Karmathians
a religious and communistic sect into which the Ismaîlîs developed in Asia under the head of Hamdan Karmat, a peasant-prophet in KÁROLYI the region of Kufa. The secret society Damascus had soon organized itself and began a formidable peasant war. to ransom itself; Baalbec was taken and its inhabitants put to the sword. Abu Taher in 923 took and plundered Bassora; next year he plundered a caravan of 20,000 pilgrims returning from Mecca; and in 925 captured and plundered Kufa, killing or enslaving the inhabitants. In 930 during the Hajj he took Mecca, killing 30,000 persons, choked the well Zem Zem with corpses, and carried away the black stone. Then he threatened Bagdad with only 500 horse from among his 107,000 armed zealots. During the next eight years there was no Hajj, but it was resumed on a payment of 25,000 dinars by the calif to Abu Taher. After a 22 years' absence the black stone was brought back to Mecca by the Karmathians and ransomed. During the next 100 years the sect gradually succumbed to the sword and to natural causes, but not till it had acted as a powerful dissolvent on the califate .
KARNAK (kär'nak), a village in Egypt built on the site of Thebes, on the bank of the Nile, and renowned for its magnificent architectural antiquities .
The principal one of these is the Great Temple, 1,200 feet long and 330 feet wide. In this are found great colonnades, obelisks, and a vast quantity of sculptures. Various colored marbles, sandstones and granite are used. Other smaller temples abound, beautifully ornamented with mural decorations which portray the kings, divinities and recreations of those ancient peoples. These temples were erected at various times from 1500 B. C. to 28 B. C. . a KARNUL (kur-nöl'), a town in Madras presidency, British India, 110 miles S. by W. from Haidarabad. Fever is epidemic. The district is separated on the N. by the Krishna from the Nizam's dominions; area 7,788 square miles; pop. between 700,000 and 750,000.
The canal of the Madras Irrigation Company traverses it for 140 miles. Karnul suffered very severely during the famine of 1877-1878.
COUNT ALOYS DE NAGY, an Austrian statesman; born in 1825. He filled various diplomatic posts at Hanover , Berne, Rome, Athens, London, Copenhagen, and St. Petersburg. At Zurich in 1859, he concluded peace with Italy and France after the unfortunate campaign which ended at Solferino. Toward the end of 1859 he went to Berlin as ambassador, where he remained till the Austro-Prus- KÁROLYI (kä-rōl'yē), the from wa United th aris.
KÁROLYI sian rupture. He returned to Berlin as ambassador Dec. 22, 1871, and soon took rank as one of the most distinguished and experienced diplomatists there. In February, 1879, he was sent to England as ambassador. as ambassador. He was one of the members of the Berlin Congress. He died in 1889. a KÁROLYI, COUNT MICHAEL, Hungarian statesman; born of a noble wealthy family, was educated for a life of leisure, but at a comparatively early as a age became interested in politics. Gradually, as a member of Parliament, he became known as the Don Quixote of Hungarian politics. Beginning conservative, he turned toward liberalism, and before the European War was waging a campaign for the separation of the Kingdom from the Austrian Empire. When the war broke out in 1914, he was in the United States, organizing the sentiment of the Hungarians in this country in favor of his propaganda. On his return he was interned for a while in France , but his well-known anti- German sentiments caused his release.
He was strongly opposed to the war.
On Oct. 31 , 1918, after the collapse of the Austrian Empire, the liberal and radical elements of Hungary raised premiership of the Government of the country, as a preliminary to proclaiming a republic. task was extremely difficult, on account of the attitude of the Allies, who gave him no support in his endeavor to save the remnants of Hungarian nationality.
On March 22, 1919, he abandoned his efforts and surrendered the reins of government to the Communists, or ex- Socialists, who were at the time the only political force organized.
KARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS. See CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS.