Lac (Wallachia), Lacz.
Ladies' Dresses In Badakhshan.
Ladies Of Kinsay.
Lagong.
Lahore (Dalivar, Dilivar).
Lahsa.
Lajwurd Mines.
Lake, Caindu.
- - Fanchau.
- - Kinsay.
- - Of Palace At Cambaluc.
- - Pleasure Parties On.
- - Talifu.
- - Yunnan-Fu.
Laknaoti.
Lakshamana Deva, King Of Kashmir.
Lamas Of Tibetan Buddhism;
Their Superstitions And Rites;
Their Monasteries;
Marriage.
(See also Bakhshi.).
Lambri,
kingdom of;
situation of.
Lances of Sago Palm.
Lanchang.
Land of Darkness,
market in.
Langdarma.
Langting Balghasun.
Languages used in Mongol Court and administration.
Lan-Ho.
Lanja Balus, or Lankha balus.
Lanka (Ceylon).
Lan Ki Hien (Nan-Che-hien).
Lanner Falcons.
Lan-tsang kiang (Mekong) River.
Lao-Kiun, or Lao-Tseu, the Philosopher.
Laos, people of.
Lar, or Lat-Desa.
- - province.
Latin version of Polo's Book.
Latins, the term.
Latse, Tibetan for musk.
Lauredano, Agnes.
Laurus Camphora.
Lawek, Lawaki.
Laxities of marriage customs, see Marriage.
Layard, Mr.
Layas, see Ayas.
- - Gulf of.
Leather,
embroidered mats of Guzerat.
Leaves,
used for plates;
green leaves said to have a soul.
Lecomte on Chinese war vessels.
Lembeser, Ismaelite fortress.
Lenzin.
Leon I., king of Lesser Armenia.
Leon II., king of Lesser Armenia.
Leon III., king of Lesser Armenia.
Leon VI., last king of Lesser Armenia.
Leopards,
taught to sit on horseback;
(Cheetas) kept for the Chase by Kublai.
Lepechin, Professor.
Le Strange, Guy.
Leung Shan.
Levant, term applied by Polo to the kingdom of the Mongol Khans.
Lewchew.
Lewis, see St. Lewis.
Lewis XI. and XII. (France).
Lew-sha, old Chinese name for Lop Desert.
Leyes, see Ayas.
Lhasa,
Labrang Monastery at.
Li, Chinese measure,
supposed to be confounded with miles.
Liampo (Ningpo).
Liang, or tael.
Liang-chau in Kansuh.
Liao dynasty.
Liao-tong.
Libanos, [Greek: Libanophoros] and [Greek: libanotophoros chora].
Libro d'Oro.
Licinius, Emperor.
Lide (Liti).
Lieuli Ho.
Lign-aloes (eagle-wood),
etymology;
in Sumatra.
Ligor.
Ligurium, the precious stone, Liguire.
Li H'ien, Tartar ruler of Tangut.
Likamankwas of Abyssinian kings.
Li-kiang fu.
Limyrica.
Lindley.
Lindsay, Hon. R.
Linga.
Linju.
Lin-ngan (Hang-chau).
Lin-ngan in Yun-nan.
Lintching-y, or Linchinghien.
Lin-t'sing chau.
Lion and Sun.
Lions, black.
- - on the Oxus,
Chinese notion of.
- - (apparently for tigers) kept for the chase by Kublai,
skins of striped;
how hunted with dogs (See also Tigers.).
Lion's Head Tablets.
Lire, various Venetian.
- - of gold.
Lisbon.
Lissu, or Lisau tribe.
Litai.
Litan, rebellion of.
Lithang.
Little Orphan Rock.
Liu Pang, founder of 1st Han dynasty.
Liu Pei (Luo Pe), of the Han dynasty.
Livre des Merveille.
Livres of gold.
- - Parisis.
- - Tournois.
Li Yuan-hao, founder of the Hsi Hsia dynasty, Tangut.
Lo, tribes of S.W. China so-called.
- - Chinese name of part of Siam.
Lob, see Lop.
Locac, kingdom of.
Lockhart, Dr. W.
Lokok.
Lolo tribes.
Longevity of Brahmins and Jogis.
Longfellow.
Lop, city and lake,
desert.
Lophaburi.
Loping.
Lor, see Luristan.
Lord, Dr. Percival.
Loess, brownish-yellow loam.
Loups cerviers (lynx).
Low castes.
Lowatong River.
Loyang, Bridge of.
Luban.
Luban-Jawi.
Luban-Shehri.
Lubbies.
Lucky and unlucky hours and days.
Luddur Deo.
Luh-ho-ta Pagoda, Hang-chau.
Lukon-Kiao (Hun-ho, Pulisanghin River).
