Nac, Nasich, Naques (Nakh), A Kind Of Brocade.
Nachetti, Silk Stuff Interwoven With Gold.
Nakhut, Gold Brocade.
Nakkara (Naccara, Nacaires)
, The great kettledrum signalling action.
Nakshatra.
Nalanda.
Nan-Chao, formerly Ai-Lao, Shan dynasty in Yun-nan.
Nancouri.
Nanghin (Ngan-
King).
Nangiass, Mongol name of Manzi.
Nankau, archway in Pass of, with polyglot inscription.
Nanking, not named by Polo.
Nanwuli.
Naobanjan.
Naoshirwan.
Naphtha in the Caucasian country.
- - Fire used in war by the Karaunahs.
Napier, Sir C.
Napoleon III.,
his researches and experiments on mediaeval engines of war.
Narikela-Dvipa.
Narin-Kaleh, fortress.
Narkandam, volcanic island.
Narsinga, King of.
Narwhal tusk, mediaeval Unicorn's Horn.
Nasich, see Nac.
Nasruddin (Nescradin), officer in the Mongol Service.
Nassir-uddin, Mahmud, Sultan of Delhi.
Natigay, Tartar idol.
Nava-Khanda, or Nine Divisions of Ancient India.
Navapa (Lop?).
Naversa (ancient Anazarbus), in Cilicia, under Taurus.
Nayan, Kublai's kinsman, his revolt,
Kublai marches against;
routed in battle;
put to death by Kublai.
earchus at Hormuz.
Nebila and Mangla islands.
Nebuchadnezzar.
Necklaces, precious.
Necuveran, see Nicobar.
Negapatam, Chinese Pagoda at.
Negroes described.
Negropont.
Nellore.
Nemej, Niemicz ("Dumb"), applied to Germans by Slavs.
Nerghi, Plain of.
Neri (pigs).
Nescradin, see Nasruddin.
Nesnas (a goblin).
Nestorian Christians, at Mosul,
Tauris;
Kashgar;
Samarkand;
Yarkand;
Tangut;
Kamul;
Chingintalas;
Sukchur;
Kampichu, Kan-chau;
their diffusion in Asia;
among the Mongols;
Erguiul and Sinju;
Egrigaia;
Tenduc;
China;
Yachi, or Yun-nan fu;
Cacanfu;
Yang-chau;
one in Polo's suite;
churches at Chinghianfu;
church at Kinsay;
at St. Thomas;
Patriarch of;
Metropolitan.
Nestorius, Patriarch of Constantinople.
Nevergun Pass.
New Year Festival at Kublai's Court.
Neza Tash Pass.
Ngan-king (Nanghin).
Ngan-ning-ho River.
Ngantung, Mongol general.
Ngo-ning, or Ho-nhi.
Nia (ancient Ni-jang), in Khotan.
Nias Island.
Nibong Palm.
Nicaea of Alexander.
Nicholson, Edward B.
Nicobar (Necuveran) Islands,
etymology and people.
Nicolas of Pistoia.
Nicolas, Christian name of Ahmad Sultan.
- - Friar, of Vicenza.
Nicolas IV., Pope.
Nieuhoff.
Nigudar (Nogodar), Mongol princes.
Nigudarian bands.
Nilawar (Nellore).
Nile, sources of.
Nileshwaram.
Nimchah Musulman, "Half-and-Halfs".
Nine, auspicious number among Tartars.
Nine Provinces (India),
(China).
Ning-hsia, or hia (Egrigaia).
Ningpo.
Ning-yuan fu.
Niriz, steel mines of.
Nirvana, figures of Buddha in.
Nishapur.
Niuche (Yuche), Chinese name for the Churches or race of Kin Empire.
Noah's Ark in Armenia.
Nobles of Venice,
Polo's claim to be one.
Nochdarizari, mountains north of Kabul.
Nogai Khan,
his intrigues and wars;
his history;
wars with Toctai.
Nogodar (Nigudar), King of the Caraonas, story of.
Nomad tribes of Persia.
Nomogan (Numughan), Kublai's son.
None, Nono, Nuna, title given to younger brothers or subordinate
princes
North, regions of the Far.
North Star, see Pole-Star.
Note Book, Polo's.
Novgorod.
Nubia, St. Thomas,
alleged use of elephants in.
Nukdaris, tribe west of Kabul.
Nuksan Pass.
Numbers, mystic or auspicious,
Nine;
one hundred and eight.
Nuna, see None.
Nusi-Ibrahim.
Nutmegs.
Nyuche, or Churche, race of Kin Emperors, see Niuche.
Oak of Hebron, see Terebinth.
Oaracta (Kishm, or Brakht).
Obedience of Ismaelites, extraordinary.
Obi River.
Observatory at Peking.
Ocean Sea,
other seas, parts of.
Ocoloro Island.
