Key Islands, Or Ki

Key Islands, Or Ki, a group of islands in the Indian archipelago, 50 m. W. of the Arroo islands, in lat. 6° S., lon. 133° E. The largest are the Great Keys, with mountains 3,000 ft. high, which are supposed to contain gold. Little Key and other smaller islands are level and fertile. Along the coast is a mixture of races, the Malays predominating. The interior is inhabited by the Haraforas, who are laborious agriculturists. The islands are annually visited by coasting vessels from the Moluccas and other islands for the shipment of tortoise shell, birds' nests, and other products. The Dutch resident at Amboyna occasionally superintends the affairs of the islands, though they are virtually independent. They were explored in 1870 by the Italian navigator Cerrute.

Keys Of Florida

See Florida Keys.

Khadeish

See Candeish.

Khan

Khan, a Tartar word, signifying sovereign or chief. It is used by sovereign princes in all the Tartar countries, and is one of the titles of the Turkish sultan. The title khan is given in Persia to officers of various grades, but is generally expressive of high rank, and is especially applied to the chiefs of the nomad tribes of that country. - Khan is also the Turkish word for caravansary or hotel. These edifices are very numerous in Constantinople. They are commonly in the form of a square, with an interior court surrounded by three ranges of galleries, one above another, from which open small unfurnished chambers which travellers occupy without charge. Some have been founded by private individuals, but they have mostly been built at the expense of the sultans.

Khania

See Canea.

Khanpoor, Or Khaunpoor

Khanpoor, Or Khaunpoor, a town of N. W. Hindostan, in the native state and 89 m. S. S. W. of the city of Bhawalpoor; pop. about 10,-000. It is connected with the Indus, about 30 m. distant, by a navigable canal, and though once of considerable importance, it contains only a few houses of brick, a spacious bazaar, and a sightly mosque. There is also a ruinous mud fort. Between the town and the Indus the land is fertile, and the district very populous, but to the east and south lies a desert.

Khemnitzer

See Chemnitzer.

Khimara Chimara

Khimara Chimara, or Chimari. See Cerau-nian Mountains.

Khodavendighiar

Khodavendighiar, a vilayet of Asiatic Turkey, bounded N. by the sea of Marmora; pop. about 1,100,000. It is traversed by lofty mountains, including the Keshish Dagh (anc. Olympus), and by tributaries of the Sakaria river, and has numerous lakes, that of Abullonia being the most remarkable. It abounds in grain and fruit, and produces cotton and silk. It comprises the S. part of ancient Bithynia, Mysia, and the western portions of Phrygia. Capital, Brusa.

Khoi

Khoi, a town of Persia, in the province of Azerbijan, situated in a fertile valley watered by the Kotura, an affluent of the Aras, N. of Lake Urumiah, 70 m. N. W. of Tabriz; pop. about 20,000. It is strongly fortified and one of the most attractive Persian towns, with many mosques, a fine caravansary, and a khan's palace. There is a considerable caravan trade to Erzerum. Woollen and cotton goods are manufactured, and the principal products are grain, cotton, and fruits. The Persians, numbering 30,000, were overwhelmed here by a Turkish army of 180,000 men in 1514.