Karak
or KHARRACK (kä-räk')
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Each of these 16 subjects appears in only one of the 6 encyclopedias on this shelf. None is long enough to carry a page by itself, so they are gathered here by letter. Anything that grows moves out to a page of its own.
Karakorum
(1) Kirghiz native khans claimed to be descended nomad Kirghiz. The from The Mustagh or Muztagh range is that part of the to be des one of Alexander's captains, and only lost their Himalayas which lies to the ler's captain independence, to Bokhara, W. of the Indus and extends as far as ence, to Bo in 1868. the head of the Gilgit valley. It embraces some of the loftiest peaks of the
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Karaman
a town of Turkey Asiatic , in Karamania, 58 miles S. S. E.
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Karamnasa
a river in the presiof tains, mixed with earthy sulphide of bis muth. dency Bengal, British India; after a rity sulphide o
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Karategin
a (the Icarus of Arrian), an island of , in -ta-gen') try of central Asia, forming the E. provcounince of Asia the Persian Gulf, belonging to England, 35 miles N. rming the Bokhara, and having the Russian province of Khokand W. of Bushire. Area 13 square ving the I on the N.; area 8,310 square miles. This island is N miles. It is a highland region ( is a hi of some importance as affording a secure anchorage 6,000-7,000 feet) and for ships, and a station where Zeet) and versed from E. to W. by the Surkhab is traor Kizil-su, a by the S they may water and refit. It has suctributary of cessively belonged to the Dutch, Arabs, Persians, and of the Daria. In winter (October to May) the the Amuclimate is very severe French. The English finally ber to Me ; nevertheless much fruit took possession of it during the evertheles and corn are grown. The people, Tajiks by race, war with Persia in 1839. The number about 100,000, and about about 1 5,000
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Karauli
a native Himalayan system. (2) The name properly -lo), a native in Rajputana, India, separated by the State Chambal appropriate to a pass (18,550 feet), the separated river from Gwalior; area 1,242 culminating point of the route between India and Gwalior; area square miles; pop. about 200,000, mostly Hindus. It East Turkestan. The old ut 200,000, is a hilly country, especially rich in Mongolian capital, to the N. of the desert of ountry, espe timber. Capital Karauli, 75 miles N. W. of Gobi, on the Orkhon, a tributary of the tal Karauli, 76 Gwalior, defended by a sandstone Selenga river; the ruins reanded by a wall two miles in extent; pop. about 30,000 main. in extent: .
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Kare
ALPHONSE (kär), a French ; born in writer Paris, Nov. 24, 1808. He was educated at
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Karelia
an old name the S. E. of Konieh. It is situated at for part of Finland, annexed to Russia of Finland, an the foot of a spur of Mount Taurus, and, though formerly a large place is now unby Peter the Great in 1721. Great in The Karelians properly so called are a branch of so called important. Manufactures cotton fabrics. Karaman was the the Finnic race, and about a capital of a Turkish kingdom, ace, and ab million dwell in the E. parts of Finland and the which lasted from the time of the parts of Fi adjoining provinces of Russia from Archangel to Tver. provinces of R partition of the Seljuk dominions of Iconium till 1486, when Karamania was subjected by the Ottoman sultan, Bajazet
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Karelinite
oxide of II., from which time Konieh bebismuth, with formula BiO3. Massive, Bio. Ma came the seat of the pashalic. Pop. between with crystalline structure; color, leadgray re; color, 7,000 and 8,000. ; luster metallic when cut. Is lie when met found at the Savodinsk mine, Altai Moun-avodinsk mine, Altai L cu
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Karikal
the second in importance of the French possessions in India, on the Coromandel coast, 12 miles N. of Negapatam ; area nearly 53 square miles; pop. about 65,000. It is a fertile tract , well supplied with rivers and canals, and largely given up to the cultivation of rice. Capital, Karikal, a mile from the sea; it has been four times taken by the British. There is an active trade in rice. Pop. about 20,000.
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Karlovo
a town in Eastern Rumelia, 30 miles N. of Philippopolis, at the foot of the highest peak of the Balkan Mountains, has manufactures of lace and cloth; about 100 years old; in 1877, after a determined resistance, it was taken and pillaged by Suleiman Pasha; pop. about 10,000. KARLSBAD. See CARLSBAD.
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Karlskrona
an important port and the naval headquarters of Sweden. Situated on the Baltic, about 250 miles from Stockholm, it has one of the largest navy yards in Europe, equipped with dry-docks, arsenals, and shipyards, protected by strong harbor fortifications. The streets of the city are well laid out and there are many parks and promenades. The chief industries are anchor making and the manufacture of matches. Pop. about 30,000. KARLSRUHE. See CARLSRUHE.
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Karlstad
a city in Sweden located on the island of Thingvalla , about 165 miles W. of Stockholm . Connected with the mainland by two large bridges, it is a well-built little city with a wonderful situation among the lakes and hills of Sweden. A conference between Norway and Sweden was held here in 1905. Pop. about 20,000.
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Karlstadt
a city of the recently formed State of Jugo-Slavia, situated about 35 miles S. of Agram. A strongly fortified city, it has a large armory, and is the seat of a Greek Oriental bishop . Pop. about 17,500.
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Karma
in Buddhism, the accumulation of merit or demerit which remains when an individual existence has come to an end. It is the summing up of the actions of the life that has just ceased, and of all the previous lives in the same series, and determines the nature, condition, locality, and future of a new sentient being, into which it passes.
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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 .
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