Kusu (kö'sö), or Bakusu (bä-kö'sö)

A Bantu = tribe of the Kongo State, on the left bank of the Lualaba River, north of Nyangwe. They are agriculturists, copper-smelters, and cannibals. Kutab minar (kö täb mē-när'). A lofty column of red sandstone erected by the Mu ulmans at Delhi in India, to commemorate their decisive victory over the Rajputs in 1193, which gained for them the sovereignty of the Panjab. It is 50 feet in diameter at the base, and 13 at the top, and is considered the highest column in the world. Its face is covered with texts from the Koran. Named in honor of Kutabuddin, the general of the conqueror. Kutahia, or Kutaya (kö-ti'yä). A town in Asia Minor, Turkey, situated in lat. 39° 28′ N., long. 29° 52′ E. It is a trading center. A peace was negotiated here, May, 1833, whereby the sultan made over Syria and the province of Adana to Ibrahim Pasha. Population, estimated, 40,000-60,000. Kutais (kö-tīs'). 1. A government in Transcaucasia, Asiatic Ru ia, bordering on the Black Sea and Asiatic Turkey. The territories of Sukhum and Batum were annexed to it in 1882. Area, 13,968 square miles. Population (1886-90), 998,620. 2. The capital of the government of Kutais, situated on the Rion in lat. 42° 16′ N., long. 42° 40′ E., acquired by Ru ia in 1810. Population (1892), 22,643. Kutch in (ku-chin'). A general name given to many tribes of the northern division of the At hap as can stock of North American Indians, who live on and near the Yukon River and its tribu taries in Alaska, and in the northwestern part of British North America, west of the Mac kenzie River Sometimes called Lougher and IMG:content-0680.png:[blocks in formation]