Kirk Prime knew him for about as long and by comparison, did little to provoke him. In fact, he showed Khan and his people a great mercy. One many other captains likely wouldn't have paid a war criminal from the late 20th Century who tried to commandeer his ship. Needless to say, Khan didn't see it that way.

[ she nods, seeing his point, and relents more on one of her own -- ] I know a lot more about Khan and augmented humans than I, quite frankly, like admitting. While what he did to your counterpart and others are common knowledge by my time, classified information was studied in command school to help prepare future Starfleet captains for the situations Kirk Prime was placed in. I've had to rely on that training more than once over the past five years, and I'm willing to share that information with you.