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Isabeni, ii. 432n

Isentemur (Sentemur, Essentemur), Kúblái’s grandson, ii. 64, 80n

Ish, the prefix, i. 156n

’Ishin, i. 119n

Ish-Káshm, i. 156n, 172n;

dialect, 160n, 173n

Iskandar, Shah of Malacca, ii. 282n

Islands, of the Indian Sea, ii. 249, 424, 426n;

of China, 251, 264;

in the Gulf of Cheinan, 266n;

Male and Female, 404 seqq.

Isle d’Orléans, ii. 277n

Isle of Rubies (Ceylon), ii. 314n

Ismaïl, Shah of Persia, i. 61n

Ismailites, see Assassins

Ispahan (Istanit, Istan, Spaan), kingdom of Persia, i. 83n, 85n

Israel in China, see Jews

Iteration, wearisome, ii. 133n

I-tsing, ii. 283n

Ivongo, ii. 414n

Ivory trade, ii. 423, 424n

’Izzuddín Muzaffar, suggests paper-money in Persia, i. 428n, 429n

Jacinth, ii. 362n

Jacobite Christians, at Mosul, i. 46, 60, 61n, ii. 409n, 432n–433n;

at Tauris, i. 75, 77n;

Yarkand, 187;

perhaps in China, 291n

Jacobs, Joseph, Barlaam and Josaphat, ii. 327n

Jadah, or Yadah-Tásh, i. 309n

Jade stone (jasper) of Khotan, i. 191, 193n, 194

Jaeschke, Rev. H. A., i. 209n, 243n, 314n, 324n

Jaffa, Count of, his galley, 40, 49

Jaipál, Raja, ii. 346n

Jájnagar, ii. 427n

Jaláluddín of Khwarizm, i. 91n, 236n

Jamáluddín-al-Thaibi, Lord of Kais, i. 65n, ii. 333n, 348n

Jamáluddin, envoy from Ma’bar to Khanbaligh, ii. 337n

Jambi River, ii. 283n

James of Aragon, king, i. 273n, ii. 163n

Jámisfulah (Gauenispola), ii. 307n

Jamúi Khátún, Kúblái’s favourite Queen, her kindness to the captured Chinese princesses, i. 38n, 358n, ii. 151n

Jangama sect, ii. 370n

Janibeg, Khan of Sarai, i. 6n, 264n, 352n

Japan, see Chipangu

Japanese paper-money, i. 428n

Jaroslawl, ii. 489n

Jase, stitched vessel, i. 117n

Jaspar (Gaspar), one of the Magi, i. 78, 82n

Jasper and chalcedony, i. 191, 193n

Jatolic, Játhalík, Jaselic, Gáthalík (καθολικός), i. 60, 61n

Jauchau, ii. 243n

Jaúzgún, former captain of Badakhshan, i. 156n

Java, the Great, 13;

described, ii. 272;

circuit, empires in, 275n;

Kúblái’s expedition against, ib.

Java, the Greater and Lesser, meaning of these terms, ii. 286n

Java, the Less, see Sumatra

Jawa, Jáwi, applied by Arabs to islands and products of the Archipelago generally, ii. 286n

Jaya-Sinhavarman II., king of Champa, ii. 271n

Jazirah, i. 61n

Jehangir (Jehan, Shah), i. 168n

Jenkinson, Anthony, i. 9n, 218n

Jerún (Zarun), island, site of the later Hormuz, i. 110n, 111n, 115n, 121n

Jerusalem, 130, i. 19

Jesuit maps, i. 408n

Jesujabus, Nestorian Patriarch, ii. 377n, 409n

Jews, their test of Mahommed’s prophetic character, i. 56n;

shut up by Alexander, ib.;

their connection with the Tartars, 57n;

in China, their inscription at Kaifungfu, 343, 346n, 347n;

in Coilum, ii. 375;

in Abyssinia, 427, 431n, 434n

Jibal, i. 81n

—— Naḳús, or “Hill of the Bell,” Sinai desert, i. 202n

Jibal-ul-Thabúl, “Hill of Drums,” near Mecca, i. 202n

Jíruft, i. 92n, 106n, 111n, 112n

Jogis (Chughi), ii. 365, 369n

John XXII., Pope, i. 4n, 5n, 186n

Johnson, his visit to Khotan, i. 189n, 190n, 192n, 195n, 198n

Johnston, Keith, i. 81n, ii. 67n

Johore, Sultan of, ii. 281n, 282n

Jon (Jihon, or Oxus) River, ii. 458, 466

Jordanus, Friar, i. 37n

Jor-fattan (Baliapatan), ii. 386n

Josephus, i. 49n, 57n, 66n

Jubb River, ii. 424n

Judi, Mount, i. 62n

Jugglers, at Khan’s feasts, i. 383, 386n, 392;

and gleemen conquer Mien, ii. 110, 114n

Juggling extraordinary, i. 316n, 318 et seq.

Juji, eldest son of Chinghiz, 10, i. 5n, 239n

Juju (Cho-chau), ii. 10, 11n, 127, 131n

Julman, ii. 485n

Junghuhu, on Batta cannibalism, ii. 288n;

on camphor trees, 303n

Junks, ii. 252n, 333n.

(See also Ships.)

