Fictional tiger and main antagonist from author Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book"
For other uses, see Shere Khan (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Sharekhan.
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Fictional character
Shere Khan
The Jungle Book character
Shere Khan and his wolf followers, as illustrated by Maurice de Becque in a 1924 French edition of The Jungle Book
First appearance
"Mowgli's Brothers"
Last appearance
"Tiger! Tiger!"
Created by
Rudyard Kipling
In-universe information
Nickname
Lungri
Species
Bengal tiger
Gender
Male
Shere Khan (Hindi- शेर खान/ English pronunciation/ˈʃɪərˈkɑːn/) is a fictional Bengal tiger in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book and its adaptations, in which he is often portrayed as the main antagonist, itself an exaggeration of his role in the original stories, which he only appears in a third of.[1] The name roughly translates as tiger ruler, with shere (Persian: شیر, pronounced[ʃeːɾ]) being the Persian word for 'tiger'), and khan being used as a title of distinction among the Turco-Mongol peoples, usually meaning chief or ruler. According to The Kipling Society, the name "show[s] that he is the chief among tigers".[2] Shere Khan is named after Afghan Emperor Sher Shah Suri.[3]
^"Voice Compare: Jungle Book - Shere Khan". Behind The Voice Actors. 2010-07-24. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
^"Kipling's list of names in the stories" Archived 2012-09-21 at the Wayback Machine, excerpted from volume XII of The Complete Works, Sussex edition, 1936.
^Welsh, Frank (2013-03-28). The History of the World: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day. Quercus. p. 188. ISBN 978-1-78206-110-6.
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