=Khorāsān= (Ta-hia)--conquered by Yué-Chi, 17; Caliph suzerain over, 38–127; rising in, 85; massacre of inhabitants by `Abdullah, 87; disorder in, 91; rising under Ustādsīs, 92; various revolts, 93, 94; rule of Tāhirides, 102–5; Ya`kūb master of, 105; Ghaznavide rule, 118; Seljūk rule, 127; ravaged by Atsiz, 139; laid waste by Ghuz, 142; acquired by Khwārazm-Shāhs, 144; overrun by Chingiz, 159, 233; acquired by Shāh Rukh, 174; in possession of Husayn Mīrzā, 184; conquered by Shaybānī Khān, 185; by Shāh Isma`īl, 185; by `Abdullah II., 192; incursions by Ma´sūm, 207; overrun by Tekkes, 271, 284; famine, 284. Khorazmia, 4 (_see also Khwārazm and Khiva_). Khorzād, 60. Khotan, Juen-Juen masters of, 21; occupied by Great Yué-Chi, 16; Sultan harassed by Toghān Khān, 120; conquest by Ye-liu Ta-shi, 137. Khudā Yār, 220. Khulayd ibn `Abdullah el-Hanafī, 39. Khulum (Gori, Aornos), 6. Khunuk-Khudāt, 51. Khwāja Ahrār, Nakshabandi, 171 _note_. Khwāja Bahā ud-Dīn, founder of the Nakshabandis, 170 _note_. Khwāja Nefes, 240. Khwārazm (_see Khiva_). Kibitka, definition, 268 _note_. Kipchāks, struggle with Tīmūr, 171; revolt against Khudā Yār, 220, 221. Kiphin (_see Kandahār_). Kirghiz, origin and haunts of, 242; characteristics, 365; conflict with Cossacks, 239; submission of Middle Horde to Russia, 242; raids on caravans, 243. Kitolo, 20. Kizil Arvat, workshops, 342. Klaproth, _cited_ 116 _note_. Kobād, 26–29. =Kokand=--invaded by Mozaffar ud-Dīn, 221; Kipchāk rebellion against Khudā Yār, 220–21; Bokhārā suzerain over, 215, 216; =Russian conquest=, Ak Mechet taken, 245; Chimkent stormed, 246; Tashkent attacked and taken, 247–49; invasion of, and annexation, 259–61. Ko-lo, 30. Komaroff, General, Afghans attacked and routed, 302; Askabad founded by, 345. Kiphin, 21. Koran, the, 36. Krasnovodsk, 340. Kubilāy Khān, founder of Yuen dynasty, 182. Kuchunji Khān, 189; descent, 190. Kūhistān, Turks defeated by Arabs at, 39. Kulchanoff, Colonel, 404 _note_. Kung-fu-tse (Confucius), 14 _note_. Kurapatkine, Colonel Alexis, sent with reinforcements to General Skobeleff, 290; sketch of career, 323; policy of Russia in Central Asia, 338 and Appendix II. Kurd (Kāwurd, Kādurd, Cawder), 131 _note_. Kur-Maghānūn, Prince, 51. Kūrsūl, 77. Kushans (_see Yué-Chi_). Kutayba ibn Muslim el-Bāhili, appointed governor of Khorāsān, 44, 46; expeditions to Bokhārā, 46–55; Nīzek’s rebellion, 56–59; hostages of king of Jūzajān put to death, 59; Chighān aided, 60; Soghdiana invaded, 60; Shāsh, Khojend, and Kāshān reduced, 61; first Arab leader to establish Islām in place of Zoroastrian religion, 45; zeal for Islām, 66; Kāshghar conquered, 62; fall and death, 63–66.