Jupár, i. 113n

Justice, administration of Tartar, i. 266

Justinian, Emperor, i. 49n

Juzgána (Dogana), i. 152n

Kaan, and Khan, the titles, 10

Kaan, the Great, see Kúblái

Kaans, the series of, and their burial place, i. 245, 247n–250n;

massacre of all met by funeral party, 246, 250n

Kabul, i. 104n, 165n, ii. 402n

Kachkár (Ovis Vignei), wild sheep, i. 158, 163n

Kadapah, ii. 362n

Kafchi-kúe, ii. 128n

Káfirs of Hindu Kush, i. 165n;

their wine, 87n, 155n

Kahgyur, Tibetan Scripture, ii. 347n

Kahn-i-Panchur, i. 106n

Kaidu (Caidu) Khan, Kúblái’s cousin and life-long opponent, 11, i. 183, 186n, 187, 214n, ii. 148n;

plots with Nayan, i. 333, 334n, 348;

his differences with Kúblái, ii. 457;

and constant aggressions, 457–458;

his death, 459n;

his victorious expedition v. Kúblái, 459;

Kúblái’s resentment, 463;

his daughter’s valour, 463 seqq., 465n;

sends a host v. Abaga, 467

Kaifung-fu, Jews and their synagogues there, i. 346n, 347n;

siege of, ii. 158n

Kaikhatu (Kiacatu), Khan of Persia, seizes throne, i. 35, 38n;

his paper-money scheme, 428n;

his death, 428, ii. 475;

his dissolute character, i. 91n, ii. 475

Kaïkhosru I. and III., Seljukian dynasty, i. 44n

Kaïkobad I. and III., i. 44n

Kaikus, Izz ed-din, i. 44n

Káil, see Cail

Kaïn (Gháín), a city of Persia, i. 86n, 124n, 141n

Kaipingfu (Keibung, Kaiminfu, Kemenfu), i. 25, 227n, 304n, 306n

Kairat-ul-Arab, i. 112n

Kais, see Kish

Kaisaríya (Caesaræa, Casaria), i. 43, 44n, 49n

Kajjala, or Khajlak, a Mongol leader, i. 104n

Kakateya, dynasty, ii. 362n

Kakhyens, Kachyens, tribe in Western Yun-nan, ii. 74n, 82n, 90n, 120n

Ḳakula, ii. 279n

Kala’ Atishparastán (Cala Ataperistan), “The Castle of the Fire-Worshippers”), i. 78, 82n

Kala’ Safed, i. 85n

Kalaján (Calachan), i. 281, 282n

Kalámúr, ii. 427n

Kalantan, ii. 279n

Ḳalchi, Ḳalaḳchi, i. 380n

Kales Devar, king of Ma’bar, ii. 333n, 335n;

his enormous wealth, 333n

Kalgan, or Chang-kia-keu, i. 295n

Kalhát (Kalhátú, Calatu, Calaiate), i. 120n, ii. 348n;

described, 449–450, 451n;

idiom of, 451n

Kalidása, the poet, on the Yak, i. 278n

Kalikut, ii. 386n, 391n, 440n

Ḳálín, marriage prices, i. 256n, 392n

Kalinga, ii. 329n, 330n

Kalinjar, ii. 426n

Kalmia angustifolia, poisonous, i. 219n

Kamál Malik, i. 68n

Ḳamárah, Ḳomar, ii. 279n

Kamasal (Conosalmi), Kahn-i-asal, “The honey canal,” i. 99, 106n

Kambala, Kúblái’s grandson, i. 361n

Kambáyat (Cambay), ii. 398n

Kamboja (Chinla), ii. 134n, 278n, 374n

Kampar, district and River, Buddhist ruins, ii. 283n

Kamul (Komal, Camul), the Mongol Khamil, Chinese Hami, i. 209, 211n, 214n

Kanát, or Kárez, underground stream, i. 123, 124n

Kanát-ul-Shám (Conosalmi), i. 106n

Kanauj, ii. 427n

Kanbalu Island, ii. 414n

Kanchau (Campichu), i. 219, 220n

Kandahár, Kandar, Gandhára, ii. 72n, 73n, 329n, 402n

Kandy, ii. 328n

Kanerkes, or Kanishka, king, i. 168n;

coins of, 173n

Kang-hi, Emperor, i. 251n, 407n, ii. 8n, 182n

Kank, i. 194n, 195n

Kanp’u (Ganpu), old Port of Hang-chau, ii. 198n, 199n

Kansan, see Shen-si

Kansuh, i. 206n, 220n

Kao Hoshang, i. 422n

Kao-Tsung, Emperor, ii. 28n

Kao-yu (Cayu), ii. 153n

Kapilavastu, ii. 322n

Kapukada, Capucate, ii. 380n

Ḳarábughá, Carabya, Calabra, a military engine, ii. 168n

Kará Hulun, ii. 485n

Karájáng (Carajan, or Yun-nan), ii. 64, 67n, 72n, 73n, 80n

Karákásh (“black jade”) River, i. 193n

Karákhitaian Empire, i. 231n

—— Princes of Kerman, i. 91n

Kará Khoja, i. 214n

Karakorum (Caracoron), i. 66n, 226, 227n, 269, ii. 460

Kara Kumiz, special kind of Kumiz, i. 259n

Karámúren (Caramoran) River, Mongol name for the Hwang-ho, or Yellow River, i. 245n, 282n, 286n, ii. 22, 23n

