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KIWAC'ZE, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 
Brzelk : twenty miles eaft of Brzelk. 
KIZ, a town of Charafm: 290 miles north-welt of Sa- 
tnarcand. 
KIZ'BUFIL. See Kitzbuhl. 
KIZELGI'EK, a tow n of Afiatic Turkey, in Natolia, 
on or near the fite of the ancient Euromus: nine miles 
north-north-weft of Melafto. 
KIZIDA'NY, a town of Samogitia: twenty miles eaft- 
fouth-eaft of Rofienne. 
KI'ZIL, a river of Ruflia, which runs into the Ural in 
the government of Upha. 
KI'ZIL-AGAD'JE, a town of Perfia, in the province 
of Ghilan : twenty-five miles north of Aftara. 
KI'ZIL-BASCH', or Kezelbasch, f. ATurkifn term 
fignifying red head. ; applied by way of obloquy to the 
Perfians, ever fince Ifhmael Sophi, founder of the family 
laft reigning in Perfia, who ordered his foldiers to wear a 
red cap, round which is a fcarf or turban with a dozen 
plaits in it, in memory of twelve imams, fucceflors of All, 
from whom he pretended to defcend. Viginere writes 
the word keztilba.fi, and adds, that, according to the vul¬ 
gar interpretation among the Perfians, the twelve plaits 
lignify the twelve facraments of their law. But, not con¬ 
tented with this, he looks out for another original, and 
tells us there is a myltery in it, derived from the ancient 
paganifm, when the Perfians adored fire, whofe heat is de¬ 
noted by the red colour, which in fome meafure fymbo- 
lizes with the fun, held by them in the higheft veneration. 
He adds, that the twelve plaits fliow the twelve months 
of the year, and twelve figns in which that luminary per¬ 
forms his courfe. 
KI'ZIL-ER'MAK, or Kizil-irmak, the celebrated 
Halys of antiquity, a river of Afiatic Turkey, which rifes 
in Mount Taurus, a few miles fouth of Kaifarieh, in Ca- 
ramania, and runs into the Black Sea in lat. 41. 4.0. N. 
Ion. 35. E. on the coaft of the gulf of Sanfoun. 
KI'ZIL-HI'ZAR, a town of Syria: eight miles eaft of 
Antab. 
KI'ZIL-KAN', a town of Afiatic Turkey, in the go¬ 
vernment of Diarbekir: twelve miles weft of Merdin. 
KI'ZIL-O'ZAN, a river of Perfia, which rifes in Ar- 
dirbeitzan, and, crofting the province of Ghilan, runs into 
the Cafpian Sea at the louth-weft angle. 
KI'ZIL-RA'BAT, a town of the Arabian Irak -. ten 
miles north-north-eaft of Shehrban. 
KIZIL-TASH', or Ta'man, an ifland at the mouth of 
the river Kuban, between the Black Sea and the Sea of 
Azoph ; inhabited by Cofac Tartars. Lat. 45. N. Ion. 
37. E. 
KIZILSKA'IA, a fortrefs of Ruflia, in the government 
of Upha, on the Ural: 144 miles eaft-north-eaft of Oren¬ 
burg. 
KIZIZA'NAN, a town of Moravia, in Brunn : fifteen 
miles fouth-eaft of Brunn, and twenty-feven fouth-weft 
of Olmutz. Lat. 49. 8. N. Ion. 16. 52. E. 
KIZ'LIAR, a town of Ruflia, in the government of 
Caucafus, on the Malwa, built in the year 1735, as a 
frontier town between Ruflia and Perfia, near the Cafpian 
Sea; inhabited by Cofacs, who profefs Chriftianity ac¬ 
cording to the riles of the Greek church. The environs 
are extremely fertile in corn an 1 fruit, with plenty of 
game: twenty-eight miles from the Cafpian Sea, and 160 
fouth-fouth-weft of Alfracan. Lat.44. 50. N. Ion. 46.44. E. 
KIZ'LAK, a town of Ruflia, lately in the palatinate 
of Braclaw : fixteen miles eaft of Braclaw. 
KLACK'ENDORF, a town of Pruflia, in the province 
of Ermeland : five miles fouth-eaft of Allenftein. 
KLACKS, a fmall ifland on the weft fide of the gulf 
of Bothnia. Lat. 61.21. N. Ion. 17. 4. E. 
KLA'DAN, a riverof Bofnia, which rifes near a village 
of the fame name, and runs into the river Spretze. 
