K
Kadi.
Equivalent, Ottoman judge, [179]
“Kami” (or bileg).
Term applied in Middle Ages to gravestones still found in large numbers in Herzegovina, Dalmatia, etc., now known as stetyak or mramor, [26], [27]
Karadgitch, Vouk Stephanovitch. See Vouk Stephanovitch Karadgitch
Karageorgevitch, Alexander.
Son of Karageorge Petrovitch, [10]
Karavallahian Land.
Milosh-the-Shepherd instructed to declare that he hails from the, [155]
Kastriotovitch-Skander-Beg, George.
An Albanian chief who fought successfully for the liberty of Albania, [8]
Katchanik.
A defile up which Prince Marko rides to meet Moussa, [112];
Moussa the Bully’s death on mountain of, [114]
“Kessedjiya.”
Equivalent, fighter or bully. The nickname of an Albanian chevalier-brigand, Moussa, who rebelled against the Sultan, [108]
Keys.
The, of the Heavenly Empire, chosen by St. Peter, [196];
the Keys of the Heavens given by God to the Saints, [196]
Keystut. Brother of the Grand Duke Olgerd;
his interment the last recorded instance of a pagan burial, [26]
Klissoura.
The wedding procession of Tsar Doushan reaches, [157];
the fight for Koulash at, [158], [159]
Knez.
The title corresponding to “Prince,” [6]
“Kolatch.”
A special cake eaten on Saints’ days, [41]
“Kollo.”
The Serbian national dances, [40], [52]
Kollo, Vrzino.
Name applied to the Veele rings, [17]
“Kolyivo.” Lit. something which has been killed with the knife;
the Slava cake, [41]
“Koom.”
The principal witness at Serbian weddings, [35];
Beata Maria complains of a brother koom bearing false witness against, [196]
Koopinovo.
A village on plain of Sirmia, in which Zmay-Despot Vook lived, [130]
Kosantchitch, Ivan.
General Voutcha and, [89]–94
Kossovo.
Vouk’s national poems dwell on the glory of the Serbian mediæval Empire, lost on fatal field of, [55];
four tabors meet on field of, disputing over the inheritance of the Empire, [65];
the Sultana’s dream concerning, [74];
Marko and the maiden from, [82]–86;
Marko, Relya, and Milosh ride out from, [87];
Banovitch hears of encampment of hordes of Turks on field of, [120];
Banovitch seeks and attacks the Turks on field of, [120]–128;
Tsar Doushan’s wedding procession rides through field of, [152];
Milosh takes farewell of Tsar Doushan in middle of plain of, [168];
Tsar Lazarus does battle on field of, [170]–172;
death of Tsar Lazarus on field of, [172]–174;
historical note on battle of, [174]–176;
historical note re Ottoman influence upon the peasantry in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time (1389) of the battle of, [184], [185]
Koulash.
Steed of Petroshin Voïnovitch, ridden by Milosh-the-Shepherd to join wedding procession of Tsar Doushan, [154], [155];
the wonderful leap of, admired by Voutché of Dyakovitza, Yanko of Nestopolyé and others, [156], [157];
the fight for, at Klissoura, [157], [158], [159]
Koulin, Ban.
Placed on throne of Bosnia, [4]
Koumanovo.
Famous battlefield on which in 1913 more Turks perished than did Serbians five centuries ago, [175];
reference to, as a set-off to Kossovo, [176]
“Kraly.”
Serbian equivalent for king, [198]
“Krgno” and “Zelenko.”
Ivan Tzrnoyevitch’s two famous guns, [140]
Kroushevatz.
I. Castle in, the residence of Youg Bogdan, [120];
II. Castle in, the residence of Tsar Lazar, [129]; Tsar Lazar beseeches Zmay-Despot Vook to come to, [131];
III. The capital of the vast Serbian Empire during the reign of Tsar Hrebélianovitch at time of famous battle of Kossovo (A.D. 1389), [171]; Bosko Yougovitch declares he would not forgo battle of Kossovo for the price of, [171]
Kroushevo.
A plain, over which Zmay of Yastrebatz flies toward the Tsarina’s tower, [130];
Zmay-Despot Vook reaches, [131]
Kustandil.
Veele ring between Vranya and, mentioned in the Treaty of Berlin, [17]