Iabadiu.
Ibn-Al-Furat.
Ibn Batuta (Moorish Traveller, Circa A.D. 1330-1350),
His Account Of Chinese Juggling;
His Account
Of Khansa (Kinsay);
of Zayton;
in Sumatra;
on Camphor;
in Ceylon;
at Kaulam;
in Malabar;
sees Rukh;
his account of
Maldives;
dog-sledges;
Market in Land of Darkness;
on Silver Mines of Russia.
Ibn Fozlan, see Fozlan.
Ichin-hien.
Ichthyophagous cattle and people.
Icon Amlac, king of Abyssinia.
Iconium (Kuniyah, Conia).
Idolatry (Buddhism) and Idolaters,
in Kashmir;
their decalogue;
Pashai;
Tangut;
Kamul;
Kanchau;
Chingintalas;
Suhchau;
Etzina, their fasting days;
Tartars and Cathayans;
Erguiul;
Egrigaia;
Tenduc;
Chandu;
at Kublai's birthday feast;
Cachanfu;
Kenjanfu;
Acbalec Manzi;
Sindafu;
Tibet;
Caindu;
Yachi;
Carajan;
Zardandan;
Mien;
Caugigu;
Coloman;
Cuiju;
Cacanfu;
Chinangli;
Sinjumatu;
Coiganju;
Paukin;
Tiju;
Nanghin;
Chinghianfu;
Tanpiju;
Chipangu;
Chamba;
Sumatra;
Nicobars;
Mutfili;
Coilum;
Eli;
Malabar;
Tana;
Cambaet;
Semenat;
Far North.
- - Origin of,
of Brahmans;
of Jogis.
Idols, Tartar,
Tangut;
colossal;
of Cathay;
of Bacsi or Lamas;
of Sensin;
of East generally;
in India.
[Greek: Ierodouloi].
Ieu, Gnostics of.
Ifat, Aufat.
Ig, Ij, or Irej, capital of the Shawankars.
Igba Zion, Iakba Siun, king of Abyssinia.
Ilchi, commissioner.
Ilchi, modern capital of Khotan.
Ilchigadai Khan.
Ilija, hot springs at.
Ilkhan, the title.
Ilyats, nomads of Persia.
Imams of the Ismailites.
Im Thurn, Everard, on Couvade.
Incense, Sumatran,
brown in West India;
white (i.e. frankincense), in Arabia.
India,
horse trade to;
trade to Manzi or China from;
believed to breed no horses;
trade with Persia and Arabia;
western limits of;
islands of;
division of;
sundry lists of States;
trade with Aden and Egypt;
with Arabian ports;
confusion of Ethiopia and.
India, the Greater.
- - its extent.
- - the Lesser.
- - Middle (Abyssinia).
- - remarks on this title.
- - Maxima.
- - Tertia.
- - Superior.
- - Sea of.
Indian drugs to prolong life.
- - geography, dislocation of Polo's.
- - nuts, see Cocoa-nuts.
- - steel (ondanique).
Indies, the Three, and their distribution.
Indifference, religious, of Mongol Emperors.
Indigo, mode of manufacture at Coilum,
in Guzerat;
Cambay;
prohibited by London Painters' Guild.
Indo-China,
States.
Indragiri River.
Infants, exposure of.
Ingushes of Caucasus.
Innocent IV., Pope.
Inscription, Jewish, at Kaifungfu.
Insult, mode of, in South India.
Intramural interment prohibited.
Invulnerability, devices for.
'Irak.
Irghai.
Irish, accused of eating their dead kin.
- - M.S. version of Polo's Book.
Iron, in Kerman,
in Cobinan.
Iron Gate (Derbend Pass), said to have been built by Alexander,
gate ascribed to.
Irtish River.
Isaac, king of Abyssinia.
Isabel, queen of Little Armenia.
Isabeni.
Isentemur (Sentemur, Essentemur), Kublai's grandson.
Ish, the prefix.
'Ishin.
Ish-Kashm,
dialect.
Iskandar, Shah of Malacca.
Islands, of the Indian Sea,
of China;
in the Gulf of Cheinan;
Male and Female.
Isle d'Orleans.
Isle of Rubies (Ceylon).
Ismail, Shah of Persia.
Ismailites, see Assassins.
Ispahan (Istanit, Istan, Spaan), kingdom of Persia.
Israel in China, see Jews.
Iteration, wearisome.
I'tsing.
Ivongo.
Ivory trade.
Izzuddin Muzaffar, suggests paper-money in Persia.
Jacinth.
