# Kahn — The World Set Free character guide

> Kahn in The World Set Free by H. G. Wells.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Kahn.⁠

**First appearance:** 0015-iii

## Who they are

An industrialist and financier in the pre-war era.

## Relationships

### [Marcus Karenin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/characters/marcus_karenin)

_rivalry_

Kahn and Marcus Karenin are intellectual and political rivals, clashing over the direction of post-war reconstruction.

### [Marcus Karenin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/characters/marcus_karenin)

_rivalry_

Kahn and Marcus Karenin are intellectual and political rivals, clashing over the direction of post-war reconstruction.

### [Marcus Karenin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/characters/marcus_karenin)

_rivalry_

Kahn and Marcus Karenin are intellectual and political rivals, clashing over the direction of post-war reconstruction.

## In the story

### [The Last Days of Marcus Karenin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/v-the-last-days-of-marcus-karenin)

Poet who speaks of passionate love as the dawn of a new era; Karenin critiques his views.

### [§ IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/iv)

A poet and patient who spends time with Karenin.

### [§ VI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/vi)

Kahn joins the group and participates in the discussion.

### [§ VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/vii)

Defends sexual love as a necessary phase that releases imagination; describes a scene in Lahore with a beauty queen.

### [§ VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_world_set_free_se/chapters/viii)

Interjects with the comment 'Beyond humanity,' prompting Karenin's response about staying grounded.

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