Karana, meaning of, i. 101n

Karáni (vulgo Cranny), i. 101n

Karanút, a Mongol sept, i, 101n

Ḳaraún Jidun, or Khidun, i. 101n

Karaunahs (Caraonas), a robber tribe, i. 98, 101n, 121n

Karavat, an instrument for self-decollation, ii. 349n

Karens, ii. 74n

Karmathian, heretics, i. 187n

Karnúl, ii. 362n

Karráh, ii. 427n

Karra-Mánikpúr, i. 86n

Kartazōnon, Karkaddan, rhinoceros, ii. 291n

Kaṣaidi Arabs, ii. 443n

Kash, jade, i. 193n

Kashan, i. 81n

Káshgar (Cascar), i. 180, 182n;

Chankans of, 193n, ii. 594n

Kashísh (Casses), i. 70n, ii. 409n

Kashmír (Keshimur), 104n, 164n, 166;

Buddhism, 166, 168n;

beauty of the women, 166, 169n;

conjurers, 166, 168n;

the language of, 168n;

sorcery in, ii. 593

Kashmiris, i. 76n, 166

Kasia, people and hills, ii. 59n

Kasyapa Buddha, ii. 356n

Kataghan, breed of horses, i. 162n

Ḳaṭar pirates, ii. 409n

Kátif, ii. 348n

Kattiawár, ii. 395n;

pirates, 400n

Kaulam, see Coilum

Kaulam-Malé, ii. 377n

Kauli (Cauly), Corea, i. 343, 345n

Kaunchi (Conchi), Khan, ii. 479, 481n

Káveripattanam, ii. 335n

Káveri River, delta of, ii. 335n

Kavir, saline swamp, i. 124n

Kavváyi, ii. 388n

Káyal, Káil, see Cail

—— Pattanam, ii. 372n

—— Punnei-, ii. 372n

Kayten, ii. 234n

Kazan, i. 6n, 7n

Kazáwinah, i. 101n

Kazbek, i. 54n

Kazvín (Casvin), i. 83, 84n, 101n, 141n

Keary, C. F., i. 429n

Kebteul, night-watch, i. 381n

Kehran, ii. 426n

Keiaz tribe, i. 179n

Keibung (Kaipingfu), i. 25, 227n, 304n, 306n

Kelinfu (Kienning-fu), City, its bridges, ii. 225, 228n, 229n, 234n

Kemenfu, see Kaipingfu

Kenjanfu (Si-ngan fu), ii. 24, 25n, 27n–29n

Keraits, a great Tartar tribe, i. 236n, 237n, 271n, 287n, 288n

Kerala, ii. 390n

Keria, see Kiria

Keriza River, ii. 595n

Kermán, i. 89n, 90, 109, 110, ii. 452;

route to Hormus from, i. 91, 107, 110;

steel manufacture, its industries, 96n;

king of, Atabeg of, 107, 110;

stitched vessels of, 117n;

desert of, 123, 124n

Kerulen (K’i-lien) valley, the Khans’ burial-ground, i. 248n

Keshican (Keshikten), Kúblái’s life-guard, i. 379, 380n, 381n, 394n

Kesmacoran (Kij-Makrán), i. 86n, ii. 401, 402n;

Kij-Makrán, 402n

Keuyung Kwan, village, i. 28n

Khakán, the word, 10

Khalif (Calif) Mosta’Sim Billah of Baghdad, i. 63;

taken by Hulákú and starved to death, 64;

plot v. the Christians laid by a former—the miracle of the mountain, 69–73;

becomes secretly a Christian, 73

Khálij, ii. 439n

Khàm, stuff made with cotton thread, i. 190n

Khambavati (Cambay), ii. 398n

Khanabad (Dogana?), i. 156n

Khán Bádshah of Khotan, i. 189n

Khánbalík, see Cambaluc

Khanfu, ii. 199n

Khanikoff, N. de (travels in Persia), i. 49n, 53n, 58n, 74n, 89n, 91n, 92n, 96n, 101n, 106n, 114n, 121n, 124n, 141n, 150n, 193n

Khanjár-i-Hundwán, hanger of Indian steel, i. 93n

Khán-khánán, a title, 10

Khanoolla (Mount Royal), site of Chinghiz’s tomb, i. 247n

Khansâ, ii. 199n, 214n

Kharesem, Mount, i. 155n

Khato-tribe, ii. 120n

Khátún-gol, or “Lady’s River,” i.e. Hwang-ho, i. 245n, 249n

Khatun, title of Khan’s wives, 10

Khavailu (Hwo-lu h’ien), ii. 15n

Khazars, the, i. 7n, ii. 492n

Khilak, i. 54n

Khimka, ii. 238n

Khinsa, Khingsai, Khinzai, ii. 144n, 175n, 214n.

(See Kinsay.)

