Khand

Khand was the name of a land which lay to the south-east of Mordor, located to the south of Rhûn and to the east of Near Harad. Almost nothing is known about Khand or its people, save that their number included Variags, who fought for the Morgul-host, but nothing aside from their name is mentioned.
==History==
Khand was, at least by the Third Age, under the influence of Mordor and was known to supply it with horses in place of Rohan, for Rohan refused to allow Sauron to buy their horses.
In the year TA 1944, the Wainriders came to the south of Mordor and recruited Haradrim and Variags, using their numbers to carry out an assault on Gondor.The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, Annals of the Kings and Rulers, I. "The Númenorean Kings", iv. "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion" Later, in the War of the Ring, Variags marched with the forces of Sauron to Minas Tirith, and took part in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Five, Ch. VI: "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"
Based on the map of the region, and its proximity to Harad, Khand was most likely a dry and barren land covered in desert. Its geography is little-known, although it could either constitute dry grassland or sandy desert.
==Etymology==
The meaning of Khand is unknown. However, khand is a word meaning "realm" in India, according to The Thain's Book Website,http://thainsbook.net/lands.html#Khand for instance in the usage of the Indian state of Uttarakhand, literally meaning "Northern Realm".
==Gallery==
Khand - Amazon's map.png|Khand as shown on a map released in connection with Amazon's TV series
Khand.JPG|Khand as depicted in the Middle-earth Role Playing game
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Arabic 	خانت
Armenian 	Խանդ
Azerbaijani 	خاندا (South)
Bengali 	খান্ড
Bishnupriya 	খান্ড
Chinese 	侃德
Danish 	Khand ("Det Nordlige Orientalske Land")
Georgian 	ხანდი
Greek 	Κχάντ
Gujarati 	ખંડ
Hebrew 	קהאנד
Hindi 	खंड
Japanese 	ハンド
Kannada 	ಖಾಂಡ್
Kazakh 	Ханд (Cyrillic) Xand (Latin)
Korean 	칸드
Macedonian Cyrillic	Канд
Marathi 	खंड
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Ханд
Nepalese 	खण्ड
Newari 	खण्ड
Russian 	Кханд
Sanskrit 	खन्द्
Serbian 	Кханд (Cyrillic) Khand (Latin)
Sinhalese 	ඛන්ඩ්
Tamil 	க்ஹந்த்
Telugu 	ఖండ్
Thai 	คานด์
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Кханду
Urdu 	کھنڈ
Yiddish 	כאַנד
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