Caesars of Rome, the
chagans of the Turks ; his generals and armies were unrivalled and ..."
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