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recumbent figures of, 219, 221n;

story of, ii. 316 seqq.;

his footmark on Adam’s Peak, 321n;

Alms dish, Holy Grail, 328n–330n;

tooth relique, 319–320, 330n

Salamander, the, i. 213, 216n

Salar (Ho-chau), ii. 29n

Salem, dragoman, explores Rampart of Gog, i. 57n

Salghur, Atabegs of Fars, i. 85n, 121n

Sálih, Malik, son of Badruddín Lúlú, i. 61n

Salsette Island, ii. 325n, 396n

Salt, H., his version of Abyssinian chronology, ii. 435n

—— rock, in Badakhshan, i. 153, 154n;

used for currency, ii. 45, 54, 57n;

extracted from deep wells, 58n, 66, 76n;

in Carajan province, 66, 76n;

manufactured in Eastern China, 133;

manufacture, revenue and traffic in, 152, 153, 155n, 215, 216, 217n;

trade on the Kiang, 171;

junks employed therein, 174n

—— stream, i. 124n

Salwen River, or Lu-Kiang, i. 323n

Samagar, ii. 471, 474n

Samána, ii. 427n

Samara, kingdom of, see Sumatra

Samarkand (Samarcan), i. 57n, 62n, ii. 458, 462;

story of a miracle at, i. 183, 186n;

colony near Peking from, 291n

Sampson, Theos., on grapes in China, ii. 16n

Sámsúnji Báshi, i. 401n

Samudra, see Sumatra

Samuel, his alleged tomb at Sávah, i. 81n

San Giovanni Grisostomo, parish in Venice where the Ca’ Polo was, 4, 26, 53, 70, 71, 76;

theatre, 28

San Lorenzo, Venice, burial place of Marco and his father, 7, 71, 74

Sandu, see Chandu

Ṣanf, see Champa

Sangín, Sangkan River, ii. 5n, 6n

Sanglich, dialect of, i. 160n

Sang-Miau, tribe of Kwei-chau, ii. 82n

Sangon, the Title (Tsiang-kiun), ii. 136, 138n

Sanitary effects of Mountain air, i. 158

Sanjar, sovereigns of Persia, i. 233n

Sankin Hoto, Dalai, i. 215n

Sanuto of Torcelli, Marino, 118, i. 17n, 23n, 24n, 42n, 59n, 67n, 77n, 144n;

his World Map, 133;

on long range, ii. 166n

Sappan wood, see Brazil

Sapta-Shaila, ii. 386n

Sapurgan (Sabúrḳán, Shabúrḳán, Shibrgán), i. 149, 150n

Saputa, Sçue, peculiar use of, i. 437n

Saracanco (Saraichik), on the Yaik, i. 6n

Saracens, see Mahomedans

Sarai (Sara), capital of Kipchak, i. 4;

city and its remains, 5n;

perhaps occupied successive sites, 6n

—— Sea of (Caspian), i. 59n, ii. 494

Sáras, crane (grus Antigone), i. 297n

Saratov, i. 9n

Sarbizan Pass, i. 113n

Sardines, ii. 444n

Sárdú Pass, i. 113n

Sarghalan River, i. 156n

Sărha, Port of Sumatra, ii. 294n

Sarhadd River, i. 175n

Sar-i-kol, Lakes, i. 163n, 172n

Sarsati, ii. 427n

Sartak, the Great Khan’s ambassador to Hulákú, i. 10n, 14n

Sassanian dynasty, i. 61n

Sati, see Suttee

Satin, probable origin of word, ii. 241n

Saum, Sommo, silver ingots used in Kipchak, ii. 488n;

apparently the original rouble, 488n

Sauromatae, ii. 466n

Sávah (Saba), i. 78, 80, 81n

Savast (Siwas), i. 43, 44n

Scanderoon, Gulf of, i. 16n

Scasem, i. 156n

Scherani, bandits, i. 101n

Schiltberger, Hans, i. 131n

Schindler, General Houtum-, i. 89n, 96n, 99n, 100n, 105n, 106n, 112n–115n, 122n, 126n, 308n, 310n, 314n

Schlegel, Dr. G., i. 342n, 437n, 441n, ii. 281n, 596n

Schmidt, Professor I. J., i. 201n, 294n

Schönborn, Carl, ii. 601n

Schuyler, Eugene, i. 54n

Scidmore, Miss E., on the Tide, ii. 209n

Scotra, see Socotra

Sea of Chin, ii. 264, 265, 266n, 270n

—— England, ii. 265

—— Ghel, or Ghelan, i. 52

—— India, i. 35, 63, 108, 166, ii. 265, 424

—— Rochelle, ii. 265

—— Sarain, i. 59, ii. 494

Seal, Imperial, i. 366, 424

Sebaste, see Sivas

Sebourc, Bauduin de, see Bauduin de Sebourc

Sees of Latin Church, i. 186n, ii. 237n, 377n

—— Nestorian Church, i. 91n, 183n, 186n, 207n, 211n

Sefavíehs, the, i. 90n

Seilan, see Ceylon

Self-decapitation, ii. 349n

Selitrennoyé Gorodok (Saltpetre Town), i. 5n, 6n

Seljukian dynasty, i. 44n

—— Turks, i. 91n

Selles, chevaux à deux, the phrase, ii. 440n

Semal tree, ii. 394n

Semedo, ii. 211n

Semenat, see Somnath

Sempad, Prince, High Constable of Armenia, i. 186n, 352n

Sendal, a silk texture, ii. 10n, 37, 132, 182, 390, 464

Sendaus, generally Taffetas, ii. 10n

Sendemain, king of Seilan, ii. 313

Seneca, Epistles, i. 14n

Senecherim, king of Armenia, i. 45n

Seni, Verzino, ii. 380n

Senshing, i. 332n

Sensin, ascetics, devotees living on bran, i. 303, 321n–327n

Sentemur, ii. 98

Sepulchre of Adam, see Adam’s Sepulchre

—— of our Lord, i. 19;

oil from, 14, 19, 26

Serano, Juan de, ii. 295n

Serazi (Shíráz), kingdom of Persia, i. 83, 85n

Serendib, ii. 314n

Seres, Sinae, 12;

their tree wool, ii. 137n;

ancient character of the, 211n

Serpents, great, i.e. alligators, ii. 76 seqq., 81n, 360

Sertorius, ii. 348n

Sesamé, i. 158, 162n, ii. 431

Sesnes, mediæval form of cygnes, cigni, i. 297n

Seta Ghella, seta Leggi (Ghellé), silk, i. 59n

Seth’s mission to Paradise, i. 136n

Sevan Lake, i. 58n

Seven Arts, the, i. 13, 14n

Severtsof, shoots the Ovis Poli, i. 175n, 177n;

on the name Bolor, 179n

Seyyed Barghash, Sultan of Zanzibar, ii. 420n

Shabánkára, or Shawánkára (Soncara), i. 83, 85n–86n

Shabar, son of Kaidu, ii. 459n

Sha-chau (Sachin), “Sand-district,” i. 203, 206n

Shadow, augury from length of, ii. 364

Shah Abbas, i. 310n;

his Court, 385n

—— Jahan, i. 168n

Shahr-i-Babek, turquoise mine at, i. 92n

Shahr-i-Nao (Siam), ii. 279n

Shahr Mandi, or Pandi, ii. 333n

Shah Werdy, last of the Kurshid dynasty, i. 85n

Shaibani Khan, ii. 481n

Shaikh-ul-Jibal, i. 142n, 144n, 145n

Shaikhs (Esheks), in Madagascar, ii. 411, 413n

Shakespeare, on relation of gold to silver, ii. 95n

Sháliát, ii. 440n

Shamanism, i. 257n, 315n, 324n, 325n, ii. 97n.

(See also Devil-Dancing.)

