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 Per sia to Europe. It was formerly the capital. Population, about 30,000. Also Casbin , Kazvin , etc. Kaschau (kashou), Hung. Ka a (kosh's ho). royal free city and the capital of the county of Abauj, Hungary, situated on the Hernad in lat. 48° 42′ N., long. 21° 17′ E. It is a commercial center, and is noted for its Gothic cathedral of St. Elizabeth. Here, Jan. 4, 1849, the Austrians under Schlik de feated 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. IMG:content-0660.png:[blocks in formation] 1865-77. of Tver, Ru ia, 75 miles northeast of Tver. Population (1885-89), 6,833. Kashkar. See Chitral. Kashmir, or Cashmere (kash-mēr'). A native state under British suzerainty, bounded by Eastern Turkestan on the north, Tibet on the east, India on the south and southwest, and Dardistan and the Pamirs on the west and northwest. Its capital is Srinagar. Ranges of the Himalaya traverse the country. Besides Kashmir proper, the state includes Baltis tan, Ladak, Jamu, and Gil git. The boundaries toward China and Ru ia (Pamirs) are uncertain. The beautiful "Vale of Cashmere," in closed by lofty mountains, and occupying a general elevation of upward of 5,000 feet, has a length of about 90 miles. The Jhelum traverses it in a northwesterly direction. It is noted for its agricultural riches and its manufactures (Cashmere shawls, etc.). Kashmir is governed by by Akbar at the close of the 16th century, by the Afa maharaja of the Dogra Sikh family. It was conquered ghans in the middle of the 18th century, and by the Sikhs in 1819. The British arranged the present form of government in 1846. Its northern part was the scene of the Hunza-Nagar war against the British in 1891. Area, 80,900 square miles. Population (1891), 2,543,952. Kashshi. See Co eans . Kashyapa (kash'ya-pa). A sage to whom are ascribed several Vedic hymns; in later mythology, the husband of Aditi and 12 other daughters of Daksha, and father by them of gods, demons, men, and all animals. He is also regarded as one of the seven ven and as the father of Vivasvat and Katsena mer was the Woccon. The few survivors of this people are on the Kataba reservation in York County, South Carolina. See Siouan . Kataghan (kä-tä-ghän'). A region in the northeastern part of Afghanistan, between the HinduKush and the Amu-Daria. Katahdin (ka-tä'din), or Ktaadn (ktädn), Mount. The highest mountain in the State of Maine, situated in Piscataquis County 80 miles north of Bangor. Height, 5,385 feet. Katak, or Kuttack, or Cattack (ku-täk'). 1. A district in Ori a, Bengal, British India, intersected by lat. 20° 30′ N., long. 86° E.-2. The capital of the district of Katak, situated on the Mahanadi about lat. 20° 25′ N., long. 85° 56′ Ε.: the chief city of Ori a. It was taken from the Mahrattas by the British in 1803. Population, about 50,000. Katakana (kat-a-känä). [Jap., from kata , side, and kana , for kari - na , borrowed names.] One of the two styles of writing the syllabary of 48 letters in use among the Japanese, the other being Hiragana . The Katakana letters, which are said to have been invented by Kibi Daishi about the middle of the 8th century, are formed of a part-one side of square Chinese characters used phonetically, and are confined almost exclusively to the writing of proper names and foreign words. In Katakana there is but one form for each letter, whereas in Hiragana many of the letters may be written in a variety of ways.