Ali Akbar Khan's 1955 performance in the United States was perhaps the beginning of this trend.

Khan's first public performance as the leader of the Qawwali party was at a studio recording broadcast as part of an annual music festival organised by Radio Pakistan, known as Jashn-e-Baharan.

Khan's performance was well-received, although he was particularly applauded for his directing.

The music video for the new song had Berryz Kobo digitally superposed into Dschinghis Khan's original performance, so that they appeared to be performing together.

Khan's performance in the film earned him several positive notices and favourable reviews from critics.

Upon release, the film became an all time blockbuster at the box office, with Khan's performance receiving favourable comments from critics and is currently the second highest-grossing Bollywood film of all time.

In a retrospective review by Rediff, Sukanya Verma called it Khan's best performance and added, " He was spontaneous, vulnerable, boyish, mischievous and acting straight from the heart.

Though the film was a commercial failiure, Khan's performance earned him the Filmfare Best Villain Award.

The film won ten Filmfare Awards, and Khan's performance as a young NRI who falls for Kajol's character while on a trip across Europe won him critical acclaim and his second Best Actor Award at the Filmfare.

The film was a major financial success, and Khan's performance as a music teacher was acclaimed by critics ; Taran Adarsh of Bollywood Hungama mentioned him to be " outstanding as Raj Aryan.

Featuring opposite Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit, Khan's performance as a rebellious alcoholic was well received and he won yet another Filmfare Best Actor Award.

Several film critics consider Khan's performance in the film to be his best till date.

Despite flopping at the box-office, Paheli was critically acclaimed, as was Khan's performance, which Raja Sen called " A top-notch performance, justifies his supremacy in the film world ".

Cowell called her performance of Chaka Khan's " Ain't Nobody " as " amazing " and " awesome.

Both the movie and Khan's performance received critical acclaim.

A short film aired on Dawn News about Khan's life and career.

Khan's first notable leading role came in 1988 in the film Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak which was directed by his cousin and Nasir Hussain's son Mansoor Khan.

This film was a breakthrough commercial success, effectively launching Khan's career as a leading actor.

The film was highly appreciated amongst the critics and Khan's role as a dedicated, honest and uncorrupted cop engaged in fighting border terrorism, was well received, as was his role in Deepa Mehta's art house film Earth.

Khan's work in his next movie, Fanaa ( 2006 ) co-starred with Kajol was also appreciated, and the film went on to become one of the highest grossing Indian films of 2006.

The film, a melodrama, is a remake of Mehboob Khan's earlier film, Aurat ( 1940 ).

The story of Aurat, Mehboob Khan's 1940 film on which Mother India was based, was developed by Babubhai Mehta who drew inspiration from Pearl S. Buck's novel The Mother.

Khan's first film of 2009, Wanted directed by choreographer turned director Prabhu Deva.

Khan's first release of 2010 was Anil Sharma's commercially and critically unsuccessful film Veer.

The title is a reference to the nightclub in the film, which takes its name from Xanadu, the summer capital of Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty in China.

Upon release, the film generated controversy in India due to Khan's appearance in an " explicit " sex scene with co-star Deepa Sahi.

Khan's stammering in the film and the usage of the phrase, " I love you, Kkkiran ," were popular with the audiences.

In the same year, Khan starred in Farah Khan's second film, Om Shanti Om alongside Deepika Padukone, Shreyas Talpade and Arjun Rampal.

The daughter of a tram conductor and a dressmaker, she was working as the Aga Khan's social secretary at the time of their marriage.

During the fighting, a Polish nobleman called Otwinowski noticed the Tatar Khan's standard, and Polish artillery was directed to fire at it.

This came through the influence of Mahmud Tarzi, who was both Amanullah Khan's father-in-law and Foreign Minister.

A key force behind these reforms was Mahmud Tarzi, Amanullah Khan's Foreign Minister and father-in-law — and an ardent supporter of the education of women.

Ismail Khan's forces even fought skirmishes with the Afghan National Army, in which his son, Mirwais Sadiq was killed.

Guantanamo captive Abdul Razzaq Hekmati requested Ismail Khan's testimony, when he was called before a Combatant Status Review Tribunal.

Khan's assumption of ownership was approved a couple of weeks later by the NFL owners, and Khan took over full ownership on January 4, 2012.

Report of a massacre in the close by Bamiyan is recorded around this period, where the entire population of the valley was annihilated by the Mongol troops as a revenge for the death of Genghis Khan's grandson.

The British-led Indian forces invaded in 1878 as Kabul was under Sher Ali Khan's rule, but the British residents were again massacred.

Ulugh Khan's raid was repulsed but he returned in a month with a larger and determined army.

He thought that a dome was an attempt to hide from the ideal and escape into a private creation, and Kubla Khan's dome is a flaw that keeps him from truly connecting to nature.

However, Coleridge did believe that a dome could be positive if it was connected to religion, but the Khan's dome was one of immoral pleasure and a purposeless life dominated by sensuality and pleasure.

The match was also Imran Khan's last match after which he retired.

It was modernized during King Amanullah Khan's rule in the early 20th century, and upgraded during King Zahir Shah's forty year rule.

The building was the first to utilize Khan's bundled tube structure.

Arjumand was Asaf Khan's daughter and her marriage to Prince Khurram consolidated Nur Jahan and Asaf Khan's positions at court.

By the Khan's decree, the school also was exempt from taxation.

After the 1965 war, the cultural revolution, resentment, hostility towards the Ayub Khan's government began to arise when the population felt that " Kashmir cause " was betrayed by the President Ayub Khan.

Khan's close friend and domestic partner during his reign was Akleem Akhtar, otherwise known as General Rani ( General's Queen ).

Kublai Khan's Yuan Dynasty established control over the Khmer empire in Cambodia, the Pagan Empire in Myanmar, and a kingdom of Laos, but failed a second attempted invasion of Japan and was twice defeated in attempted invasions of Vietnam.

Batu Khan's full-scale invasion of Rus ' occurred from 1237 to 1240 ; the campaign was ended by a Mongol succession crisis.

By 1450, the Tatar language had become fashionable in the court of the Grand Prince of Moscow, Vasily II, who was accused of excessive love of the Tatars and their speech, and many Russian noblemen adopted Tatar surnames ( for example, a member of the Veliamanov family adopted the Turkic name " Aksak " and his descendents were the Aksakovs ) Many Russian boyar ( noble ) families traced their descent from the Mongols or Tatars, including Veliaminov-Zernov, Godunov, Arseniev, Bakhmetev, Bulgakov ( descendents of Bulgak ) and Chaadaev ( descendents of Genghis Khan's son Jagatay ).