Shampath, ancestor of Georgian kings, i. 52n

Shamsuddin Shamatrani, ii. 303n

Shamuthera, see Sumatra

Shan (Laotian, or Thai), ii. 74n, 90n, 96n, 113n, 278n

—— race and country, ii. 117n, 128n

—— dynasty in Yun-nan, ii. 73n, 79n

—— ponies, ii. 82n

—— state of Pong, see Pong

Shanars of Tinnevelly, ii. 97n;

their devil-worship, 359n

Shang-hai, ii. 238n

Shangking-Fungking, i. 345n

Shangtu, Shangdu (Chandu), i. 25n;

Kúblái’s City and Summer Palace, 298, 304n;

Dr. Bushell’s description of, 304n;

Kúblái’s annual visit to, 308n, 410

Shangtu Keibung, i. 306n, 308n

Shan-hai-kwan, i. 407n

Shankárah, Shabankára (Soncara), i. 83, 85n, 86n

Shan-si, ii. 12n, 14n, 15n, 23n, 25n, 32n, 135n, 143n, 167n

Shan-tung, ii. 137n, 141n, 143n;

silk in, 136, 137n;

pears from, 210n

Shao-hing-fu, ii. 220n–222n

Shao-ling, pariah caste of, ii. 228n

Sharakhs, i. 149n

Shara-ul-buks (Forest of box on the Black Sea), i. 57n

Sharks and shark charmers, ii. 332–337n

Shauls, or Shúls, the, i. 85n, 87n

Shawánkára (Soncara), i. 83, 85n, 86n

Shaw, R. B., i. 169n, 178n, 195n, 276n, 315n, ii. 16n

Shawls of Kerman, i. 96n

Sheep, fat-tailed in Kerman, i. 97, 100n

—— four-horned at Shehr, ii. 443, 494n

—— large Indian, ii. 361

—— none in Manzi, ii. 219

—— of Pamir (Ovis Poli), i. 171, 176n

—— wild, of Badakhshan (Kachkár, Ovis Vignei), i. 158, 162n

—— with trucks behind, 100n

—— Zanghibar, ii. 422, 424n

Sheep’s head given to horses, ii. 351n

Shehr, or Shihr, see Esher

Shehrizor (Kerkuk), i. 62n

Shenrabs, i. 324n

Shen-si, ii. 23n, 25n, 26n, 31n, 32n, 167n, 237n

Shentseu tribe, ii. 120n

Sheuping, ii. 120n

Shewá, cool plateau of, i. 163n

Shibrgán (Sapurgan), i. 149, 150n

Shieng, Sheng, or Sing, the Supreme Board of Administration, i. 431, 432n, ii. 154, 157n

Shien-sien, Shin-sien, i. 322n

Shighnan (Syghinan), ruby mines, i. 157, 161n, 172n

Shijarat Malayu, or Malay Chronicle, ii. 287n, 288n, 294n, 296n, 300n, 302n

Shikárgáh, applied to animal pattern textures, Benares brocades, i. 66n

Shing-king, or Mukden, i. 345n

Ships, of the Great Khan, ii. 142;

of India at Fuju, 231;

of Manzi described, 249–251;

mediæval, accounts of, 252n–253n;

in Japan, 264;

in Java Seas, 274n;

at Eli, 386

Shíráz (Cerazi), i. 83, 85n

Shireghi, ii. 462n

Shirha, ii. 436n

Shirwan, ii. 495n

Shi-tsung, Emperor, i. 310n

Shoa, ii. 434n, 436n

Shob’aengs of Nicobar, ii. 308n

Shodja ed-din Kurshid, Kurd, i. 85n

Shor-Rud (Salt River), i. 124n

Shot of Military Engines, ii. 159, 163n, 164n–168n

Shpilevsky, i. 8n

Shúlistán (Suolstan), i. 83, 85n

Shúls of Shauls, people of Persia, i. 83n, 85n

Shut up nations, legend of the, 114, 136, i. 57n

Shwéli River, ii. 107n

Siam, ii. 277n–280n;

king of, 278n

Siang-yang-fu (Saianfu), Kúblái’s siege of, Polo’s aid in taking, 22, 112, ii. 158, 159;

difficulties in Polo’s account, 167n;

not removed by Pauthier, notice by Wassáf, Chinese account, Rashiduddin’s, 168n;

treasure buried, 169n

Siberia, ii. 479–481n

Sibree, on rofia palm, ii. 597n

Sick men put to death and eaten by their friends, ii. 293, 298n

Siclatoun, kind of texture, i. 283n

Siddhárta, ii. 322n

Sidi Ali, i. 152n, 165n, 277n, ii. 5n, 402n, 444n, 453n

Sien, Sien-Lo, Sien-Lo-Kok (Siam, Lo-cac), ii. 277n–280n

Sifan, ii. 60n, 61n, 70n

Sigatay, see Chagatai

Sighelm, envoy from King Alfred to India, ii. 357n

Si Hia, language of Tangut, i. 29n

Si-hu, Lake of Kinsay or Hang-chau, ii. 186, 196n, 205n–207n, 211n, 214n

Sijistán, i. 102n

Siju (Suthsian), ii. 141

Sikintinju (Kien-chow), i. 343, 345n

Silesia, Mongol invasion of, ii. 493n

Silk, called Ghellé (of Gilan), i. 52;

manufacture at Yezd, 88n;

at Taianfu, ii. 13;

in Shan-si and Shen-si, 22, 23n;

in Kenjanfu, 24;

Cuncun, 31;

Sindafu, 42n;

Kwei-chau, 126, 128n;

Tasinfu, 136, 137n;

Piju, 141;

Pao-ying-Hien, 152;

Nanghin, 157;

Chinhiang-fu, 176;

Chinginju, 178;

Suju, 181n;

Vughin, 182;

Kinsay, 187, 198n, 216;

Ghiuju, 219

—— cotton tree, ii. 394n

—— duty on, ii. 216

—— and gold stuffs, i. 41, 60, 63, 75, 107, 257, 285, 383, 387, 415, ii. 10, 24, 132, 152, 157, 176, 181, 206, 238n, 390, 411

—— stuffs and goods, Turcomania, i. 43;

Georgia, 50;

Baghdad, 63;

Yezd, 88;

Kerman, 90;

Tenduc province, 285;

Cambaluc, 415;

Juju, ii. 10;

Sindafu, 37;

Cacanfu, 132;

Chinangli, 135;

Suju, 181;

Vughin, 182;

Kinsay, 187;

in animal patterns, 63, 90;

with Cheetas, i. 398n;

of Kelinfu, ii. 225;

with giraffes, 424n

Silk, tent ropes, i. 405;

bed furniture, 434

—— trade at Cambaluc, i. 415;

at Kinsay, ii. 187

—— worms, ii 13, 24

Silver chairs, i. 351, 355n

—— imported into Malabar, ii. 390;

Cambay, 398

—— Island, ii. 174n

—— mines at Baiburt, i. 46;

Gumish-Khánah, 49n;

in Badakhshan, 157;

in N. Shansi, 285, 295n;

Yun-nan, ii. 95n;

Russian, 487, 488n

—— plate in Chinese taverns, ii. 187, 196n

Simon, Metropolitan of Fars, ii. 377n

—— Magus, i. 314n

Simúm, effects of, i. 109, 120n

Simurgh, ii. 415n, 419n

Sinbad, his story of the diamonds, ii. 362n;

of the Rukh, 418n

Sind (Sindhu-Sauvira), 12, i. 104n, 105n

Sindábúr (Goa), ii. 390n, 440n

Sindachu (Siuen-hwa fu), i. 285, 295n

Sindafu (Chengtu-fu), ii. 36, 38n, 127, 128n

Sindhu-Sauvira (Sindh-Ságor), i. 104n

Si-ngan fu (Kenjanfu), ii. 24n, 25n, 29n, 34n;

