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KAKAR , a See also:

Pathan tribe on the See also:Zhob valley frontier of See also:Baluchistan. The Kakars inhabit the back of the Suliman mountains between See also:Quetta and the See also:Gomal See also:river; they are a very See also:ancient See also:race, and it is probable that they were in See also:possession of these slopes See also:long before the See also:advent of Afghan or Arab. They are divided into many distinct tribes who have no connexion beyond the See also:common name of Kakar. Not only is there no See also:chief of the Kakars, or See also:general jirgah (or See also: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 the Kakars caused some annoyance on the See also:British See also: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, a tropical disease, characterized by remittent fever, See also:anaemia and enlargement of the See also:spleen (splenomegaly) and often of the See also:liver. It is due to a protozoon See also: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. In See also:Assam See also:good results have been obtained by segregation.

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