KHAZARS

ancient people inhabiting the shores of the Caspian Sea and country of the Caucasus, as far as Crimea, and conducting the trade between Persia, Armenia, dum, and Ru ia. Origin of the much disputed, but it is generally that they are related to the Georgians, the ‘Iberians,’ or the Turks. An portant people from 190 A.D. to A.D., and at the height of their from 600 A.D. to 950 A.D. Chief It'l, on the Volga, Tarkhu, and on the Don. The nation was conquered and dispersed by the Ru ians at the of the X. cent. towed Provinces, India; area, 2,960 Cutch, 30’ E.), government, S.W. Ru ia, borPop. dering on Black Sea; area, c. 27,337 sq. miles; produces cereals, tobacco. Pop. rown, capital of above; timber trade. in a Pop. 90,000. Desert, remains;