Christian inscription at, 27n, 29n

Singapore, Singhapura, i. 37n, ii. 279n, 281n, 305n

Singkel, ii. 300n

Singphos, ii. 82n, 90n

Sings, ii. 238n

Singtur, Mongol Prince, ii. 111n

Singuyli (Cranganor), ii. 426n

Sinhopala (Accambale), king of Chamba, ii. 267

Sinju (Si-ning fu), i. 274, 276n

—— (Ichin-hien), ii. 170

Sinju-matu, ii. 137, 138

Sínkalán, Sín-ul-Sín, Mahá-chin, or Canton, i. 294n, ii. 175n, 243n, 252n

Sinope, i. 45n

Síráf (Kish, or Kais?), i. 65n

Sir-i-Chashma, i. 58n

Sirikol, Lake and River, i. 174n, 176n, 182n

Sírján or Shirján, i. 92n, 122n

Sis, i. 42n

Sístán, i. 61n

Sitting in air, i. 315n, 316n

Siu-chau, ii. 129n–131n

Siuen-hwa-fu, see Sindachu

Siva, ii. 321n, 334n

Sivas, Siwas, Sebaste, Sevasd (Savast), i. 43, 44n, 45n

Siwastán, ii. 427n

Siwi, gigantic cotton in, ii. 394n

Sixtus V., Pope, ii. 326n

Siya-gosh, or lynx, i. 399n

Siyurgutmish, i. 91n

Sladen, Major, ii. 82n, 90n, 95n, 107n, 198n

Slaves in Bengal, ii. 115

Sledges, dog-, ii. 480, 481n–483n

Sleeping-mats, leather, ii. 394, 395n

Sluices of Grand Canal, ii. 175n

Smith, G., Bishop of Hongkong, i. 347n

Smith (R.E.), Major R. M., i. 89n, 96n,

99n, 106n, 111n–114n

Sneezing, omen from, ii. 364n

Socotra (Scotra), island of, ii. 404, 406, 408n;

history of, 408n–410n;

Christian Archbishop, 406;

aloes of, 409n

Soer (Suhar), ii. 340, 348n

Sofala, trade to China from, ii. 400n

Sogoman Borcan, see Sakya Muni

Sol, Arbre, see Arbre

Soldaia, Soldachia, Sodaya (the Oriental Sudák), 15, 26, i. 2, 3n, 4

Soldan, a Melic, ii. 470, 472

Soldurii, trusty lieges of Celtic kings, ii. 348n

Soli, Solli (Chola, or Tanjore), kingdom of, ii. 335n, 364, 368n, 403n

Solomon, house of, in Abyssinia, ii. 434n

Soltania, Archbishop of, ii. 213n.

(See Sultaniah.)

Somnath (Semenat), ii. 398, 400n;

gates of, 399, 400n–401n

Sonagar-pattanam, ii. 372n

Soncara (Shawankára), i. 83, 85n

Sonder Bandi Davar, see Sundara Pandi

Sondur and Condur (Pulo Condore Group), ii. 276, 277n

Sorcerers, sorceries of Pashai (Udyana), i, 164;

Kashmir, 166, 168n, 301, ii. 593n;

Lamas and Tibetans, ib., 314n–318n

—— Dagroian, ii. 293, 298n;

Socotra, 407, 410n.

(See also Conjurers.)

Sornau (Shahr-i-Nau), Siam, ii. 279n

Sotiates, tribe of Aquitania, ii. 348n

Soucat, ii. 277

Southey, St Romuald, ii. 84n

Spaan, Ispahan, i. 85n

Sposk, district, i. 7n

Spezerie, i. 43n

Spice, Spicery, i. 41, 60, 107, 205, 302, 382, 441, ii. 49, 56, 66, 115, 116, 123, 202, 216, 234, 264, 272, 284, 389, 390n, 423, 438, 450

Spice wood, i. 405, 409n

Spices in China, duty on, ii. 216

Spikenard, ii. 115, 272, 284, 287n, 390

Spinello Aretini, fresco by, i. 118n

Spirit drawings and spiritual flowers, i. 460n

Spirits haunting deserts, i. 197, 209n, 274

Spiritualism in China, i. 325n

Spitoons, pocket, i. 458, 462n

Spodium (Spodos), i. 125, 126n

Sport and game, i. 41, 88, 91, 149, 151, 153, 158, 160, 171, 223, 252, 260, 275, 285, 296, 299, 397, 400–406, 411;

in Shan-si, ii. 22;

Cachanfu, 24;

Cuncun, 31;

Acbalec Manzi, 34;

Tibet, 50;

Caindu, 56;

Zardandan, 85;

Mien, 111;

Linju, 140;

Cagu, 153;

Nanghin, 157;

Saianfu, 158;

Ching-hiang-fu, 176;

Chinginju, 178;

Changan, 182;

Kinsay, 201, 207, 219;

Fuju, 225, 226, 234;

Lambri, 299;

Maabar, 345;

Comari, 382;

Eli, 386

Springolds, ii. 161n

Springs, hot, i. 110, 122n

Sprinkling of drink, a Tartar rite, i. 300, 308n

Squares at Kinsay, ii. 201, 209n

Sri-Thammarat, ii. 278n

Sri-Vaikuntham, ii. 374n

Sse River, ii. 139n

Stack, E., visits Kuh Banan, i. 126n

Star Chart, ii. 314n

Star of Bethlehem, traditions about, i. 82n

Steamers on Yangtse-kiang, ii. 173n

Steel mines at Kermán, i. 90, 92n;

in Chingintalas, 212;

Indian, 93n, 94n;

Asiatic view of, 94n

Stefani, Signor, i. 7, ii. 507n

Stein, Dr. M. A., on Sorcery in Kashmir, ii. 593n;

on Paonano Pao, 593n;

on Pamirs, 593n–594n;

on site of Pein, 595n

Stiens of Cambodia, ii. 82n, 97n

Stirrups, short and long, ii. 78, 82n

Stitched vessels, i. 108, 117n

Stockade erected by Polo’s party in Sumatra, ii. 292

Stone, miracle of the, at Samarkand, i. 185, 187n

—— the green, i. 187n

—— towers in Chinese cities, ii. 189

—— umbrella column, ii. 212n

Stones giving invulnerability, ii. 259, 263n

Suákin, ii. 439n

Submersion of part of Ceylon, ii. 313, 314n

Subterraneous irrigation, i. 89n, 123, 124n

Suburbs of Cambaluc, i. 412

Subutai, Mongol general, i. 8n, ii. 168n

Su-chau (Suju), ii. 179, 181, 199n;

plan of, 183n, 184n

Suchnan River, i. 172n

Sudarium, the Holy, i. 213

Súddhodhana, ii. 322n

Sugar, Bengal, ii. 115;

manufactured, 215, 231;

art of refining, 226, 230n;

of Egypt and China, 231

Suh-chau (Sukchur), i. 217, 218n, 282n

Suicides before an idol, ii. 340, 349n

Sukchur, province Sukkothai, i. 217

Sukkothai, ii. 278n, 279n

Suḳlát, broadcloth, i. 283n

Sukum Kala’, i. 57n

Suleiman, Sultan, i. 17n, 44n, ii. 74n, 80n

Sulphur and quicksilver, potion of longevity, ii. 365, 369n

Sultaniah, Monument at, ii. 478n.

(See Soltania.)

