704 
K I A 
refill:. He then tranfported his treafures and troops from 
ifie to ills, till he had carried them to the weft of Schat 
el A-rrab. The Perfians could not purfue him for want 
of (hips, and were therefore obliged to retire. The pacha 
of Bagdad then ordered his forces to attack Soliman ; but 
he retreated among the ides, and efcaped the Turks now, 
as he had before avoided the Perfians. The territory of 
the tribe of Kiab extends from the defert of Arabia to 
the country of Hindean, and northward to the principa¬ 
lity of Kavifa. It is watered by feveral rivers, large and 
fmall. It abounds in dates, rice, grain, and: paiture. Its 
principal cities are Damek, lying within Perfia, Hafar, 
.and Ghoban, the feat of a fhiek, near one of the mouths 
of the Euphrates. Niebuhr. 
KI'AB, a town of Perfia, in the province of Chufiftan : 
on the Kara fa : 120 miles north of BalTora, and 200 weft 
of Ifpahan. Lat. 32. 30. N. Ion. 4.7.40. E. 
KI'AI, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Chan-fi: 
312 miles fouth-weft of Pelting. Lat. 34.. 58. N. Ion. 110. 
25. E. 
KI'AI, a city of China, of the fecond rank, in Chan-fi: 
690 miles fouth-weft of Peking. Lat.33.20.N. Ion. 104.39.E. 
KI'AI-HIEOU 7 , a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Chan-fi : feventeen miles fouth of Fuen-tcheou. 
KI'AI-KIANG', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in Se-tchuen l : feventy-five miles eaft-louth-eaft of Pei. 
KI'AI-KIANG', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in Kiang-fi, on the river Kan: twenty-five miles fouth- 
ibuth-weft of Lin-kiang. 
KPAI-KIANG', a town of China, of the third rank, 
in Se-tchuen : fifteen miles north-weft of Kia-ting. 
KIAKILU'MA, one of the fmall Japanefe Iflands. 
29. 50. N. Ion. 132. 12. E. 
KIAKON'DA, or Eropi'na, a town of Africa, and 
capital of a kingdom of the fame name, on the fouth fide 
of the Gambia. Lat. 13. 40. N. Ion. 14. 30. W. 
KIAK'TA., a town of Ruffia, in the government of 
Irkutfk, fituated on a fmall river which runs into the Se- 
linga ; one of the places open, between the courts of Pe¬ 
king and Feterfburg, to private trade between the fubjefts . 
of both nations; the other is-Tzuruchatu, on the Argu- 
nia 5 according to a treaty fettled at Kiakta in the year 
1728. In the year 1762, the emprefs aboliftied the impe¬ 
rial 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 commerce. 
It is 60 miles fouth of Selengiulk, and 4338 ealt from Pe- 
terfburg. 
KIALEK', a town of Perfia, in Adirbeitzan: fifty 
miles north-weft of Urmia.- 
KIAM', a town of Egypt, on the right bank of the 
Nile : twenty miles fouth of Girge. 
KIAM', a great river of China, which takes its rife 
near the weftern frontier, croffes the whole kingdom eait- 
ward, and falls into the bay or gulf of Nanking a little 
below that city. 
KIANG', a city of China, of the fecond rank, in 
Quang-fi : 1430 miles fouth-fouth-weft of Peking. Lat. 
22. 20. N. Ion. 106.46. E. 
KIANG', a city of China, of the fecond rank, in the 
province of Chan-fi: 300 miles fouth-weft of Peking. 
Lat. 36. 6. N. Ion. no. 14. E. 
KIANG', a town of China, of the third rank, in the 
province of Chan-fi : feventeen miles eaft-fouth-eaft of 
Kiang-tcheou. 
KIANG-CHE-PA'O, a town of China, in Hou-quang : 
thirty-five miles fouth of Koue. 
KIANG-GAN', a town of China, of the third rank, 
on the Kin-cha, in Se-tchuen : twenty miles eaft of Soui- 
tcheou. 
KIANG-HO'A, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
Hou-quang : fifteen miles fouth of Tao. 
KIANG-KI'EN, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Se-tchuen : thirty miles fouth-fouth- 
weft of Tchong-king, on the Kincha river. 
