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'''Khand''' was the name of a land which lay to the south-east of [[Mordor]] and to the east of [[Near Harad]]. The [[Men]] of Khand were called [[Variags]].
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'''Khand''' was the name of a land which lay to the south-east of [[Mordor]] and to the east of [[Near Harad]].<ref>{{UT|Map}}</ref> The [[Men]] of Khand were called [[Variags]].<ref name="Pelennor">{{RK|V6}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
Little is known about Khand or its people, but it appears to have been much like [[Rohan]]; the Variags were a people of riders.
Little is known about Khand or its people, other than that they were called Variags and that they were allied to Mordor.


The people of Khand and of [[Rhûn]] seemed to have been enemies on and off throughout the ages, but made a peace treaty to unite together against [[Gondor]].
The people of Khand and of [[Rhûn]] seemed to have been enemies on and off throughout the ages, but made a peace treaty to unite together against [[Gondor]].


Khand was under the influence of Mordor and supplied it with horses, and twice came into the history of Gondor: first in [[Third Age 1944]] when the Variags together with the [[Wainriders]] attacked Gondor, and later during the [[War of the Ring]] when they fought at the [[Battle of the Pelennor Fields]]. They were held in reserve in Osgiliath and were sent onto the battlefield by Gothmog after the death of the Lord of the Nazgul. The Variags were eventually driven back by the Knights of Dol Amroth.
Khand was under the influence of Mordor, and twice came into the history of Gondor: first in {{TA|1944}} when the Variags together with the [[Wainriders]] attacked Gondor,<ref>{{App|Gondor}}</ref> and later during the [[War of the Ring]].<ref name="Pelennor"/>


It is probable that Khand gradually fell under the control of Gondor during the [[Fourth Age]] and was hostile to it no longer.
It is unknown if Khand was ever conquered by the [[Reunited Kingdom]] or if they remained independent. It is also unknown if Khand ever warred with the folk of the West after [[Sauron]]'s demise.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
The meanings of '''Khand''' is unknown, probably in the language of the inhabitants of that region.
The meaning of ''Khand'' is unknown; it is, along with ''[[mûmak]]'' and ''[[Variag]]'', one of the few known words from the languages of the Men of the East and allies of Sauron.<ref>{{PM|II}}, p. 79.</ref>


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Khand
Region
General Information
LocationSoutheast of Mordor
TypeRegion
RegionsMay have been many
InhabitantsVariags

Khand was the name of a land which lay to the south-east of Mordor and to the east of Near Harad.[1] The Men of Khand were called Variags.[2]

History

Little is known about Khand or its people, other than that they were called Variags and that they were allied to Mordor.

The people of Khand and of Rhûn seemed to have been enemies on and off throughout the ages, but made a peace treaty to unite together against Gondor.

Khand was under the influence of Mordor, and twice came into the history of Gondor: first in T.A. 1944 when the Variags together with the Wainriders attacked Gondor,[3] and later during the War of the Ring.[2]

It is unknown if Khand was ever conquered by the Reunited Kingdom or if they remained independent. It is also unknown if Khand ever warred with the folk of the West after Sauron's demise.

Etymology

The meaning of Khand is unknown; it is, along with mûmak and Variag, one of the few known words from the languages of the Men of the East and allies of Sauron.[4]

References