Sultan Shah, of Badakhshan, i. 163n

Sumatra (Java the Less), 23, 120, i. 34, ii. 288n, 300n–301n;

described, its kingdoms, 284, 286n, 287n;

circuit, 284, 286n

Sumatra, Samudra, city and kingdom of (Samara for Samatra), ii. 292, 306n;

legend of origin, 294n;

Ibn Batuta there, 294n;

its position, 295n;

latest mention of, 296n;

wine-pots, 297n

Sumbawa, ii. 287n

Summers, Professor, ii. 277n

Sumutala, Sumuntala, see Sumatra

Sun and moon, trees of the, i. 130n

Sundara Pandi Devar (Sondar Bandi Davar), king in Ma’bar, ii. 331;

his death, 333n;

Dr. Caldwell’s views about, 333n, 334n

Sundar Fúlát (Pulo Condore Group), ii. 277n

Sung, a native dynasty reigning in S. China till Kúblái’s conquest, 12, i. 38n, ii. 135, 151n, 194n;

their paper-money, effeminacy, 20n, 150n, 207, 208, 211n;

cremation, 135n;

Kúblái’s war against, 148n, 149n;

end of them, 167n, 168n

Sunnis and Shias, i. 160n

Suolstan (Shulistan), a kingdom in Persia, i. 83, 85n

Superstitions in Tangut, the devoted sheep or ram (Tengri Tockho), i. 204, 207n;

the dead man’s door, 205, 209n;

as to chance shots, 439;

in Carajan, ii. 79, 82n, 84n;

devil-dancing, 86;

property of the dead, 111;

Sumatran, 293, 298n;

Malabar, 339 seqq.;

as to omens, 343–344, 364–365

Sûr-Raja, ii. 374n

Survival, instances of, ii. 93n

Sushun, Regent of China, execution of (1861), i. 428n

Su-tásh, the Jadek, i. 193n

Suttees in S. India, ii. 341, 349n;

of men, 340

Svastika, sacred symbol of the Bonpos, i. 324n

Swans, wild, at Chagan-Nor, i. 296

Swat, i. 178n

—— River, i. 164n

Swi-fu, ii. 131n

Sword blades of India, i. 93n, 96n

Syghinan, see Shighnan

Sykes, Major P. Molesworth, i. 102n, 106n, 113n, 114n, 119n, 124n, 126n, 127n, 128n

Sylen (Ceylon), ii. 426n

Symbolical messages, Scythian and Tartar, ii. 497n–498n

Syrian Christians, ii. 377n seqq., 433n

Syrrhaptes Pallasii, see Barguerlac

Szechényi, Count, i. 207n

Sze-ch’wan (Ch’êng-tu), ii. 32n, 34n, 35n, 37n, 40n, 42n, 45n, 46n, 48n, 58n, 60n, 69n, 128n, 131n, 134n;

aborigines, 60n

Tabashir, ii. 263n, 396n

Tabbas, i. 124n

Table of the Great Khan, i. 381

Tables, how disposed at Mongol feasts, i. 384n

Tablet, Emperor’s, adored with incense, i. 391, 393n

Tablets of Authority, Golden (Páizah), presented by Khan to Polos, i. 15, 16, 34, 35;

lion’s head and gerfalcon, 35, 351;

bestowed on distinguished captains, inscription, 350, 351n–354n;

cat’s head, 356n;

granted to governors of different rank, 431

—— worshipped by Cathayans, i. 456, 458n

Tabriz (Tauris), i. 17n, 74, 76n

Tachindo, see Ta-t’sien-lu

Tacitus, Claustra Caspiorum, Pass of Derbend, i. 53n

Tactics, Tartar, i. 262, 265n, ii. 460

Tacuin, i. 447, 448n

Tadinfu, ii. 136

Taeping Insurrection and Devastations, ii. 154n, 158n, 173n, 176n, 177n, 179n, 184n, 196n, 222n

Taeping, or Taiping, Sovereigns’ effeminate customs, ii. 20n

Taffetas, ii. 10n

Taft, near Yezd, turquoise at, i. 92n

Tafurs, i. 313n

Tagachar, ii. 471, 474n

Tagaung, ii. 107n, 111n, 113n

Tagharma Pass, i. 172n, ii. 594n

Tághdúngbásh River, i. 175n

Taianfu (T’ai-yuan-fu), king of N. China, ii. 12, 14n, 15n

Taiani, ii. 432n

Taican, see Talikan

Taichau (Tigu), ii. 154n

T’aiching-Kwan, ii. 26n

Taidu, Daitu, Tatu, Kúblái’s new city of Cambaluc, i. 305n, 306n, 374, 375n

Taikung, see Tagaung

Tailed men, in Sumatra, ii. 299, 301n;

elsewhere, 301n–302n;

English, 302n

Tailors, none in Maabar, ii. 338

Taimúni tribe, i. 100n

Taiting-fu (Tadinfu), or Yenchau, ii. 137n

Taitong-fu, see Tathung

Tai-tsu, Emperor, i. 428n

T’ai Tsung, Emperor, ii. 15n, 28n

Taiyang Khan (Great King), king of the Naimans, ii. 20n

Tajiks of Badakhshan, great topers, i. 153, 155n

Takfúr, ii. 148n

Takhtapul, i. 152n

Táki-uddin, Abdu-r Rahmán, ii. 333n

Takla-Makan, i. 190n

Talains, ii. 74n

Talas River, ii. 459n

Tali, gold mines, ii. 81n

Talifu (Carajan), ii. 67n, 76n, 79n, 80n, 105n, 107n, 111n

Talikan, Thaikan (Taican), i. 153, 154n, 163n

Tallies, record by, ii. 86, 96n

Tamarind, pirates’ use of, ii. 392, 394n

Tamerlan, i. 8n

Tana (Azov), 9, 43, 72, i. 4n, 6n, 19n

—— near Bombay, kingdom of, ii. 395, 396n, 403n, 426n, 440n

Tana-Maiambu, ii. 396n

Tana-Malayu, ii. 281n, 283n

Tánasi cloth, ii. 396n

Tanduc, see Tenduc

T’ang dynasty, ii. 28n, 194n, 278n

Tangnu Oola, branch of Altai, i. 215n

Tangut province, Chinese Si Hia, or Ho Si, i. 29n, 203, 214n, 217, 219, 220n, 223, 224n, 245n, 274, 276n, 281;

five invasions of, 281n

Tangutan, term applied to Tibetan speaking people round the Koko-nor, i. 206n

Tanjore, ii. 334n, 335n;

Suttee at, 349n;

Pagoda at, 352n;

fertility of, 368n

Tánkíz Khan, applied to Chinghiz, i. 247n

Tanpiju (Shaohing?), ii. 218

Tantras, Tantrika, Tantrists, i. 315n, 323n, 326n

Tao-lin, a Buddhist monk, i. 165n

Tao-sze (Taossé), sect, i. 321n–325n;

female idols of the, 303, 327n

Ta-pa-Shan range, ii. 34n, 35n

Taprobana, mistakes about, ii. 295n

Tarakai, ii. 475n

Tarantula, ii. 346, 364

Tarcasci, i. 366n

Tarem, or Tárum, i. 86n, 122n

Tares of the parable, i. 122n

Taríkh-i-Rashídí, i. 194n

Tarmabala, Kúblái’s grandson, i. 361n

Tarok, Burmese name for Chinese, ii. 113n

Tarok Man and Tarok Myo, ii. 113n

Tartar language, i. 12;

on Tartar, its correct form, 12n;

misuse by Ramusio, 458n

Tartars, i. 1, 4, 5, 10, 13, 50, 90, 97, 99, 110n, 121n, 151;

different characters used by, 28n;

identified with Gog and Magog, 57n;

ladies, 76n;

their first city, 226;

original country, tributary to Prester John, ib.;

revolt and migration, 227;

earliest mention of the word, 230n;

make Chinghiz their king, 238;

his successors, 245;

their customs and religion, 249n, 251, 256;

houses, 252, 253n;

waggons, 252, 254n;

chastity of their women, 252, 256n;

polygamy, etc., 252, 256n;

their gods and idols, 256;

their drink (Kumiz), 257, 259n;

cloths, 257, 295n;

arms, horses, and war customs, 260–263;

military organization, 261, 263n;

sustenance on rapid marches, 261;

blood-sucking, 261, 264n;

portable curd, 262, 265n;

tactics in war, 262, 265n;

degeneracy, 263, 266n;

administration of justice, 266;

laws against theft, 266, 268n;

posthumous marriage, 267, 268n;

the cudgel, 266, 267n;