Khitan, Khitai, 11

—— character, i. 28n

—— dynasty of Liao, i. 232n, 288n, ii. 20n

Khmer, ii. 279n

Khodabanda, Ilkhan of Kermán, i. 91n, 103n

Khojas, name of modern Ismailite sect, i. 146n, 163n

Khorasan, province, i. 38n, 128n, 131n, 135n, 150n, ii. 467n, 474n;

turquoises of, i. 92n

Khormuzda, supreme deity of the Tartars, i. 257n

Khotan (Cotan), i. 188, 195n, 197n, ii. 594n, 595n;

fruits, i. 190n;

routes between China and, 191n;

buried cities of, 192n;

its jade, 193n

Khumbavati (Cambay), ii. 398n

Khumdán, ii. 27n

Khusrú, Amír, Indian poet, i. 48n, 96n, 104n

Khutuktai Setzen, Prince of the Ordos, i. 257n

Khwarizm, i. 9n

Kiacatu, see Kaikhátu

Kiahing (Ciangan, Canigan), ii. 185n

Kiai- or Hiai-chau (Caichu), ii. 19n

Kiakhta, i. 56n, 218n

Kia-k’ing, Emperor, ii. 143n

Kiang, the Great (Kian and Kian-Suy, and in its highest course Brius, the Kinsha Kiang), ii. 36, 56, 59n, 60n, 64, 67n, 69n, 70n, 72n, 129n–131n, 149n, 154n;

its vastness, and numerous craft, 170, 171, 173n;

steamers on, 173n, 174n;

its former debouchure to the south, and changes, i. 199n

Kiang-Ché, ii. 157n, 217n, 224n;

limits of, 218n

Kiang-Hung, Xieng-Hung, ii. 117n, 127n–129n, 131n

Kiangka, ii. 48n

Kiang-mai, Xieng-mai, Zimmé, ii. 117n, 128n, 279n

Kiangshan, ii. 224n

Kiangsi, ii. 228n

Kiang-su, ii. 135n

Kiang-suy (-shui) River, ii. 36, 40n

Kiangtheu, ii. 105n, 111n, 113n

Kiang-Tung, ii. 117n, 279n

Kiao-chi (Tungking), Chinese etymology of, ii. 119n, 128n

Kia Tsing, Emperor, a great bridge builder, ii. 6n

Ki-chau Castle, ii. 26n

Kieh-Ch’a, ii. 283n

K’ien-ch’ang, Kiung-tu (Caindu), ii. 70n–72n

Kien-chau, ii. 232n

Kien-kwé, ii. 232n

Kien-lung, Emperor, ii. 8n, 196n

Kien-ning fu (Kelinfu), ii. 228n

Kiepert, Map of Asia, i. 197n

Kij-Makrán (Kesmacoran), i. 86n

Kila’-i-Gabr, “Gueber Castle,” i. 81n, 82n

Kilimanchi River, ii. 424n

Kiming shan Mountains, gold and silver mines, i. 295n

Kimiz, kumiz (kemiz), mare’s milk,

—Tartar beverage, i. 257, 259n

Kin, or Golden Dynasty in N. China, 12, i. 28n, 231n, 288n, ii. 8n, 19n, 168n, 190n;

their paper-money, i. 426n, 430n;

story of their Golden King, ii. 17–22

Kincha, Chinese name for Kipchak, ii. 179n

Kin-Chi, or Gold-Teeth (Zardandan), 84–90n

King of the Abraiaman, ii. 364

—— of England, Kúblái’s message to, i. 34;

intercourse with Mongol princes, 36n, ii. 177n

—— of France, Kúblái’s message to, i. 34

—— of Spain, Kúblái’s message to, i. 34, ii. 477n

—— Rev. C. W., i. 370n

Kings of Maabar, the five brothers, ii. 331, 333n, 334n, 337n, 338–339, 370, 371;

their mother’s efforts to check their broils, 371

—— subordinate, or Viceroys, in China, i. 360, 361n, ii. 24, 64, 76, 79n, 190, 199n

—— Tartar, of the Ponent, ii. 490, 492n

Kingsmill, T. W., ii. 154n, 184n, 194n, 220n

King-tê-chên, porcelain manufacture, ii. 243n

K’ing-yüan (Ning-po), ii. 238n

Kin-hwa fu, ii. 222n

Kinki, Kimkhá, ii. 238n

Kinsay (King-szé, or “Capital,” Khansá, Khinsá, Khingsai, Khanzai, Cansay, Campsay), formerly Lin-ngan now Hang-chau fu, 11, ii. 146, 149n, 193n;

its surrender to Bayan, 146, 149n;

extreme public security, 147;

alleged meaning of the name, 182, 184n, 185;

described, 185–208;

bridges, 185, 187, 194n;

hereditary trades, guilds and wealthy craftsmen and their dainty wives, 186, 196n;

the lake, islands and garden-houses, 186, 187, 196n;

stone-towers—inhabitants’ clothing and food, 187, 197n–198n;

guards and police regulations, 187–188;

fires, 188;

alarm towers, paved streets, 189;

revenue, 189, 190, 215, 216, 217n, 218n;

pavements, public baths, port of Ganfu, 189, 198n, 199n;

the province and other provinces of Manzi, garrisons, 190, 200n;

horoscopes, funeral rites, 191, 200n;

palace of the expelled king, 192;

church, house registers, 192, 200n;

hostel regulations, 193;

canals, 200;

markets and squares, 201, 209n;

fruits and fish shops, 202, 210n;

women of the town, physicians and astrologers, courts of justice, 203;

vast consumption of pepper, 204, 210n;

inhabitants’ character—their behaviour to women and foreigners, 204, 210n, 211n;

hatred of soldiers, 205;

pleasures on the lake and in carriage excursions, 205, 211n;

palace of the king, 206;

the king’s effeminacy and ruin, 207–208, 211n;

tides, 208n;

plan of, 209n;

notices by various writers of, 213n;

wealth of, 245n;

ships, 255, 260n

Kin-sha Kiang, “River of Golden Sands” (upper branch of Great Kiang, Brius), ii. 36, 56, 64, 67n, 69n, 70n, 72n

Kinshan, see Golden Island

Kinto, or Hintu, Mongol general, ii. 260n

Kipchak (Ponent), Southern Russia, events related by Polo in, 23, i. 5, 6n, ii. 490 seqq.;

sovereigns, 492n;

people of, 493n;

extent of empire, ib.