Lukyn Port.
Lung-yin.
Luristan (Lor, Lur),
kingdom of Persia;
Great and Little;
character of Lurs or people of.
Lusignan, John de.
Lut, Desert of (Dasht-i-Lut).
Lu-tzu tribe.
Lynxes, trained to hunt,
in Cuncun.
Ma Twan-lin, the Chinese Pliny.
Maaden, turquoise mines at.
Maatum, or Nubia.
Ma'bar (Maabar, i.e. Coromandel coast),
province of India;
its brother kings;
pearl fishery;
etymology;
limits;
obscurity of history;
port visited by Polo;
nakedness of people, king, his jewels;
his wives, "Trusty Lieges," treasure;
horses imported;
superstitious customs;
ox-worship;
Govis, Ib.;
no horses bred;
other customs;
mode of arrest for debt;
great heat;
regard for omens;
astrology, treatment of boys;
birds, girls consecrated to idols;
customs in sleeping;
ships at Madagascar.
Macartney's Map.
Macgregor, Sir C, "Journey through Khorasan".
Machin, city of (Canton).
Machin, Mahachin (Great China),
used by Persian writers as synonymous with Manzi.
Maclagan, Major-General (R.E.).
Madagascar (Madeigascar),
confused with Magadoxo;
etymology;
traces of ancient Arab colonisation.
Madai, Madavi, Maudoy.
Madjgars.
Madar-Des, Eastern Panjab.
Madras.
Madura.
Maestro, or Great Bear, said to be invisible in Sumatra.
Magadha.
Magadoxo, confused with Madagascar.
Magapatana, near Ceylon.
Magi, the three,
legend as told by Mas'udi;
source of fancies about;
names assigned to.
Magic, of Udyana,
Lamaitic, (See also Sorcerers.).
Magical darkness (dry fog and dust storms).
Magnet, Mount.
Magyars.
Mahar Amlak, king of Abyssinia.
Mahavan.
Mahmud Kalhati, prince of Hormuz.
Mahmud of Ghazni.
Mahmudiah Canal.
Mahomed (Mahommet),
his account of Gog and Magog;
his Paradise;
his alleged prophecy of the Mongols;
his use of mangonels.
Mahomed, supposed worship of idols of.
- - II., uses the old engines of war.
- - Tarahi.
- - Tughlak of Delhi, his copper token currency.
- - Shah of Malacca.
Mahomedan revolts in China.
- - conversion of Malacca.
- - conversion of states in Sumatra.
- - butchers in Kashmir.
- - butchers in Maabar.
- - king of Kayal.
- - merchants at Kayal.
- - settlements on Abyssinian coast.
Mahomedans (Saracens),
in Turcomania;
in and near Mausul;
their universal hatred of Christians;
in Tauris;
in Persia;
their hypocrisy about wine;
at Yezd;
Hormuz;
Cobinan;
Tonocain;
Sapurgan;
Taican;
Badakhshan,
Wakhan, etc.;
Kashgar;
strife with Christians in Samarkand;
Yarkand;
Khotan;
Pein;
Charchan;
Lop;
Tangut;
Chingintalas;
Kanchau;
Sinju;
Egrigaia;
Tenduc, their half-breed progeny;
in northern frontier of China, alleged origin of:
their gibes at Christians;
Kublai's dislike of;
in Yun-nan;
in Champa;
in Sumatra;
troops in Ceylon;
pilgrims to Adam's Peak;
honour St. Thomas;
in Kesmacoran;
in Madagascar;
in Abyssinia;
in Aden;
outrage by;
at Esher;
Dufar;
Calatu;
Hormuz;
Ahmad Sultan one.
Mailapur (Shrine of St. Thomas).
Maiman.
Maistre, the word.
Maitreya Buddha.
Majapahit, empire of (Java).
Majar (Menjar).
Major, R.H., on Australia.
Makdashan, see Magadoxo.
Malabar, Melibar, Malibar, Manibar,
fleets;
products;
imports, Chinese ships in.
Malacca,
foundation of;
chronology.
Malacca, Straits of.
Malaiur, island and city.
Mal-Amir, or Aidhej.
Malasgird.
Malay Peninsula,
invasion of Ceylon;
chronicle;
language;
origin of many geographical names.
Malayo, or Tana Malayu.
Malcolm, Sir John.
Maldive Islands.
Male in Burma.
Male and Female Islands,
legend widely diffused.
Malifattan.
Malik al Dhahir, king of Samudra.
- - al Mansur.
- - al Salih, king of Samudra.
- - Kafur.
Malli, the.
Malpiero, Gasparo.
Malte-Brun.
Malwa.
Mamaseni.
Mamre, tree of.
Man, barbarians.
Man, Col.
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