Rubruquis’ account of, 236n;

Joinville’s, 237n;

custom before a fight, 337;

want of charity to the poor, 445;

conquerors of China, history of, ii. 20;

excellence in archery, 102;

objection to meddling with things pertaining to the dead, 111;

admiration of the Polo mangonels, 160;

employment of military engines, 168n;

their cruelties, 180n;

arrows, 460;

marriage customs, i. 33n, 252–253, ii. 467

—— in the Far North, ii. 479

—— of the Levant, see Levant

—— of the Ponent, see Ponent

Tartary cloths, i. 257, 295n

Tarungares, tribe, ii. 298n

Tásh Kurgán, i. 172n, ii. 594n

Tataríya coins, i. 12n

Tathung, or Taitongfu, i. 245n, 286n, 289n

Ta-t’sien-lu, or Tachindo, Tartsédo, ii. 45n, 48n, 49n, 52n, 60n, 67n, 70n

Ta Tsing River, ii. 137n, 143n

Tattooing, ii. 84, 90n, 117, 119n, 131n, 235, 242n, 297n;

artists in, 235, 242n

Tatu (Taichu), i. 374

—— River, ii. 61n

Tauris, see Tabriz

Taurizi, Torissi, i. 74, 75n

Tawálisi, ii. 465n

Taxes, see Customs, Duties

Tchakiri Mondou (Modun), i. 404, 408n

Tchekmen, thick coarse cotton stuff, i. 190n

Tea-houses at Kingszé, ii. 196n

Tea trees in E. Tibet, ii. 59n

Tebet, see Tibet

Tedaldo, see Theobald

Teeth, custom of casing in gold, ii. 84, 88n–91n

—— of Adam or of Buddha, ii. 319, 329n–330n

—— conservation of, by Brahmans, ii. 365

Tegana, ii. 471

Teghele, Atabeg of Lúr, i. 85n

Teimur (Temur), Kúblái’s grandson and successor, i. 360, ii. 149, 459n

Tekla, Hamainot, ii. 356

Tekrit, i. 61n

Telingana, see Tilinga

Telo Samawe, ii. 295n

Tembul (Betel), chewing, ii. 371, 374n

Temkan, Kúblái’s son, i. 361n

Temple, connection of Cilician Armenia with Order of, i. 24n

—— Master of the, i. 23, 24n

Temple’s account of the Condor, ii. 417n

Temujin, see Chinghiz

Tenduc, or Tanduc, plain of, i. 240, 241;

province of, 284, 286n

Tengri, Supreme deity of Tartars, i. 257n–258n

Tennasserim, ii. 279n;

(Tanasari), 314n

Tents, the Khan’s, i. 404, 409n

Terebinth, i. 125n;

of Mamre, 132n, 135n

Terlán, goshawk, i. 57n

Teroa Mountains, ii. 420n

Terra Australis, ii. 274n

Te-Tsung, Emperor, ii. 28n

Thai, Great and Little, ii. 287n;

race, 278n

Thaigin, ii. 25n, 26n

Thai-yuanfu (Taianfu), ii. 12, 14n–17n

Thard-wahsh, see Patterns, Beast and Bird

Theft, Tartar punishment of, i. 266, 268n

Theistic worship, i. 456, 458n

Thelasar, ii. 431n

Theobald, or Tedaldo of Piacenza, i. 17, 20, 21n, ii. 593n;

chosen Pope as Gregory X., i. 20;

sends friars with the Polos and presents, 22, 23n

Theodorus, king of Abyssinia, ii. 436n

Theodosius the Great, i. 49n

Theophilus, Emperor of Constantinople, i. 385n

—— missionary, ii. 409n

Thévenot, Travels, i. 81n

Thian Shan, i. 175n, 177n, 191n

Thianté-Kiun, i. 286n

Thin l’Evêque, siege of, ii. 163n, 165n

Thinae of Ptolemy, ii. 27n

Tholoman, see Coloman

Thomas, Edward, i. 87n, ii. 115n, 164n

—— of Mancasola, Bishop of Samarcand, i. 186n

Thread, Brahmanical, ii. 363

Three kingdoms (San-Kwé), ii. 38n

Threshold, a great offence to step on the, i. 383, 385n

Thurán Shah’s History of Hormuz, i. 120n

Tibet (Tebet) province, ii. 42, 49;

boundary of, 49, 52n;

its acquisition by Mongols, 46n;

organisation under Kúblái, 46n;

dogs of, 45, 49, 52n

Tibetan language and character, i. 29n;

origin of the Yue-chi, 174n

Tibetans, i. 165n;

superstitions of, 208n, 209n;

and Kashmiris (Tebet and Keshimur), sorceries of, 301, 315n;

accused of cannibalism, 301, 312n

Tides in Hang-chau estuary, ii. 150n, 208n

Tierce, half-tierce, etc., hours of, ii. 364, 368n

Tiflis, i. 49n, 57n, 58n

Tigado, Castle of, i. 148n

Tigers (called lions by Polo), ii. 225, 231n, 411;

trained to the chase, i. 397, 399n;

in Cuncun, ii. 31;

in Caindu, 56;

Kwei-chau, 127n.

(See also Lions.)

Tigris River (Volga), i. 5, 9n;

at Baghdad, 63, 64n

Tigúdar (Acomat Soldan), ii. 468n

Tiju, ii. 153, 154n

Tiles, enamelled, i. 364, 370n

Tilinga, Telingana, Tiling, Telenc, ii. 362n, 427n

Tiling, ii. 427n

Timur of Toumen, chief of the Nikoudrians, i. 102n

Timur the Great, i. 5n, 9n, 45n, 49n, 52n, 61n, 86n, 152n, 155n, 187n, ii. 166n

Timurids, the, i. 85n

Ting, 10 taels of silver = tael of gold, i. 427n, ii. 217n, 218n

Tinju, ii. 153, 154n

Tinnevelly, ii. 359n, 373n, 403n

Tithe on clothing material, i. 445

Tithing men, Chinese (Pao-kia), ii. 200n

Titus, Emperor, i. 66n

Tjajya, see Choiach

Toba race, i. 205n

Toctai, king, see Toktai

Tod, Colonel James, i. 104n, 114n, 169n, 183n

Toddy, see Wine of Palm

Togan, ii. 471, 474n

Toghrul I., i. 49n

—— Shah of Kermán, i. 113n

Toghon Temur, last Mongol Emperor, i. 228n;

his wail, 305n

Togrul Wang Khan, see Prester John

Toka Tumir, i. 8n

Tokat, i. 45n

Toktai Khan (Toctai, Lord of the Ponent), 72, ii. 487, 491, 496;

wars with Noghai, 499;

his symbolic message, 497n, 498n

Tolan-nur (Dolonnúr), i. 26n

Toleto, John de, Cardinal Bishop of Portus, i. 21n

Tolobuga, ii. 496, 497n

Toman (Tuman, etc.), Mongol word for 10,000, i. 261, 263n, ii. 192, 200n, 217n, 218n, 462n