Kirghiz Kazak, i. 313n

Kirghiz, the, i. 162n, 176n, 309n, ii. 362n

Kiria, i. 192n, 195n, ii. 595n

Kirk, Sir John, and Raphia palm, ii. 597n

Kis, Kish, or Kais (Kisi), now Ghes, or Kem, island in Persian Gulf, i. 63, 64n, 83, 452;

merchants, ii. 340;

described, 453n

Kishik, Kishikan, Kizik, Keshikchi, see Keshican

Kishm (Casem), i. 153, 155n, 156n, 173n

—— or Brakht (Oaracta), island in the Persian Gulf, i. 115n, 121n

Kistna River, ii. 362n

Kitubuka, General, i. 85n

Kiu-chau, ii. 222n

Kiulan (Quilon), see Coilum

Kizil Irmak, the, i. 45n

Kizil River, i. 54n

Kneeling oxen, i. 97, 99n

Kobad, the Sassanian, i. 53n

Kobdo, i. 215n

Koh-Banán (Cobinan), i. 125

Koja (Coja), a Tartar envoy from Persia, i. 32, 33n, 38n

Kokcha River, i. 154n–156n, 162n

Kok-Tash, greenstone of Samarkand, i. 187n

Kolastri, or Kolatiri Rajas, ii. 387n

Ko-li-ki-sze, i. 289n

Kolkhoi of Ptolemy, identified, ii. 373n

Kollam, see Coilum

Koloman, see Coloman

Kolyma, bird-hunting at, i. 272n

Κώμακον, ii. 391n

Ḳomár, ii. 279n, 383n

Κομάρια ἄκρον, ii. 382n

Konár tree, Marco Polo’s apples of Paradise, i. 99n

Kondachi, 337n

Konkan, Konkan-Tana, ii. 367n, 390n, 396n

Korano, epithet on Indo-Scythic coins, i. 101n

Korea, History of, ii. 262n

Koresh king, i. 82n

Kornish, or K’o-tow (Khén-théu), i. 391, 393n

Kosakio, a general against Japan, ii. 260n

Kosseir, ii. 439n

Kotcheres, Kurds of Mosul, i. 62n

Kotlogh, or Kutlugh, Sultan of Kerman, i. 91n

Kotlogh Shah, the Chaghataian prince, i. 104n, 121n

Kotrobah Island, ii. 409n

Kouyunjik, sculptures at, i. 100n

Kozlov, Lieutenant K. P., on the Lob-nor, i. 199n

Kuang-chou, ii. 239n

Kúbenán (Cobinan), a Kuh-banán “Hill of the Terebinths or Wild Pistachios,” i. 123, 124n

Kúblái (Cublay), Káán, the Great Khán, i. 8n, 10, 11, 12, 15;

his envoys meet the two elder Polos, 10;

receives and questions the Polos, 11, 12;

sends them as envoys to the Pope, 13;

his desire for Christian teachers, and for oil from the lamp in the Holy Sepulchre, 13, 14;

gives them a Golden Tablet, 15;

his reception of the three Polos, 26;

sends Marco on an embassy, 27;

Marco grows in favour, 30;

allows the Polos to depart with Tablets of Authority, 33–35;

rumour of his death, 38n;

sends a napkin of asbestos to the Pope, 213;

his greatness and power, 246, 247n, 331;

his milk libations, 300;

his inscription at Shangtu, 304n;

Chinghiz’s prophecy, 331n;

his lineage, age, and accession, 332;

Nayan’s revolt, 333;

Nayan’s defeat and death, 336–343;

rebukes anti-Christian gibes, 344;

returns to Cambaluc, 348;

treats four religions with equal respect, 348n;

his views on Christianity, 349n;

how he rewards his captains, 350;

his personal appearance, 356;

his wives and ladies-in-waiting, 356–358;

his palace at Cambaluc, 362;

builds Cambaluc city, 374;

his bodyguard, 379;

order of his feasts, 381;

celebration of his birthday, 387;

his distribution of robes, 387, 394;

his New Year’s feast, 390;

his elephants, 391;

the K’o-tow, 391, 393n;

adopts Chinese ancestor-worship, 392n;

his game laws, 396;

his hunting establishment, 397;

his masters of hounds, 400;

how he goes a-hunting, 402;

how his year is spent, 410;

Ahmad’s influence, oppression, and death, 416–420;

his treatment of Mahomedans, 422n;

his mint and paper-money, 423;

his purchase of valuables, 425;

his twelve great Barons, 430;

his posts and runners, 433;

remission of taxes, 439, 443;

his justice, 440n;

a tree planter, 440;

his store of corn, 443;

charity to the poor, 445;

his astrologers, 446;

gaol deliveries, and prohibition of gambling, 457;

his early campaign in Yun-nan, ii. 46n, 79, 80n;

and the king of Mien and Bangala, 98, 110, 114n;

Litan’s plot, 136;

sends Bayan to invade Manzi, 145;

his dealings with Bayan, 148n, 149n;

satisfied with the Polo’s mangonels, 159;

appoints Mar Sarghis governor of Chinghian-fu, 177;

the city of Kinsay, 186–190;

his revenue from Kinsay, 215;

from Zayton, 235;

his expedition against Chipangu (Japan), 255;

sends force against Chamba, 267, 270n;

attempts to gain Java, 272, 275n;

his death, 275n;

sends to buy Ceylon ruby, 313, 315n;

sends for religions of Sakya, 319;

testifies to miraculous powers of Sakya’s dish, 320;

intercourse with Ma’bar, 337n;

with Kaulam, 378n;

missions to Madagascar, 412–413;

Kaidu’s wars with him, 457 seqq.