Odoric, Friar,
on Kinsay;
on Fu-chau;
Zayton;
Java;
Champa;
Sumatra;
on sago tree;
on products of Ceylon;
St. Thomas's;
Pepper Forest;
brazil-wood;
Thana.
Oger, the Dane.
Ogotai Khan, see Okkodai.
Oil from the Holy Sepulchre,
fountain of (Naphtha) at Baku;
whale.
- - head (Capidoglio, or Sperm whale).
- - walnut and Sesame.
Oirad, or Uirad (Horiad), a great Tartar tribe.
Okkodai Khan, third son of Chinghiz.
Olak, Illuk, Aulak, see Lac.
Old Man of the Mountain (Aloadin),
his envoys to St. Lewis;
account of;
how he trained his Assassins;
the Syrian;
his subordinate chiefs;
his end;
modern representative.
Oljaitu Khan, his correspondence with European princes,
his tomb.
Oman.
Omens, much regarded in Maabar,
by the Brahmans.
Onan Kerule, near Baikal.
Ondanique (fine kind of steel), Andaine, Andanicum, Hundwaniy,
in Kerman;
Chingintalas.
Oppert, Dr. Gustavus, Book on Prester John, Der Presbyter Johannes in
Sage und Geschichte.
Orang Gugu.
Orang Malayu River.
Or Batuz.
Orbelian, John, identified by Bruun with Prester John.
Ordos, the Mongols of.
Organa (Jerun), Persian Gerun.
Oriental phrases in Polo's dictation.
Orissa.
Orkhon River.
Orleans, defence of.
- - Isle d'.
Orloks, or Marshals of the Mongol Host.
Oroech.
Oron, Mongol for a region or realm.
Orphani, strange customs of the.
Osci, the word.
Ostriches.
Ostyaks.
Otto, Bishop of Freisingen.
Oulatay (Uladai), Tartar envoy from Persia.
Ovis Poli, see Sheep.
Oweke, see Ucaca.
Owen, Professor.
Owen, Rev. Gray, on the Lolos.
Owo, Mongol for Musk.
Oxen, humped, in Kerman,
wild, shaggy (Yaks).
- - wild (Beyamini),
in East Tibet;
Burma;
in Bengal;
Anin;
worshipped;
figures of, worn.
Oxenham, Atlas.
Oxydracae, the.
Oxyrhynchus.
Oxus Valley and River.
Ozene.
Pacamuria (Baccanor).
Pacauta! (an invocation).
Pacem, see Pasei.
Paddle-wheel barges.
Paderin, Mr., visits Karakorum.
Padishah Khatun of Kerman.
Padma Sambhava.
Pagan (in Burma),
ruins at;
empire of.
- - Old (Tagaung).
Pagaroyang, inscriptions from.
Paggi Islands.
Pagodas, Burmese,
alleged Chinese in India.
Pahang.
Pai, or Peyih tribe.
Paipurth (Baiburt).
Pai-yen-ching.
Paizah, or Golden Tablet of Honour.
- - and Yarligh.
Pakwiha, China ware.
Pala, a bird.
Palace of Khan at Chagannor,
at Chandu (Shangtu);
of cane;
at Langtin;
Cambaluc;
on Green Mount;
at Kenjanfu (Si-ngan fu);
of the Empire of Manzi at Kinsay;
in Chipangu, paved and roofed with gold.
Palembang.
Paliolle, Or de, for gold dust.
Palladius, the Archimandrite.
Palm (Measure).
Palm Wine, see Wine of Palm.
Pamier (Pamir), Plain of,
its wild sheep;
great height;
pasture, etc.;
described by Hiuen Tsang, Wood, Goes, Abdul Mejid, Colonel Gordon and
others;
Dr. M.A. Stein on;
Lord Curzon on number of.
Pan-Asiatic usages.
Pandarani, or Fandaraina.
Pandit Manphul.
Pandrethan in Kashmir, Buddhist temple at.
Pandyan kings.
Panja River, or Upper Oxus.
Panjab.
Panjkora.
Panjshir.
Pantaleon, coins of.
Panthe, or Mahomedan Kingdom in Yun-nan.
Panya (or Pengya), in Burma.
Pao-ki h'ien.
Paonano Pao.
Pape, Papesifu.
Paper-money (Chao), Kublai's made from bark,
modern. (See also Currency.).
Papien River.
Paquier, Professor.
Paradise, Apples of.
- - in legend of the Cross.
- - of Persia.
- - of the Old Man of the Mountain,
destroyed.
- - Rivers of.
Parakrama Bahu I.
Paramisura, founder of Malacca.
Parapomisadae.
Parasol.
Paravas.
Parez, Pariz, turquoise mines of.
- - falcons of.
Pariahs (Paraiyar),
etymology of.
Parker, E.H.
Parlak, or Perlak, see Ferlec.
- - Tanjong.
Parliament, Tartar.
Parpa iron mines.
Parrot, Professor, first to ascend Mount Ararat.
Parrots.
Partridges,
black;
Jirufti;
great (Chakors);
in mew.
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