Tongking, Tungking, ii. 119n, 120n, 128n, 131n

Tooth-relique of Buddha, ii. 319–320;

history of, 329n–330n

Torchi, Dorjé, Kúblái’s first-born, i. 361n

Tornesel, i. 423, 426n

Torro River, i. 345n

Torshok, ii. 489n

Torture by constriction in raw hide, i. 262n

Toscaul, tosḳáúl (toscaol), watchman, i. 403, 407n

Tournefort, on cold at Erzrum, i. 49n

Tower and Bell Alarm at Peking, i. 375, 378n;

at Kinsay, ii. 189

Toyan (Tathung?), i. 286n

Trade at Layas, i. 41;

by Baghdad, 63;

at Tauris, 75;

at Cambaluc, 415;

in Shan-si, ii. 22;

on the Great Kiang, 36, 170;

at Chinangli, 135;

at Sinju Matu, 138;

Kinsay, 187, 190, 202, 216;

Fu-chau 231;

Zayton 234;

Java, 272;

Malaiur, 280;

Cail, 370;

Coilum, 375;

Melibar, 389;

Tana, 395;

Cambaet, 398;

Kesmacoran, 401;

Socotra, 407

—— of India with Hormuz, i. 107;

with Egypt by Aden, ii. 438, 439n;

with Esher, 442;

with Dofar, 444;

with Calatu, 450

Trades in Manzi, alleged to be hereditary, ii. 186, 196n

Tramontaine, ii. 296n

Transmigration, i. 456, ii. 213n, 318–319

Traps for fur animals, ii. 481, 483n

Travancore, ii. 383n, 403n;

Rajas of, 380n

Treasure of Maabar kings, ii. 340, 348n–349n

Trebizond, 43, i. 19n, 36, 46;

Emperors of, and their tails, ii. 302n

Trebuchets, ii. 159, 160n, 161n

Trees, of the Sun and Moon, i. 129n, 130n;

superstitions about, 131n–135n;

by the highways, 440;

camphor, ii. 234, 237n;

producing wine, 292, 297n, 300, 313;

producing flour (sago), 300, 304n–305n

Tregetoures, i. 386n

Trench, Archbishop, i. 201n, ii. 82n

Trevisano, Azzo, 8, 17, 25, 65

—— Marc’Antonio, Doge, 8, 78

Trincomalee, ii. 337n

Tringano, ii. 279n

Trinkat, ii. 308n

‘Trusty lieges,’ devoted comrades of king of Maabar, ii. 339, 347n

T’sang-chau, ii. 133n, 137n

T’siang-kiun (‘General’), ii. 138n, 261n

Ts’ien-T’ang River, ii. 194n, 198n, 208n, 214n, 220n–222n;

bore in, 150n, 208n

T’si-nan-fu (Chinangli), ii. 137n, 138n

T’sing-chau, ii. 138n

T’sing-ling range, ii. 35n

T’si-ning-chau, ii. 137n, 139n

Tsin-tsun, ii. 229n

Tsiuan-chau, T’swanchau, see Zayton

Tsongkhapa, Tibetan Reformer, i. 315n

Ts’uan-chou, see Zayton

Tsukuzi in Japan, ii. 260n

Tsung-ngan-hien, ii. 224n

Tsushima, Island, ii. 260n

Tuan, Prince, chief of the Boxers, i. 282n

Tuc, tuk, tugh, commanders of 100,000, horse-tail or yak-tail standard, i. 261, 263n

Tudai, Ahmad Khan’s wife, ii. 471n

Tudai-Mangku (Totamangu or Totamangul), ii. 491, 492n, 496, 497n, 499

Tu-fan, ancient name of Tibet, ii. 46n

Tughan, Tukan, Kúblái’s son, i. 361n, ii. 270n

Tughlak Shah, of Delhi (a Karaunah), i. 101n

Tuktugai Khan, i. 9n

Tu-ku-hun, i. 193n

Tuli, or Tulin, fourth son of Chinghiz, ii. 32n

Tuman, see Toman

Tumba, Angelo di, 25;

Marco di, 65

Tún, city of E. Persia, i. 86n, 124n

Tung-’an in Fokien, ii. 243n

Tungani, or Converts, Mahomedans in N. China and Chinese Turkestan, i. 291n

Tung-chau (Tinju), ii. 154n

Tung-hwang-hien, ancient Shachau, i. 206n

Tung-kwan, fortress of the Kin sovereigns, ii. 14n, 25n, 27n

Tung-lo (Kumiz), i. 259n

Tunguses, i. 271n

Tunny fish, i. 108, 416n, ii. 442

Tun-o-kain (Tunocain), kingdom of Persia, i. 83, 86n, 127, 128n, 138n, 145n

Turbit (radex Turpethi), ii. 389, 391n

Turcomania (Anatolian Turkey), i. 43

Turgaut, day-watch, i. 381n

Turkey, Great (Turkestan), i. 191, ii. 286n, 452, 457, 458, 462, 477

Turkistan chiefs send mission to kings of India, ii. 370n

Turkmans and Turks, distinction between, i. 44n, 101n;

horses, 43, 44n

Turks, ancient mention of, i. 56;

friend of Polo’s, 213;

and Mongols, 294n

Turmeric, ii. 226n

Turner, Lieutenant Samuel, describes Yak of Tartary, i. 277n

Turquans, Turkish horses, i. 43

Turquoises in Kermán, i. 90, 92n;

in Caindu, ii. 53

Turtle doves, i. 97, 99n

Turumpak, Hormuz, i. 111n

Tutia (Tutty), preparation of, i. 125, 126n, ii. 398

Tuticorin, ii. 372n

Tu T’song, Sung Emperor of China, ii. 150n, 211n

Tver, ii. 489n

Twelve, a favourite round number, ii. 426n

—— Barons over Khan’s Administration, i. 430, ii. 154

Twigs or arrows, divination by, i. 241, 242n

Tyuman, ii. 481n

Tyunju, porcelain manufacture, ii. 235, 242n

Tylor, Dr. E. B., on Couvade, ii. 93n, 94n

Tzarev, i. 6n

Tzaritzyn, i. 6n, 57n

Ucaca (Ukak, Ukek, Uwek), i. 5, 8n, 9n;

Ukák of Ibn Batuta, a different place, ii. 488n

Uch-baligh, 134

Uch-Multán, i. 86n

Udoe country, ii. 42, 598n

Udong, ii. 279n

Udyána, i. 164n

Ughuz, legend of, ii. 485n

Uighúr character, parent of present Mongol writing, i. 14n, 28n, 160n, 353n

Uighúrs, the, i. 76n, 214n, 227n, ii. 179n, 462n

Uiraca, i. 282n

Uirad, see Oirad

Ujjain, legend of, ii. 349n;

(Ozene), 397n, 426n

Ukak, ii. 488n.

(See Ucaca.)