—— Khan, territories and people subject to (Turkistan), i. 180, 188, 191, 196;

(Tangut and Mongolia), 203, 212, 217, 269, 274, 281, 284, 285;

(Tibetan frontier and Yun-nan), ii. 50, 53, 64, 109, 116, 119, 122;

(Western China), 124, 127;

(N. Eastern China), 132, 135, 138, 140, 141;

(Manzi), 151–153;

(Sinju), 170;

(Caiju), 174;

Chinghian-fu, 176;

(Chinginju), 178;

(Suju), 181;

(Tanpigu), 218;

(Chonka), 231;

(Zayton), 234;

(Chamba), 267;

(Sumatra), 272, 285, 292, 299

Kuché character, i. 211n

Kudatku Bilik, an Uíghúr poem, i. 28n

Kuhistan, or Hill country of Persia, i. 86n

Kúkachin, see Cocachin

Kukin-Tána, ii. 396n

Kukju (Genkju), Kúblái’s son, i. 361n

Kuku-Khotan (Blue Town), depôt for Mongolian trade with China, i. 278n, 286n, 287n

Ku-kwan, Customs’ Barrier, ii. 14n

Kuláb, lions in, i. 152n;

Salt Mines, 154n

Kulan, Asinus Onager, the Gor Khar of Persia, i. 89n

Kulasaikera, ii. 335n

Kumár, see Ḳomár

Kumhări, Kumari, see Comari

Kumiz, kimiz (kemiz), Mare’s milk, Tartar beverage, i. 257, 259n, 300;

sprinkling of, 308n, 309n, 385n, 411

Kummájar, ii. 491n

Kúnbúm Monastery, i. 319n

Kunduz, i. 152n, 154n

Kunduz (beaver or sable), i. 410n

Kunduz-Baghlán, i. 86n

Kung-ki-cheng (Fei-ch’eng), ii. 6n, 8n

Kunguráts, Kunkuráts (Ungrat), a Mongol tribe, i. 38n, 101n, 359n, 360

Kunichi (Cunichi, or Chinuchi), “The Keepers of the Mastiff Dogs,” i. 400

Kuniyah (Conia), Iconium, Koniah, i. 43, 44n 356n

Kunlun (Pulo Condore), ii. 277n

Kurd dynasty, i. 85n

Kurdistan (Curdistan), i. 9n, 62n, 83, 84n

Kurds, the, i. 60, 62n, 85n

Kúreh-i-Ardeshír (Kuwáshír), i. 91n

Kuria Maria Islands, ii. 405n

Kuridai, Kúblái’s son, i. 361n

Kúrkah, great drum, i. 340n, 341n

Kurmishi, ii. 474n

Kurshids of Lúristán, i. 85n

Kurut (Curd), i. 262, 265n

Kus, Cos (in Egypt), ii. 439n

Kushluk, the Naiman, ii. 20n

Kutan, son of Okkodai, ii. 32n

Kutchluk Khan (Buddhist), Chief of the Naïmans, i. 188n

Kutuktemur, Kúblái’s son, i. 361n

Kutulun, Princess, ii. 465n

Kuwinji, see Kaunchi

Kuyuk Khan, i. 14n, 245, 247n

Kwa-chau (Caiju), at mouth of Great Canabon Yang-tse-Kiang, ii. 144n, 175n

Kwan Hsien, ii. 41n

Kwansinfu, ii. 221n, 224n

Kwawa, i.e. Java, etymology, ii. 119n

Kwei-chau (Cuiju), ii. 82n, 124n, 127n, 129n

Kwei-hwa-ch’eng, or Kuku Khotan, i. 278n, 286n, 287n

Kweilei River, i. 345n

Kyŭng-sang province, ii. 262n

Lac (Wallachia), Lacz, i. 54n, ii. 487, 489n, 490, 491n

Ladies’ dresses in Badakhshan, i. 160, 163n

Ladies of Kinsay, ii. 186

Lagong, ii. 279n

Lahore (Dalivar, Dilivar), i. 99, 104n, 105n, ii. 426n, 427n

Lahsá, ii. 348n

Lájwurd mines, i. 162n

Lake, Caindu, ii. 53, 72n

—— Fanchau, ii. 29n

—— Kinsay, ii. 186, 196n, 200, 214n

—— of Palace at Cambaluc, i. 365, 370n

—— Pleasure parties on, ii. 205, 211n

—— Talifu, ii. 80

—— Yunnan-fu, ii. 66

Laknaoti, ii. 427n

Lakshamana Deva, king of Kashmir, i. 104n

Lamas of Tibetan Buddhism, i. 28n;

their superstitions and rites, 204, 207n, 220, 221n–223n, 301, 302, 314n, 315n;

their monasteries, 303, 319n;

marriage, 303, 319n.