Jacobite Christians, at Mosul,
at Tauris;
Yarkand;
perhaps in China.
Jacobs, Joseph, Barlaam and Josaphat.
Jadah or Yadah-Tash.
Jade stone (jasper) of Khotan.
Jaeschke, Rev. H.A.
Jaffa, Count of, his galley.
Jaipal, Raja.
Jajnagar.
Jalaluddin of Khwarizm.
Jamaluddin-al-Thaibi, Lord of Kais.
Jamaluddin, envoy from Ma'bar to Khanbaligh.
Jambi River.
James of Aragon, king.
Jamisfulah (Gauenispola).
Jamui Khatun,
Kublai's favourite Queen;
her kindness to the captured Chinese princesses.
Jangama sect.
Janibeg, Khan of Sarai.
Japan, see Chipangu.
Japanese paper-money.
Jaroslawl.
Jase, stitched vessel.
Jaspar (Gaspar), one of the Magi.
Jasper and chalcedony.
Jatolic, Jathalik, Jaselic, Gathalik ([Greek: katholikos]).
Jauchau.
Jauzgun, former captain of Badakhshan.
Java, the Great,
described;
circuit, empires in;
Kublai's expedition against.
Java, the Greater and Lesser, meaning of these terms.
Java, the Less, see Sumatra.
Jawa, Jawi,
applied by Arabs to islands and products of the Archipelago generally.
Jaya-Sinhavarman II., king of Champa.
Jazirah.
Jehangir (Jehan, Shah).
Jenkinson, Anthony.
Jerun (Zarun), island, site of the later Hormuz.
Jerusalem.
Jesuit maps.
Jesujabus, Nestorian Patriarch.
Jews, their test of Mahomed's prophetic character,
shut up by Alexander;
their connection with the Tartars;
in China, their inscription at Kaifungfu;
in Coilum;
in Abyssinia.
Jibal.
- - Nakus, or "Hill of the Bell," Sinai desert.
Jibal-ul-Thabul, "Hill of Drums," near Mecca.
Jiruft.
Jogis (Chughi).
John XXII., Pope.
Johnson, his visit to Khotan.
Johnston, Keith.
Johore, Sultan of.
Jon (Jihon, or Oxus) River.
Jordanus, Friar.
Jor-fattan (Baliapatan).
Josephus.
Jubb River.
Judi, Mount.
Jugglers, at Khan's feasts,
and gleemen conquer Mien.
Juggling extraordinary.
Juji, eldest son of Chinghiz.
Juju (Cho-chau).
Julman.
Junghuhn, on Batta cannibalism,
on camphor trees.
Junks. (See also Ships.).
Jupar.
Justice, administration of Tartar.
Justinian, Emperor.
Juzgana (Dogana).
Kaan, and Khan, the titles.
Kaan, the Great, see Kublai.
Kaans, the series of, and their burial place,
massacre of all met by funeral party.
Kabul.
Kachkar (Ovis Vignei), wild sheep.
Kadapah.
Kafchi-kue.
Kafirs of Hindu Kush,
their wine.
Kahgyur, Tibetan Scripture.
Kahn-i-Panchur.
Kaidu (Caidu) Khan, Kublai's cousin and life-long opponent,
plots with Nayan;
his differences with Kublai;
and constant aggressions;
his death;
his victorious expedition v. Kublai;
Kublai's resentment;
his daughter's valour;
sends a host v. Abaga.
Kaifung-fu, Jews and their synagogues there,
siege of.
Kaikhatu (Kiacatu), Khan of Persia, seizes throne,
his paper-money scheme;
his death;
his dissolute character.
Kaikhosru I. and III., Seljukian dynasty.
Kaikobad I. and III.
Kaikus, Izz ed-din.
Kail, see Cail.
Kain (Ghain), a city of Persia.
Kaipingfu (Keibung, Kaiminfu, Kemenfu).
Kairat-ul-Arab.
Kais, see Kish.
Kaisariya (Caesaraea, Casaria).
Kajjala, or Khajlak, a Mongol leader.
Kakateya, dynasty.
Kakhyens, Kachyens, tribe in Western Yun-nan.
Kakula.
Kala' Atishparastan (Cala Ataperistan), "The Castle of the
Fire-Worshippers".
Kala' Safed.
Kalajan (Calachan).
Kalamur.
Kalantan.
Kalchi, Kalakchi.
Kales Devar, king of Ma'bar,
his enormous wealth.
Kalgan, or Chang-kia-keu.