Ulatai (Oulatay), Tartar envoy from Persia, i. 32, 33n, ii. 471, 474n

Ulakhai, i. 282n

Ulan Muren (Red River), i. 250n

Ulugh Bagh, on Badakhshan border, i. 154n

—— Mohammed, i. 8n

Ulús, the, i. 10n

U-man and Pe-man (Black and White Barbarians), ii. 73n

Umbrellas, i. 351, 354n, 355n

Unc Can (Aung Khan), see Prester John

Ung (Ungkút), Tartar tribe, i. 285, 294n

Ungrat (Kungurat), Tartar tribe, i. 357, 358n

Unicorn (Rhinoceros), in Burma, ii. 107;

Sumatra, 285, 289, 299;

legend of Virgin and, 285, 290n;

horns of, 291n

Unken, City, ii. 226, 229n, 230n, 233n

Unlucky hours, ii. 364

U-nya-Mwezi superstition, i. 130n

Urduja, Princess, ii. 465n

Uriangkadai, ii. 46n

Uriangkut (Tunguses), i. 271n

Urianhai, the, i. 271n

Urumtsi, i. 201n, 214n

Urzú, i. 122n

Uspenskoye (called also Bolgarskoye), i. 7n

Uttungadeva, king of Java, ii. 275n

Uwek, see Ucaca

Uzbeg Khan of Sarai, i. 4n, 6n, 352n

Uzbegs of Kunduz, i. 156n, 163n

Uzun Tati, coins, Chinese porcelain from, ii. 595n

Vair, the fur and animal, i. 257, ii. 479, 483n, 484n, 486n, 487

—— as an epithet of eyes, 124

Valaghir district, i. 54n

Vámbéry, Prof. Hermann, i. 10n, 28n, 54n, 57n, 170n, 214n, 237n, 401n, ii. 465

Vanchu (Wangchu), conspires with Chenchu against Ahmad, i. 417–419, 422n

Van Lake, i. 57n

Varaegian, Varangian, ii. 490n

Varaha Mihira, astronomer, i. 104n

Vardoj River, i. 156n, 172n

Varini, ii. 490n

Varsach, or Mashhad River, i. 155n, 156n

Vasmulo, i. 292n

Vateria Indica, ii. 396n

Veil of the Temple, πέπλος βαβυλώνιος, i. 66

Vellalars, ii. 372n

Venádan, title of king of Kaulam, ii. 380n

Venetians, factory at Soldaia, i. 4n;

expelled from Constantinople, 19n

Venice, 2, 15, 16, i. 2, 18, 19, 36, 41;

return of Polos to, 4, 24, 54, i. 36;

its exaltation after Latin conquest of Constantinople, 9;

its nobles, 14;

Polo’s mansion at, 23 seqq.;

galleys, 32 seqq.;

archives at, 70 seqq.;

articles brought from East by Marco to, i. 274, ii. 299, 305n

Ventilators at Hormuz, ii. 452, 453n

Verlinden, Belgian missionary, i. 249n

Verniques, i. 382, 384n

Verzino Colombino, ii. 380n.

(See also Brazil.)

Vessels, war, i. 34, 37n;

stitched of Kermán (πλοιάρια ῥαπτά), i. 108, 117n, ii. 415n;

on the Kiang, 170, 171, 173n.

(See also Ships.)

Vial, Paul, French missionary, ii. 63n

Vijayanagar, 362n

Vikramajit, legend of, ii. 349n

Vikrampúr, ii. 99n

Villard de Honnecourt, Album of, ii. 164n

Vincent of Beauvais, ii. 325n

Vincenzo, P., ii. 410n

Vineyards, in Taican, i. 153;

Kashgar, 181;

Khotan, 188;

in N. China, ii. 10, 11n, 13, 15n

Vinson, Prof., on Couvade, ii. 91n

Virgin of Cape Comorin, ii. 382n

Visconti, Tedaldo, or Tebaldo, see Theobald of Piacenza

Vissering, on Chinese Currency, i. 428n, 429n

Vochan (Unchan, Yungchan), ii. 84, 86, 89n;

battle there, 98, 101, 104n–106n

Vogels, J., ii. 601n, 602n

Vokhan, see Wakhán

Volga, called Tigris, i. 5, 7n, 9n, ii. 485n, 488n

Vos, Belgian Missionary, i. 249n

Vughin, ii. 182

Vuju in Kiangnan, ii. 182

—— in Che-kiang, ii. 219

Wadoe tribe, ii. 420n

Wakf, i. 67n

Wakhán (Vokhan), dialect, i. 162n, 171, 173n

—— Mountains, i. 162n, 175n

Wakhjīr Pass, i. 175n, ii. 594n

Wakhijrui Pass, see Wakhjīr Pass

Wakhsh, branch of the Oxus, ii. 5n

Wakhtang II. king of Georgia, i. 53n

Walashjird, i. 106n

Wallachs, ii. 489n, 491n

Wall of Alexander (or Caucasian), i. 50, 53n

—— of Gog and Magog (i.e. China), 111, i. 285, 292n

Walnut-oil, i. 158, 162n

Wami River, ii. 420n

Wang, Chinese silk, i. 237n, 361n, ii. 113n

Wang, king of Djungar, i. 250n

Wangchu, see Vanchu

Wapila, i. 54n

Warangol Ku, ii. 362n

Warangs, ii. 490n

Warner, Dr., ii. 604n

War vessels, Chinese, i. 34, 37n

Wassáf, the historian, i. 68n;

his character of the Karaunahs, 101n;

notices of Hormuz, 120n, 121n;

eulogy of Kúblái, 332n;

story of Kúblái, 440n;

his style, ii. 150n;

account of taking of Siang-yang, 150n, 167n;

of Kinsay, 213n;

Maabar, 333n;

horse trade to India, 348n;

treatment of them there, 351n;

extract from his history, 495n

Water, bitter, i. 110, 122n, 194

—— custom of lying in, i. 108, 119n;

consecration by Lamas, 309n

—— Clock, i. 378n

Wathek, Khalif, i. 57n

Wa-tzŭ, Lolo slaves, ii. 63n

Weather-conjuring, i. 301, 309n–311n

Wei dynasty, i. 205n, ii. 437n

Weights and measures, ii. 590n–592n

Wei-ning, ii. 130n

Wei River in Shen-si, ii. 27n, 29n, 35n

—— in Shan-tung, ii. 139n

Wen River, ii. 139n

Wen-chow, ii. 239n

Westermarck, Human Marriage, ii. 48n, 93n

Whale oil, including spermaceti, i. 108, 117n, ii. 407, 408n

Whales, ii. 249;

in Socotra, 407;

Madagascar, 411, 414n;

species of Indian Ocean, 408n;

sperm (Capdoille), 411, 414n

Wheaten bread not eaten, i. 438n;

at Yachi, ii. 66, 74n

White bears, ii. 479

—— bone, Chinese for Lolos, ii. 63n

—— camels, i. 281

—— City, meaning of term among Tartars, i. 297n, ii. 14n

—— City, of Manzi frontier, ii. 34n

—— Devils, ii. 355, 359n

—— Feast at Kúblái’s City, i. 390, 392n

—— Horde, ii. 481n

—— horses and mares, i. 300, 390;

offered to Khan, 308n

Whittington and his cat in Persia, i. 65n

Wild asses and oxen, see Asses and Oxen

William of Tripoli, Friar, i. 22;

his writings, 23n, 24n

Williams, Dr. S. W., on the Chinese year, i. 388n;

on elephants at Peking, 392n

Williamson, Rev. A., i. 135n, 217n, ii. 8n, 11n, 12n, 15n, 16n, 137n

Wilson, General Sir C., i. 45n

Wind, poison (Simúm), i. 108, 120n;

monsoons, ii. 264–265

Wine, of the vine, Persians lax in abstaining from, i. 84, 87n, 96n

—— boiled, i. 84, 87n, 153n, 155n

—— of ancient Kapisa, i. 155n;

Khotan, 188;

at Taianfu, ii. 13, 16n;

imported at Kinsay, 202

—— rice (Samshu or darásún), i. 441;

and of wheat, ii. 56, 59n;

at Yachi, 66, 85;

spices, etc., in Caindu, 56;

Kien-ch’ang, 59n, 85;

Cangigu, 117;

Coloman 123;

Kinsay, 202, 204, 216

—— Palm (toddy), ii. 292, 297n, 376

—— from sugar, ii. 376, 442

—— date, i. 107, 115n, ii. 292, 297n, 442

—— (unspecified), at Khan’s table, i. 382;

not used in Ma’bar, ii. 342;

nor by Brahmans, 363

“Winter” used for “rainy season,” ii. 391n

Wo-fo-sze, “Monastery of the lying Buddha,” i. 221n

Wolves in Pamir, i. 171, 176n

Women, Island of, ii. 405n–406n

Women, of Kerman, their embroidery, i. 90;

mourners, 109;

of Khorasan, their beauty, 128;

of Badakhshan, 160;

Kashmir, 166;

Khotan, 191;

Kamul, fair and wanton, 210;

Tartar good and loyal, 252;

Erguiul, pretty creatures, 276;

of the town, 414, ii. 202;

of Tibet, evil customs, 44;

Caindu, 53;

Carajan, 66;

Zardandan, couvade, 85;

Anin, 116;

Kinsay, charming, 186;

respectful treatment of, 204;

Kelinfu, beautiful, 225;

Zanghibar, frightful, 423

Wonders performed by the Bacsi, i. 314 et seqq.

