The early capital of the Mongol empire of Jingis Khan and his
successors was at Karakorum, believed to have been situated
near the river Orkhon, or Orgon. Ogotai built a great palace
there, in 1235, called Ordu Balik, or the city of the Ordu.
_H. H. Howorth,
History of the Mongols,
volume 1. pages 155 and 182._
See, also,
MONGOLS: A. D. 1153-1227.
KARANKAWAN FAMILY, The.
See AMERICAN ABORIGINES: KARANKAWAN FAMILY.
KARIGAUM, Defense of (1817).
See INDIA: A. D. 1816-1819.
KARKAR, Battle of.
Fought B. C. 854, by Shalmaneser of Assyria, with the
confederate, kings of Damascus, Israel and their Syrian
neighbors; the latter defeated.