Kalhat (Kalhatu, Calatu, Calaiate),
described;
idiom of.
Kalidasa, the poet, on the Yak.
Kalikut.
Kalin, marriage prices.
Kalinga.
Kalinjar.
Kalmia angustifolia, poisonous.
Kamal Malik.
Kamarah, Komar.
Kamasal (Conosalmi), Kahn-i-asal, "The honey canal".
Kambala, Kublai's grandson.
Kambayat (Cambay).
Kamboja (Chinla).
Kampar, district and River, Buddhist ruins.
Kamul (Komal, Camul), the Mongol Khamil, Chinese Hami.
Kanat, or Karez, underground stream.
Kanat-ul-Sham (Conosalmi).
Kanauj.
Kanbalu Island.
Kanchau (Campichu).
Kandahar, Kandar, Ghandhara.
Kandy.
Kanerkes, or Kanishka, kingdom,
coins of.
Kang-hi, Emperor.
Kank.
Kanp'u (Ganpu), old Port of Hang-chau.
Kansan, see Shensi.
Kansuh.
Kao Hoshang.
Kao-Tsung, Emperor.
Kao-yu (Cayu).
Kapilavastu.
Kapukada, Capucate.
Karabugha, Carabya, Calabra, a military engine.
Kara Hulun.
Karajang (Carajan, or Yun-nan).
Karakash ("black jade") River.
Karakhitaian Empire.
- - Princes of Kerman.
Kara Khoja.
Karakorum (Caracoron).
Kara Kumiz, special kind of Kumiz.
Karamuren (Caramoran) River, Mongol name for the Hwang-ho, or Yellow River.
Karana, meaning of.
Karani (vulgo Cranny).
Karanut, a Mongol sept.
Karaun Jidun, or Khidun.
Karaunahs (Caraonas), a robber tribe.
Karavat, an instrument for self-decollation.
Karens.
Karmathian, heretics.
Karnul.
Karrah.
Karra-Manikpur.
Kartazonon, Karkaddan, rhinoceros.
Kasaidi Arabs.
Kash, jade.
Kashan.
Kashgar (Cascar),
Chankans of.
Kashish (Casses).
Kashmir (Keshimur),
Buddhism;
beauty of the women;
conjurers;
the language of;
sorcery in.
Kashmiris.
Kasia, people and hills.
Kasyapa Buddha.
Kataghan, breed of horses.
Katar pirates.
Katif.
Kattiawar,
pirates.
Kaulam, see Coilum.
Kaulam-Male.
Kauli (Cauly), Corea.
Kaunchi (Conchi), Khan.
Kaveripattanam.
Kaveri River, delta of.
Kavir, saline swamp.
Kavvayi.
Kayal, Kail, see Cail.
- - Pattanam.
- - Punnei.
Kayten.
Kazan.
Kazawinah.
Kazbek.
Kazvin (Casvin).
Keary, C.F.
Kebteul, night-watch.
Kehran.
Keiaz tribe.
Keibung (Kaipingfu).
Kelinfu (Kienning-fu), City, its bridges.
Kemenfu, see Kaipingfu.
Kenjanfu (Si-ngan fu).
Keraits, a great Tartar tribe.
Kerala.
Keria, see Kiria.
Keriza River.
Kerman,
route to Hormus from;
steel manufacture, its industries;
king of, Atabeg of;
stitched vessels of;
desert of.
Kerulen (K'i-lien) valley, the Khans' burial-ground.
Keshican (Keshikten), Kublai's life-guard.
Kesmacoran (Kij Makran),
Kij-Makran.
Keuyung Kwan, village.
Khakan, the word.
Khalif (Calif) Mosta'Sim Billah of Baghdad,
taken by Hulaku and starved to death;
plot v. the Christians laid by a former - the miracle of the
mountain;
becomes secretly a Christian.
Khalij.
Kham, stuff made with cotton thread.
Khambavati (Cambay).
Khanabad (Dogana?).
Khan Badshah of Khotan.
Khanbalik, see Cambaluc.
Khanfu.
Khanikoff, N. de (travels in Persia).
Khanjar-i-Hundwan, hanger of Indian steel.
Khan-khanan, a title.
Khanoolla (Mount Royal), site of Chinghiz's tomb.
Khansa.
Kharesem, Mount.
Khato-tribe.
Khatun-gol, or "Lady's River," i.e. Hwang-ho.
Khatun title of Khan's wives.
Khavailu (Hwo-lu h'ien).
Khazars, the.
Khilak.
Khimka.
Khinsa, Khingsai, Khinzai.
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