Kaaaan - Kaaaan

Japanese: カーアーン - かーあーん
Kaaaan - Kaaaan

...This means a person who was entrusted with secular rule by the caliph, who controlled the secular and religious aspects of the Islamic world. In the Mongol Empire, the rulers of the various royal families who constituted the empire and were allowed to divide and rule the regions were given the title of khan, such as Ilkhan and Chagatai Khan, but the supreme ruler of Karakorum on the Mongolian plateau who stood above them was called qāān (Khan of khans) or khāqān (Khan of khans). After the 14th century, after the Mongol period, khan lost its original meaning, and the title came to be used easily even by those who were not chiefs.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ka'an" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これは,イスラム世界の聖俗の支配を握っていたカリフから世俗の支配権をゆだねられた者の意味である。 モンゴル帝国でも,帝国を構成して地方を分割統治する権限を許されていた諸王家の支配者は,たとえばイル・ハーン,チャガタイ・ハーンのごとくハーンの称号を名のったが,彼らの上に立つモンゴル高原のカラコルムの最高君主はカーアーンqāān(〈カンの中のカン〉),ないしはハーカーンkhāqān(〈ハーンの中のハーン〉)と呼ばれた。 14世紀以降,モンゴル時代をすぎるとハーンは本来の意味を失い,族長層でなくとも安易にこの称号を使うようになった。…

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