Mahan

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Mahan may refer to:

• The Mahan confederacy of chiefdoms in ancient Korea.
• The city of Mahan, Iran, in Kerman province.
• Mahan Air, an airline based in Kerman province.
• The family name of individuals such as:
  • American Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan
  • Asa Mahan (1800-1889), first president of Oberlin College
  • Dennis Hart Mahan, professor at the United States Military Academy and father of Alfred Thayer Mahan
• Several United States Navy vessels named after Alfred Thayer Mahan; see USS Mahan.
• Master Mahan, a title of uncertain meaning, applied to Cain and his descendant Lamech in the Book of Moses.