(See also Bakhshi.)

Lambri, kingdom of, ii. 299, 300n, 306, 307n;

situation of, 301n

Lances of Sago Palm, ii. 305n

Lanchang, ii. 279n

Land of Darkness, ii. 484 seqq.;

market in, 486n

Langdarma, i. 168n, 170n

Langting Balghasun, i. 306n

Languages used in Mongol Court and administration, i. 27, 28n–30n

Lan-Ho, i. 305

Lanja Bálús, or Lankha bálús, ii. 308n

Lanka (Ceylon), ii. 320n

Lan Ki Hien (Nan-Che-hien), ii. 222n, 224n

Lanner Falcons, i. 158, 162n, ii. 50

Lan-tsang kiang (Mekong) River, ii. 88n, 128n

Lao-Kiun, or Lao-Tseu, the Philosopher, i. 322n, 325n, 326n

Laos, people of, ii. 91n, 117n, 120n, 128n

Lar, or Láṭ-Desa, ii. 367n

—— province, ii. 363, 367n, 403n

Latin version of Polo’s Book, 63, 81, 90, 95, 100

Latins, the term, i. 10, 12, 32

Latsé, Tibetan for musk, i. 279n

Lauredano, Agnes, ii. 520n

Laurus Camphora, ii. 237n

Lawek, Lawáki, ii. 278n–279n

Laxities of marriage customs, see Marriage

Layard, Mr., i. 85n

Layas, see Ayas

—— Gulf of, i. 17n

Leather, i. 395, 398;

embroidered mats of Guzerat, 393–394, 395n

Leaves, used for plates, ii. 365;

green leaves said to have a soul, 366

Lecomte on Chinese war vessels, i. 37n

Lembeser, Ismaelite fortress, i. 146n

Lenzin, ii. 141n

Leon I., king of Lesser Armenia, i. 42n

Leon II., king of Lesser Armenia, i. 44n

Leon III., king of Lesser Armenia, i. 25n

Leon VI., last king of Lesser Armenia, i. 42n

Leopards, ii. 282, 411, 431;

taught to sit on horseback, i. 299;

(Cheetas) kept for the Chase by Kúblái, 397

Lepechin, Professor, i. 9n

Le Strange, Guy, i. 67n, 92n

Leung Shan, i. 245n

Levant, term applied by Polo to the kingdom of the Mongol Khans, i. 1, 5, 8n, 10, 32, 36, 44, 63, 84, 246, 270, ii. 50, 376, 466, 477, 491, 494

Lewchew, ii. 391n

Lewis, see St. Lewis

Lewis XI. and XII. (France), i. 398n

Lew-sha, old Chinese name for Lop Desert, i. 198n, 201n

Leyes, see Ayas

Lhása, ii. 45n, 70n, 74n;

Labrang Monastery at, i. 319n

Li, Chinese measure, supposed to be confounded with miles, ii. 193n, 194n, 209n

Liampo (Ningpo), ii. 228n, 239n

Liang, or tael, i. 426n, 427n

Liang-chau in Kansuh, i. 29n, 276n, 281n

Liao dynasty, 12, i. 232n, 288n

Liao-tong, i. 289n, 334n, 345n

Libanos, Λιβανοφόρος and Λιβανωτοφόρος χώρα, ii. 445n–446n

Libro d’Oro, 14

Licinius, Emperor, i. 45n

Lidé (Liti), ii. 297n, 305n

Lieuli Ho, ii. 6n

Lign-aloes (eagle-wood), ii. 87, 268;

etymology, 271n;

in Sumatra, 284, 287n

Ligor, ii. 278n

Ligurium, the precious stone, Liguire, i. 398n

Li H’ien, Tartar ruler of Tangut, i. 206n

Likamankwas of Abyssinian kings, ii. 348n

Li-kiang fu, ii. 73n, 90n

Limyrica, ii. 408n

Lindley, i. 99n

Lindsay, Hon. R., ii. 46n, 74n

Linga, ii. 370n

Linju, ii. 140, 141n

Lin-ngan (Hang-chau), ii. 149n, 195n

Lin-ngan in Yun-nan, ii. 120n, 121n, 129n

Lintching-y, or Lingchinghien, ii. 141n

Lin-t’sing chau, ii. 139n

Lion and Sun, i. 352n

Lions, black, ii. 376, 382n, 422

—— on the Oxus, i. 151;

Chinese notion of, i. 399n

—— (apparently for tigers) kept for the chase by Kúblái, i. 397, ii. 31, 42, 56, 214, 219;

skins of striped, i. 405;

how hunted with dogs, ii. 126.

(See also Tigers.)

