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more methodical manner, than had been done by other 

 writers, and the refult of his labours was a judicious com- 

 pendium of oriental hiftory from the creation of the world to 

 the year 875 of the Hegira, under the title of " Kheladat 

 Alakhar li Veian Ahual Ahlchiar," that is, " A faitliful 

 and correcl Summary of nhat is valuable and interefting in 

 the moft authentic and genuine Hillories." 



KHORASAN, Korasax, Chorafan, or Cora/an, in 

 Geography, a province of Perlia, fituated in the N.E , and 

 hounded on the N. by Kharafm, on the E. by Buchari? and 

 Candahar, on the N.E. by the river Gihon or Oxus, on the 

 S. by the lake of Zurrah, or Dnrrah, and Segeilan, and on 

 the W. by the provmce of Mazanderan and the Cafpian fea. 

 This province comprehends the ancient countries of Mar- 

 giana N. and Ariana S. Its length is elliraated at 450 miles, 

 and its breadth at 420. This country was comprehended 

 within the dominions of Tnnur Bee, who conquered it in 

 I :?96, and granted it to his fon Mirza Charoc, togetlier with 

 Mszanderan and Segcftan. Its capital is Herat. 



KHORFAKAN, a i'ea-port of Arabia, in the province 

 of Oman, iituated in tlie bottom of a bay of the Arabian 

 gulf, which is only open to the eaft. On the S.E. fide is 

 a harbour for boats. The town is now in a reduced Hate, 

 confuting mollly of fnliermen's huts, with few houfes of 

 ilone. N. lat. 2j" 15'. E. long. 56' 14'. 



KHORREiMABAD, or Curremabad, a town of 

 Perfia, in the province of Irak, fituated on a river which 

 runs into the Karafu ; 200 miles W.N.W. of Ifpahan. N. 

 lat. 34- -35'. E. long. 4S 5'. 



KHOSCIAH, a town of Arabia, in the province of 

 Heds'ias ; 26 miles S.W. of Medina. 



KHOUD, a town of Hindoollan, in OrilTa ; 55 miles 

 S. of Koonjoor. 



KHUNTIJANT, atown of Hmdooftan, in Guzerat ; 

 20 miles N. of Surat. 



KIA, a town on the E. coaft of the ifland of Gilolo. 

 KIAB, a town of Perfia, in the province of Chufiftan, 

 on the Karafu ; 120 miles N. of Baflbra. N. lat. 32 50'. 

 E. h'Ug. 47 40'. — A)fo, an Arabian tribe, called alfo by 

 the Perfians " Psjeb," who inhabit the furthell point upon 

 the fide of the Perfian gulf. The territory of this tribe 

 extends from the defert of Arabia to the country of tlie 

 Hindian, and northward to the principality of Havifa. It 

 is Wdtered by feveral rivers, large and fmall. It abounds in 

 dates, rice, grain, and pallure. Its principal cities are 

 Dameh, lying within Perfii, Hafar, and Ghoban, the feat 

 of a fcheick, near one of the mouths of the Euphrates. 



KIA-KING, a city of the firft rank in China, in the 

 province of Tche-kiang. This city is large and populous, 

 and carries on a good trade; its fuburbs are extenfive, and 

 ovL-r the canals and ditches are feveral bridges, and these is 

 not a houfe in the town, in which iilk-worms are not bred. 

 C'.mals are cut through all parts of the town ; and its ftreets 

 are ornamented with beautiful piazzas, which {belter palTen- 

 gers from the fun and rain. There are many triumphal 

 arches within and without the city, and 15 marble towers on 

 the fides of the canal that lies to the welt of the city, by 

 which all the barks pafs. Seven cities of the third clafs 

 iire dependant upon it. N. lat. 30^'' 50'. E. long, i 20" 14'. 

 KI A KILUMA, one of the fmall Japancfe illands. N. 

 lat 29 50'. E. long 132^ 12'. 



