KAKAR  , a See also:

• PATHAN

Pathan tribe on the See also:

• ZHOB

Zhob valley frontier of See also:

• BALUCHISTAN

Baluchistan . The Kakars inhabit the back of the Suliman mountains between See also:

• QUETTA

Quetta and the See also:

• GOMAL

Gomal See also:

• RIVER

river; they are a very See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• RACE

race, and it is probable that they were in See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of these slopes See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long before the See also:

• ADVENT (Lat. Adventus, sc. Redemptoris, " the coming of the Saviour ")

advent of Afghan or Arab . They are divided into many distinct tribes who have no connexion beyond the See also:

• COMMON

common name of Kakar . Not only is there no See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the Kakars, or See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general jirgah (or See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council) of the whole tribe, but in most cases there are no recognized heads of the different clans . In 19or they numbered 105,444 . During the second Afghan See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War the Kakars caused some annoyance on the See also:

• BRITISH

British See also:

• LINE

line of communications; and the Kakars inhabiting the Zhob valley were punished by the Zhob valley expedition of 1884 . KALA-AZAR, or Dum-Dum See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever, a tropical disease, characterized by remittent fever, See also:

• ANAEMIA (from Gr. ay-, privative, and aiµa, blood)

anaemia and enlargement of the See also:

• SPLEEN (Gr. o-1rXilv)

spleen (splenomegaly) and often of the See also:

• LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver . It is due to a protozoon See also:

• PARASITE (From Gr. irapa, beside, Tiros food)

parasite (see PARASITIC DISEASES), discovered in 1900 by Leishman in the spleen, and is of a malarial type . The treatment is similar to that for See also:

• MALARIA

malaria . In See also:

• ASSAM

Assam See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good results have been obtained by segregation .