Lion’s Head Tablets, i. 35, 350, 352n

Lire, various Venetian, 66, 71, ii. 591n–592n

—— of gold, 73

Lisbon, ii. 391n

Lissu, or Lisau tribe, ii. 60n, 90n

Litai, ii. 301n

Litan, rebellion of, i. 313n, ii. 136, 138n

Lithang, ii. 48n, 56n, 67n

Little Orphan Rock, ii. 174n

Liu Pang, founder of 1st Han dynasty, ii. 32n

Liu Pei (Luo Pé), of the Han dynasty, ii. 32n, 38n

Livre des Merveilles, 121, ii. 527n

Livres of gold, ii. 442

—— Parisis, 90, ii. 590n

—— Tournois, i. 83, 86n, ii. 590n

Li Yuan-hao, founder of the Hsi Hsia dynasty, Tangut, i. 206n

Lo, tribes of S.W. China so-called, ii. 123n, 124n, 129n

—— Chinese name of part of Siam, ii. 278n

Lob, see Lop

Locac, kingdom of, ii. 276, 277n–280n

Lockhart, Dr. W., i. 372n, 377n, ii. 8n, 27n, 82n, 124n

Lokok, ii. 278n–280n

Lolo tribes, ii. 60n–63n, 69n, 70n, 123n

Longevity of Brahmins and Jogis, ii. 365, 369n

Longfellow, i. 67n

Lop, city and lake, i. 194, 196;

desert, 196, 197

Lophāburi, ii. 278n

Loping, ii. 129n, 130

Lor, see Lúristan

Lord, Dr. Percival, i. 160n

Löss, brownish-yellow loam, ii. 14n

Loups cerviers (lynx), i. 398n

Low castes, ii. 349–350n

Lowatong River, ii. 130n

Loyang, Bridge of, ii. 241n

Lubán, ii. 446n, 449n

Lubán-Jáwi, ii. 286n

Lubán-Shehri, ii. 449n

Lubbies, ii. 372n

Lucky and unlucky hours and days, ii. 364, 368n

Luddur Deo, ii. 362n

Luh-ho-ta Pagoda, Hang-chau, ii. 193n, 194n

Lukon-Kiao (Hun-ho, Pulisanghin River), ii. 5n, 6n, 8n

Lukyn Port, ii. 279n, 280n

Lung-yin ii. 224n

Lúristan (Lor, Lur), kingdom of Persia, i. 83, 84n;

Great and Little, 85n;

character of Lurs or people of, 87n

Lusignan, John de, i. 42n

Lút, Desert of (Dasht-i-Lut), i. 124n, 127, 128n

Lu-tzŭ tribe, ii. 82n

Lynxes, trained to hunt, i. 397, 398n;

in Cuncun, ii. 31

Ma Twan-lin, the Chinese Pliny, i. 100n, 201n

Maaden, turquoise mines at, i. 92n

Maatum, or Nubia, ii. 431n

Ma’bar (Maabar, i.e. Coromandel coast), province of India, ii. 331, 332n, 338;

its brother kings, 331, 333n, 335n, 370, 371;

pearl fishery, 331, 335n, 337n;

etymology, 332n;

limits, 333n;

obscurity of history, 334n;

port visited by Polo, 335n;

nakedness of people, king, his jewels, 338–346;

his wives, “Trusty Lieges,” treasure, 339, 347n;

horses imported, 340;

superstitious customs, 340;

ox-worship, 341;

Govis, ib.;

no horses bred, 342, 350n;

other customs, 342;

mode of arrest for debt, 343, 350n;

great heat, 343;

regard for omens, 344, 351n;

astrology, treatment of boys, 344;

birds, girls consecrated to idols, 345, 351n;

customs in sleeping, 346, 352n;

ships at Madagascar, 412

Macartney’s Map, i. 173n, 292n

Macgregor, Sir C., “Journey through Khorasan,” i. 86n, 89n

Máchin, city of (Canton), ii. 175n

Máchin, Maháchin (Great China), used by Persian writers as synonymous with Manzi, ii. 35n, 144n, 175n

Maclagan, Major-General (R.E.), i. 105n, 155n

Madagascar (Madeigascar), ii. 411, 413n;

confused with Magadoxo, 414n;

etymology, 414n;

traces of ancient Arab colonisation, 414n

Mádái, Madavi, Maudoy, ii. 387n, 388n

Madjgars, ii. 491n–492n

Madar-Des, Eastern Panjáb, i. 104n

Madras, ii. 355n, 403n

Madura, ii. 333n, 334n, 335n

Maestro, or Great Bear, said to be invisible in Sumatra, ii. 292, 296n

Magadha, ii. 356n

Magadoxo, confused with Madagascar, ii. 414n

Magapatana, near Ceylon, ii. 283n

Magi, the three, i. 78–80;

legend as told by Mas’udi, 82n;

source of fancies about, 82n;

names assigned to, 83n

Magic, of Udyana, i. 164n;

Lamaitic, 301, 314n.

(See also Sorcerers.)

Magical darkness (dry fog and dust storms), i. 98, 105n

Magnet, Mount, ii. 418n

Magyars, ii. 491n–492n

Mahar Amlak, king of Abyssinia, ii. 436n

Mahávan, ii. 426n

Mahmúd Kalháti, prince of Hormuz, i. 121n

Mahmúd of Ghazni, i. 106n

Mahmudiah Canal, ii. 439n

Mahomed (Mahommet), his account of Gog and Magog, i. 56n;

his Paradise, 140;

his alleged prophecy of the Mongols, 265n;

his use of mangonels, ii. 164n

Mahomed, supposed worship of idols of, i. 189n

—— II., uses the old engines of war, ii. 163n, 166n

—— Tarabi, 106n

—— Tughlak of Delhi, his copper token currency, 429n

—— Shah of Malacca, ii. 282n

Mahomedan revolts in China, ii. 29n, 74n, 80n

—— conversion of Malacca, 282n

—— conversion of states in Sumatra, 284, 288n, 294n, 295n, 300n–303n