KIAKTA, or KiAciiTA, a town of RutTia, in the go- 

 Tcrnment of Irkutfk, fituated on a fmall nver which runs 

 into the Seliiiga : one of the places open, between the courts 

 of Peking and Peterfburg, to private trade between the 

 fubjefts of both nations ; the other is Tzuruchatu, or Zu- 



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ruchaitu, on the Argunia ; according to a treaty, fettled at 

 Kiakta, in 1728. In 1762, the emprefs abolilhcd the im- 

 perial monopoly, and laid the fur trade open ; fince which 

 time, no caravans have been fent to Peking, and Kiakta is 

 become the centre of the Ruffian and Chinefe com::ierce ; 

 60 miles S. of Selengiaflc. (Coxe's Ruffian Difcoveries, 

 p. 220.) Kiakta contains about 150 houfes, ii. habited folely 

 by merchants and comminaries. Oppofite to it, about 1 20 

 yards diftant, lies the Chinefe village of Maimatfchin, con- 

 taining about 200 houfes. Kiakta is reckoned the third 

 trading city in Ruffia, and (lands 49S verfts S. of Irkutllc, 

 and 1532 from Peking, on a fmall Itream of the fame name. 

 The following goods are exported free of duty ; ■viz. all 

 forts of paper. Ruffian cloth (except the common cloth 

 ufed by poafants), and fpirits diftilled from fruits. Goods 

 imported, which are duty free, are raw and dyed wools, 

 glafs-coral, falfe pearls, white lead, fans, fevnng needles, 

 printed cottons, ginger, confeftionary, rice, toys, mufical 

 and other inllruments, porcelain, earthen ware, lacquered 

 and enamelled goods, furniture, and ornamental articles. The 

 exportation of arms, warhke (lores, powder and lead, fpecie, 

 gold and filver in ingots, flallions and mares, hides, beaver- 

 hair, pot-alh, refin, and hemp-yarn, is prohibited ; as is alfo 

 the importation o( fait, fpirits, poifon^, and copper coin. 

 Since the year 1754, the merchants of European Ruffia, 

 who traded with Kiakta, were allowed, on account of the 

 diliance, to pay the duties there by giving drafts. An order 

 in 1 7()4, extended this privilege to the Siberian merchants 

 iikewife, under the following conditions ; the drafts muft be 

 given on Irkutlk, Tobolilc, Mofcow, or Peteriburgh, and 

 made payable there. Nine months' payment was allowed, 

 but 10 per cent, per annum were claimed by the crown for 

 this allowance. The drafts muft be drawn according to 

 a particular form, and guaranteed. The mod important 

 articles of trade are peltry, partly imported to Peterf- 

 burgh from North America, particularly Canada, Ruffian 

 manufactures, •viz. hides, leather, coarfe cloth, Ruffia lea- 

 ther, Mufcovlan woollens and filks, liren, metal and glafs 

 wares, and ilinglafs ; provifions, ■ul-z. (heep and cattle, fait 

 meat, &c. and tallow and glue, foreign iiianufadlures, par- 

 ticularly fine cloths. The principal articles imported, are 

 fine filver in ftamped bars ; raw and wrought filk ; raw and 

 manufaftured wool ; tea ; rhubarb, porcelain, tobacco, pro- 

 vifions and preferved fruits. The manner of condiidiing 

 the commerce of Kiakta is as follows. Barter is the grand 

 medium. The Chinefe come to the Rufiian warehoufes, 

 where the famples are laid out, previoully to make their 

 affortments. Bargains are often (Iruck on the fpot, but ge- 

 nerally the Chinefe go to the merchants' houfes to fettle 

 their biifinefs. At firft the Ruffians ftate wiiat Chinefe 

 goods they will take in exchange ; then the price is accu- 

 rately fixed by both parties ; and when they arc agreed, 

 they return to the warehoule, where the Chinefe puts his 

 feal on the bales, and fometimes on the whole ftock. Then 

 the Ruffian goes to the Chinefe, examines the goods which 

 he is to receive in exchange, and if they anfwer thecontraft 

 the barter is concluded. For the conveyance of this mer- 

 chandize the Chinefe moftly ufe camels, but fometimes two- 

 wheeled carts. Wlien the caravans crofs tlie defert in «iii- 

 ter, they carry with them tents made of felt ; but in dim- 

 mer they have balagans, made of reeds, which fold up 

 and are put into a cafe. When the balagans are fixed, and 

 covered with fail-cloth, two perfons can deep :n one of them 

 very commodioufly. All the Chinefe who trade to Kiakta 

 underftand the Mogul language, which is alfo fpoken by 

 the Ruffian merchants. 



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