Kasan

See Kazan. Kasan (käz'än) Defile. A celebrated defile in the Danube, on the borders of Servia and Hungary, near the confines of Rumania, long inacce ible by land. It has traces of a Roman road built by Trajan. Near it are the Iron Gates. Width of the Danube, 540 feet. Depth, 200 feet. Kasanlik. See Kazanlik . Kasbek. See Kazbek . Kasbin (käz-bēn'), or Kasvin (käz-vēn'). A city in the province of Irak-Ajemi, Persia, in lat. 36° 16′ N., long. 50° 3′ E. It has an important transit trade, since it is on the main route from Persia to Europe. It was formerly the capital. Population, about 30,000. Also Casbin , Kazvin , etc. Kaschau (kä'shou), Hung. Ka a (kosh's ho). A royal free city and the capital of the county of Abauj, Hungary, situated on the Hernad in lat. 48° 42′ N., long. 21° 17′ Ε. It is a commercial center, and is noted for its Gothic cathedral of St. Elizabeth. Here, Jan. 4, 1849, the Austrians under Schlik defeated the Hungarians under Mészáros. Population (1890), 28,884. Kashan (kä-shän'). A city in the province of Irak-Ajemi, Persia, 95 miles north by west of Ispahan: noted for its manufactures. Population, about 25,000. Kashgar (käsh-gär'). 1. The capital of Eastern Turkestan, Chinese empire, situated on the Kizil-Su about lat. 39° 25′ N., long. 76° 7' E. It is composed of an old and a new city; is an important commercial and manufacturing center; was conquered by the Chinese in the middle of the 18th century; was the scene of a succe ful revolt in 1865; and was reconquered by the Chinese 1876-77. Population, 60,000-70,000. 2. See Kashgaria . about 300 miles. Käsmark (kāz'märk), or Késmárk (kāsh'märk). A small town in the county of Zips, Hungary, situated on the Poprád in lat. 49°8′ N., long. 20° 28′ E. It manufactures linen. Ka aba, or Kasaba, or Ca aba (kä-säʼbä). A town in the vilayet of Aidin, Asiatic Turkey, about 35 miles east-northeast of Smyrna. Population, about 15,000. Ka ai (kä-si'). A large southern tributary of the Kongo. Its principal affluents are the Sankuru on the right and the Kuango on the left. It forms the boundary between the Portuguese sphere of influence and the Kongo Free State, and then traverses the latter. Ka ala, or Kasala (kä-sä lä). The chief town of Taka, eastern Africa, situated in lat. 15° 25′ N., long. 36° 14′ E.: formerly a commercial center. It was captured by the Italians from the Mahdists, July 17, 1894. Population, about 3,000. Ka el. See Ca el . Ka r-el-Kebir (käsr'el-ke-bēr'), or Lxor (1-ksōr'). [Sp. Alcazar - Quivir .] A town in northern Morocco, about 60 miles south of Tangier. Here, Aug. 4, 1578, King Sebastian of Portugal was defeated and slain. Population, estimated, 25,000. Kastamuni (käs-tä-mö'nē). 1. A vilayet in Asia Minor, Turkey, corresponding to the ancient Paphlagonia and eastern Bithynia. Area, 19,300 square miles. Population, 1,009,460.2. The capital of the vilayet of Kastamuni, about lat. 41° 23′ N., long. 33°42′ E. Population, about 40,000. Kästner (kest'ner), Abraham Gotthelf. Born at Leipsic, Sept. 27, 1719: died at Göttingen, Pru ia, June 20, 1800. A German mathematician and epigrammatist. He wrote "Anfangsgründe der Mathematik" (1758-69), "Sinngedichte" (1781), etc. Kashgaria (kash-gā'ri-ä), or Kashgar (käshgär'). That part of Eastern Turkestan, in the Tarim basin, which was independent of China Kastoria (käs-to-rē'ä). A town in the vilayet 1865-77.