KLAD'NO, a town of Bohemia, ten miles north-weft 
of Prague. 
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KLADRAU', a town of Bohemia, in Pilfen : two miles 
fouth-eaft of Mies. 
KLAN, a town of Iftria: thirteen miles north-eaft of 
Pedena. 
KLAN, or Cla'no, a town of the duchy of Carniola : 
twenty-eight miles eaft of Triefte, and five weft of Fitime. 
KLANG POINT, a cape on the fouth coaft of the 
ifland of Java. Lat. 7. 40. S. Ion. 109. 32. E. 
KLATTAU', or Klattow'y, a town of Eohemia, in 
Pilfen, built in the year 775, and furrounded with walls 
in the year 1000. There are- fome filver-inines in the 
neighbourhood : trventy-one miles fouth of Pilfen, and 
fixty-one fouth-fouth-weft of Prague. Lat. 49. 24. N. 
Ion. 13. 15. E. 
KLAU'BENDORF, a town of Auftria, fevea miles 
weft of Sonneberg. 
KLAUS, a town of Auftria : ten miles fouth of Steyr. 
KLEB'ANI, a town of Poland, in the palatinate of 
Braclaw : ten miles fouth of Braclaw. 
KLEBANOU', a town of Poland, in Podolia : fixty 
miles north of Kaminiec. 
KLE'BER (J.B.), a French general, was born at Straf- 
burgh in 1759, and was Bred an architeft. Accident led. 
him to enter into the Auftrian fervice, in which he conti¬ 
nued eight years, and then, returning to his native country', 
became infpedtor of the public buildings in Upper Alface. 
The revolution of France rekindled his military ardour, 
and he obtained a commiflion in the fervice. He dis¬ 
played great bravery and judgment at the fiege of May- 
ence, after which he was eifiployed in La Vendee; but the 
fanguinary fcenes there fo difgufted him, that he obtained 
his recall, and was afterwards engaged in the north, 
where he defeated the Auftrians, took Mons, and drove 
the enemy from Louvain. He captured Maeftricht, and 
contributed to the taking of feveral other ftrong places. 
Difcontented with the directory, he left the army and re¬ 
turned to Paris, where he led a private life, writing his 
military memoirs, till Bonaparte, being appointed general 
of the army of Egypt, chofe Kleber as his companion. 
At the fiege of Alexandria he was wounded on the head 
as he was climbing the ramparts, but did not retire tili 
he received a fecond wound. He defeated the Turks in 
feveral actions ; and Bonaparte, on quitting Egypt, left 
Kleber in the chief command. In a Ihort time he figned 
the treaty of El-Ari(h with fir Sidney Smith, by which 
the French agreed to leave Egypt; but it was annulled by 
the Britifli government, and hoftilities were renewed. 
Kleber, though reduced, did not bend under his misfor¬ 
tunes, but defeated the Turks at the obelifk of Heliopo¬ 
lis. He next took Cairo by ftorm, and formed an alliance 
with Murat Bey; but he was aflaflinated by a Turk named 
Solyman, who gave him four ftabs with a dagger, on the 
14th of June, 1S00. Gen. Sarazin gives Kleber a very high 
character: he obferves, that, on the occurrence of thole 
checks which were fo frequently the lot of the republican 
forces, his troops always retreated in the greateft order, 
while other divifions were flying in confufion. He found 
time to ftudy the principles of his profeflion even in the 
buftle of camps, and no commander ever poflefled more 
highly the talent of kindling the fire of the foldiery in 
the day of aciion. His tall llature, (above fix feet,) his 
piercing look, and his fonorous voice, ftruck his men 
with admiration, and made them eager to follow wher¬ 
ever he chofe to lead. The natural opennefs of his cha¬ 
racter loon rendered him difgufted with Bonaparte’s du¬ 
plicity; and moftof our readers will recoiled! the warmth 
with which he exprefled bimfelf, in his difpatches from 
Egypt, in regard to his commander’s flight from his poft. 
His aflaflination took place eight months after Bonaparte’s 
ufurpation .of the confulfltip; and M. Sarazin has no hefi- 
tation in attributing it to Menou, as the agent of the Cor- 
fican. Corfej/ions de Bonaparte, &c. 1810. 
KLECK, a town of Lithuania, in the palatinate of 
Novogrodeck; twenty-four miles weft-north-weft of Sluck. 
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