K I A 
KIANG-NAN', a province of China, bounded on the 
north by Chang-tong, on the eaft by the fea, on the fouth 
by Tche-kiang and Kiang-fi, and on the weft by Honan 
and Hou-quang. Here the ancie'nt emperors always kept 
their court, till they were obliged for reafons of ftate to 
remove nearer Tartary, and choofe Peking for the place 
of their refidence. It is of vaft extent, and contains four¬ 
teen cities of the firft order, and ninety-three of the fe¬ 
cond and third. Thefe cities are very populous, and of 
the greateft note in the empire, efpecially for commerce; 
it is the rendezvous of all the great barks, for the country 
is full of lakes, rivers, and canals, either natural or the 
effebl of labour, which communicate with the great river 
Yang-tfe-kiang, that erodes the province; here are few 
mountains, but towards the fouth. The filks, the japan¬ 
ned goods, the ink, the paper, and in general every thing 
that comes, as well from Nan-king as from the other cities 
of the province, which carry on a furprifing commerce, 
are much more efteemed, and bear a greater price, than 
what are brought from the other provinces ; there are 
many falt-works along the fea-coaft, and the fait they 
produce is diftributed almoft through the empire ; here is 
alfo found a great quantity of marble. In ffiort, this pro¬ 
vince is fo plentiful and rich, that it pays the emperor 
annually about 32,000,000 ciovvns, without reckoning the 
dues of imports and exports, for the receipt whereof fe¬ 
veral officers are eftabliihcd. Nan-king is the capital. 
According to the eftimate of fir George Staunton, the po¬ 
pulation of this province alone amounts to 32 millions. 
KIANG-NING'. See Nan-king. 
KIANG-POU 7 , a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Kiang-nan : eight miles weft of Nan-king. 
KIANG-SE', or Tchiang-se, a town of Thibet, near 
a river which runs into the Sanpoo. It is reprefented as 
a fine city and fortrefs, with a convent fo extenfive as to 
have the appearance of another city : twenty-five miles 
fouth-weft of Lafla. Lat. 29.58. N. Ion. 90. 4. E. 
KIANG-SI', a province of China, bounded on the 
north by Kiang-nan, on the eaft by Fo-kien and Tche- 
kiang, on the fouth by Quang-tong, and on the weft by 
Hou-quang. Towards Quang-tong and Fo-kien, the 
country is mountainous; but intermixed with fertile val¬ 
leys, and well cultivated. Kiang-fi is watered with brooks, 
lakes, and rivers, which abound with great variety of fifh, 
efpecially with falmon, trout, and fturgeon. The moun¬ 
tains with which the province is furrounded, are either 
covered with wood, or famous for their minerals, fimples, 
and medicinal plants. The foil produces all the necef- 
faries of life in great plenty ; and is very rich in mines of 
gold, filver, lead, iron, and tin. They make here very 
fine fluffs; and their wine, which is made of rice, is rec¬ 
koned delicious by the Chinefe. It is, above all, famous 
for the fine China-ware which is made at Kiang-te-tching, 
and for the rice it produces, which is much efteemed in 
the empire ; at Kiang-fi, they load many of the imperial 
barks with it. The river Kan-kiang divides the whole 
province into two parts, which contains thirteen cities of 
the firft order, and feventy-eight of the fecond and third. 
Sir George Staunton ftates the population of this province 
at 19,000,000. Nan-tchang is the capital. 
KI ANG-TCHU'EN, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Yumnan : twelve miles eaft-north-eaft 
of Sing-hing. 
KIANG-YU', a town of- China, of the third rank, in 
the province or Se-tchuen : twenty miles north of Mien. 
KIANG-YU'EN, a town of Corea: fifteen miles 1101th- 
eaft of Hoang-tcheou. 
KIANGA'RI, a town of Afiatic Turkey, and chief 
place of.a fangiacate, in Natolia ; defended by a caftle on 
a rock : 256 miles eaft-louth-eaft of Conitantinople. Lat. 
39. 54. N. Ion. 34.17. E. 
KIAO', a city of China, of the fecond rank, in the pro¬ 
vince of Chang-tong: 300 miles fouth-eaft of Peking. 
Lat. 36. 16. N. Ion. 119. 55. E. 
KIAO'-HO', a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the 