Wood, Lieutenant John, Indian Navy, 20, i. 156n;

his elucidations of Polo in Oxus regions, i. 174n

Wood-oil, ii. 251n, 252n

Wool, Salamander’s, i. 213, 216n

Worship of Mahomet (supposed), i. 188, 189n

—— of fire, 303;

Tartar, 256, 257;

Chinese, 456

—— of first object seen in the day, ii. 284, 288n

Worshipping the tablets, i. 391, 392n

Wu-chau (Vuju), ii. 222n

Wukiang-hien (Vughin), ii. 184n

Wüsus, or Wesses, people of Russia, ii. 486n

Wu-ti, Emperor, ii. 437n

Wylie, Alexander, 76, i. 2n, 8n, 322n, 377n, 451n, 454n, ii. 19n, 28n, 38n, 169n, 184n, 194n, 209n, 212n

Xanadu, i. 305n

Xavier, at Socotra, ii. 409n

Xerxes, i. 135n

Ya-chau, ii. 45n, 48n, 70n

Yachi (Yun-nan-fu), city, ii. 66, 67n, 72n, 74n, 80n, 111n

Yadah, Jadagari, Jadah-tásh, science and stone of weather-conjurer, i. 309n

Yaik River, i. 6n

Yájúj, and Májúj, see Gog and Magog

Yak (dong), i. 274, 277n;

their tails carried to Venice, 274;

used in India for military decorations, ii. 355, 359n

Ya’kúb Beg of Kasghar, i. 189n

Yakuts, i. 309n, 446n, ii. 484n

Yalung River, ii. 67n, 69n, 72n

Yam, or Yamb (a post-stage or post-house), i. 433, 437n, ii. 213n

Yamgán, i. 162n

Yang-chau (Yanju), city, i. 29n, 432n, ii. 154n, 173n;

Marco’s government there, 22, ii. 154, 157n

Yarbeg of Badakhshan, i. 156n

Yarkand (Yarcan), i. 187

Yarligh and P’aizah, i. 322n, 352n

Yasdi (Yezd), i. 88

—— silk tissue, i. 88

Yashm, jade, i. 193n

Yasodhara, bride of Sakya Sinha, ii. 323n

Yavanas, ii. 372n

Yazdashír, i. 92n

Ydifu, i. 285, 295n

Year, Chinese, i. 388;

Mongol and Chinese cycle, 447, 454n

Yelimala, see Monté d’Ely

Yeliu Chutsai, statesman and astronomer, ii. 17n

Yellow, or orthodox Lamas, i. 315n, 324n

Yemen, ii. 432n, 433n, 440n, 441n, 445n.

(See also Aden.)

Yeng-chau (in Shan-tung), ii. 137n, 139n

—— (in Che-kiang), ii. 222n

Yen-king (Old Peking), i. 375n, 376n

Yen-Ping, ii. 230n

Yenshan, ii. 224n

Yesubuka, ii. 474n

Yesudar, ii. 459

Yesugai, father of Chinghiz, i. 237n

Yetsina (Etzina), i. 223

Yezd (Yasdi), i. 88;

silk fabrics of, ii. 11

Yiu-ki River, ii. 230n

Yoritomo, descendants of, ii. 262n

Yonting Ho River, ii. 6n

Yotkàn, village, i. 190n

Youth, Island of, ii. 381n

Yrac, province, i. 74

Ysemain of Hiulie, western engineer, ii. 167n

Yu, see Jade

Yuan Ho, i. 29n

Yu-chow, gold and silver mines, i. 295n

Yue-chi, i. 174n

Yuen, Mongol Imperial dynasty, so styled, i. 29n, 377n

Yuen-hao, kingdom of Tangut, i. 282n

Yuen ming-yuen, palace, i. 307n

Yuen shi, History of Mongol Dynasty in China, i. 115n, 248n, 295n, ii. 95n

Yugria, or Yughra, in the Far North, ii. 483n, 485n, 493n

Yuh-shan, ii. 222n, 224n

Yule, Sir Henry, ii. 602n;

on Ravenala, 597n;

on Maundeville, 604n

Yun-Hien, a Buddhist Abbot, i. 304n

Yung-chang fu (Shen-si), i. 276n

—— (Yun-nan, Vochan), ii. 84, 89n, 104n, 105n, 107n–109n

Yung Lo, Emperor, ii. 596n

Yun-nan (Carajan), province, ii. 40n, 45n, 56n, 57n, 59n–62n, 64, 67n, 72n, 80n, 81n, 82n, 90n, 95n, 104n, 107n, 115n, 120n, 124n, 127n–129n;

conquerors of, 46n, 80n;

Mahomedans, 74n

Yun-nan-fu city, see Yachi

Yurungkásh (white Jade) River, i. 193n

Yusuf Kekfi, i. 85n

Yuthia, Ayuthia (Ayodhya), mediæval capital of Siam, 13, ii. 278n, 279n

Yvo of Narbonne, i. 12n

Zabedj, ii. 283n

Zaila, ii. 413n, 435n, 436n

Zaitúníah, probable origin of satin, ii. 241n

Zampa, see Champa

Zanghibar (Zangibar, Zanjibar, Zanzibar), ii. 405n, 412, 422, 424n;

currents off, 415n;

Ivory trade, 423, 424n;

its blacks, women, 423, 424n

Zanton (Shantung?), 3

Zanzale, James, or Jacob Baradaeus, Bishop of Edessa, i. 61n

Zapharan, monastery near Baghdad, i. 61n

Zardandan, or “Gold Teeth,” a people of W. Yun-nan, ii. 84, 98;

identity doubtful, 88n;

characteristic customs, 90n

Zarncke, Fr., i. 139n

Zayton, Zaitún, Zeiton, Cayton (T’swan-chau, Chwan-chau, or Chinchew of modern charts), the great mediæval port of China, ii. 175n, 231, 232n–233n, 234, 237n–243n;

Khan’s revenue from, 235;

porcelain, 235, 242n;

language, 236n, 243n–244n;

etymology, 237n;

mediæval notices, 237 seqq.;

identity, 239n, 240n;

Chinchew, a name misapplied, 239n;

Christian churches at, 240n, 241n;

ships of, 264

Zayton, Andrew, Bishop of, ii. 237n

Zebák Valley, i. 165n

Zebu, humped oxen, i. 99n

Zedoary, ii. 388n

Zenghi, i. 61n

Zerms (Jerms), ii. 439n

Zerumbet, ii. 388n

Zettani, ii. 241n

Zhafar, see Dhafar

Zic (Circassia), ii. 490, 492n

Zikas, ii. 228n, 309n, 311n

Zimmé, see Kiang-mai

Zinc, i. 126n

Zinj, Zinjis, ii. 424n, 426n

Zobeidah, the lady, i. 156n

Zorza, see Chorcha

Zu-’lḳarnain (Zulcarniain), “the Two Horned,” an epithet of Alexander, i. 56n, 157, 160n

Zurficar (Zúrpica, Zulficar), a Turkish friend of Marco Polo’s, i. 213

The Lo-han Shan-chu tsun che. No. 100 in the Series of the Five Hundred Lo-han.