The Kamal was a Cardassian freighter in the 24th century.
In 2344 the Kamal, with a cargo of Bajoran prisoners and the Orb of Memory, was passing through the Badlands when it was caught in a plasma eddy. The captain tried desperately to escape, cutting life support to the prisoner holds, but his efforts were unsuccessful. After a few days the entire crew died when power and life support failed. The Kamal's disappearance was not reported.
The Kamal remained undiscovered, tumbling in the plasma storm, for thirty-two years and four months until April 2376 when it was happened upon by the USS Enterprise-E. An away team was sent to investigate and suffered flashbacks, caused by the Orb of Memory which had been knocked open. Elias Vaughn found the orb and closed it and then returned with it to the Enterprise which returned the orb to Bajor. (DS9 novel: Avatar)