proud to be a 'Khan'

a fine bright ink named after its inventor Alif Khan

personal bodyguards of a lord or king

bragging, boasting

a kind of dish cooked in milk

a kind of shoe

kind of crisp bread made of flour, milk, sugar and butter

sleeper with golden embroidery work

diamond-shaped or with diamond-like squares

related to Genghis Khan-allusion, despotic rule, tyranny, brutality, ruthlessness in that tradition

arrogance, bragging

a kind of white wheat

Ismaili, a follower of the Agha Khan

teasing, vexation, amorous dalliance, derision, cheerfulness