Rabelais.
Rabbanta, A Nestorian Monk.
Radloff, Dr. W.,
Map.
Rain.
Rainald, Of Dassel, Archbishop.
Rain-Makers, See Conjurers.
Rainy Season.
Rajkot Leather-Work.
Rakka, Rakshasas.
Rama Kamheng, King.
Rameshwaram.
Ramnad.
Rampart Of Gog And Magog.
Ramusio, Giov.
Battista, passim,
his biographical notices of Polo;
his edition of Polo.
Rana Paramita's Woman Country.
Ranking, John.
Raonano-Rao.
Rapson, E.J.
Ras Haili.
- - Kumhari.
Rashiduddin, alias Fazl-ulla Rashid, Persian statesman and
historian of the Mongols,
frequently quoted in the Notes.
Ravenala tree (Urania speciosa).
Raw meat eaten.
Rawlinson, Sir H.
Reclus, Asie russe,
on Caspian Sea fisheries.
Red gold and red Tangas.
Re Dor.
Red Sea, trade from India to Egypt by,
described in some texts as a river;
possible origin of mistake.
Red sect of Lamas.
Refraction, abnormal.
Reg Ruwan, of Kabul.
- - of Seistan.
Reindeer ridden.
Religion, indifference of Chinghizide Princes to,
occasional power of among Chinese.
Remission of taxation by Kublai
Rennell, Major James.
Reobarles (Rudbar, etc.).
Revenue of Kinsay.
Rhinoceros (Unicorn), in Sumatra,
habits;
four Asiatic species.
- - Tichorinus.
Rhins, Dutreuil de.
Rhubarb, Rheum palmatum.
Riant, Comte.
Ricci, Matteo.
Rice.
Rice-wine,
at Yachi.
- - trade on Grand Canal.
Richard II.
Richthofen, Baron F. von,
on Fungul;
on Tanpiju.
Right and Left, ministers of the.
Rio Marabia.
Rishis (Eremites) of Kashmir.
"River of China".
Roads radiating from Cambaluc.
Robbers in Persia.
Robbers' River.
Robes distributed by Kublai.
Roborovsky, Lieutenant.
Rochefort, "faire la couvade".
Rockets.
Rockhill (Rubruck and Diary of a Journey),
on the titles Khan, Khatun, etc.;
on horn horse-shoes;
earliest mention of name Mongol in Oriental works;
Mongol storm-dispellers;
charge of cannibalism against Tibetans;
on Bonbo Lamas;
Tablets (hu);
mechanical contrivances at E. Court;
Mongol etiquette;
Chinese leather-money;
Mongol post-stations;
pocket-spittoons;
from Peking to Si-ngan fu;
descent of Yellow River;
road between T'ung-kwan and Si-ngan fu;
two famous Uigur Nestorians;
on the word Salar;
on the Hui-hui sects;
on the Alan;
on branch of Volga Bulgars.
Rofia palm (sagus ruffia).
Roiaus dereusse (?).
Rome, the Sudarium at.
Rondes, ingenious but futile explanation of.
Rook, in Chess.
Rori-Bakkar, Sepoy name for Upper Sind.
Rosaries, Hindu.
Rostof and Susdal, Andrew, Grand Duke of.
Roth, H. Ling, on couvade.
Rouble.
Roxana, daughter of Darius, wife of Alexander.
Roze de l'Acur.
Rubies, Balas,
of Ceylon;
of Adam's Peak.
Rubruquis, or Rubruc, Friar William de.
Ruby mines in Badakhshan.
Ruc (Rukh), or Gryphon, bird called, described,
its feathers and quills;
wide diffusion and various forms of fable;
eggs of the Aepyornis;
Fra Mauro's story;
genus of that bird, condor;
discovery of bones of Harpagornis in New Zealand;
Sindbad, Rabbi Benjamin, romance of Duke Ernest;
Ibn Batuta's sight of Ruc;
rook in chess;
various notices of.
Rudbar-i-Lass, Robbers' River.
- - (Reobarles), district and River.
Rudder, single, noted by Polo as peculiar,
double, used in Mediterranean.
Rudkhanah-i-Duzdi (Robbers' River).
Rudkhanah-i-Shor (Salt River).
Rudra Deva, King of Telingana.
Rudrama Devi, Queen of Telingana.
Rukh, Shah.
Rukhnuddin, Mahmud, Prince of Hormuz.
- - Masa'ud.
- - Khurshah, son of Alaodin, Prince of the Ismaelites.
Rum.
Runiz.
Ruomedam-Ahomet, King of Hormuz.
Rupen, Bagratid, founder of Armenian State in Cilicia.
Rupert, Prince.
Rueppell's Table of Abyssinian kings.
Russia (Rosia), annexes Georgia,
great cold, Arab accounts of;
silver mines;
subject to Tartars;
conquered by Batu.
- - leather,
clothes of.
Russians, trusty lieges of king.
Rustak.
Rusticiano of Pisa,
introduces himself in prologue;
writes down Polo's book;
extracts and character of his compilation;
his real name;
his other writings.
Ruysch's map.
Saadi.
Saba (Sava, Savah), city of the Magi.
Sabaste, see Sivas.
Sable, its costliness.
Sabreddin.
Sabzawur.
Sachiu (Sha-chau).
Sacrifices of people of Tangut.
- - human.
Sadd-i-Iskandar, rampart of Alexander.
Saffron, fruit-serving purposes of.
Sagacity of sledge-dogs.
Sagamon Borcan, see Sakyamuni Buddha.
Sagatu, general of Kublai's.
Saggio (1/6 oz.).
Sago.
Saianfu, see Siang-yang-fu.
Saif Arad, king of Abyssinia.
Saifuddin Nazrat, ruler of Hormuz.
Saimur (Chaul).
Sain Khan (or Batu).
St. Anno of Cologne.
St. Barlaam and St. Josafat, story of Buddhist christianised.
St. Barsauma (Barsamo, Brassamus), and monastery of.
St. Blasius (Blaise), Church at Sivas.
St. Brandon.
St. Buddha!
St. Epiphanius.
St. George, Church of, in Sivas,
at Quilon.
St. Helena.
St. James' Shrine, Gallicia.
St. John the Baptist, Church of, in Samarkand.
- - Major Oliver.
St. Leonard's Convent in Georgia, and the fish miracle.
St. Lewis,
his campaign on the Nile.
St. Martin, Vivien de, Map.
St. Mary's Island, Madagascar.
St. Matthew, Monastery near Mosul.
St. Matthew's Gospel, story of the Magi.
St. Nina.
St. Sabba's at Acre.
St. Thomas, the Apostle,
his shrine in India;
his murderers, and their hereditary curse;
reverenced by Saracens and heathen;
miracles in India;
story of his death;
tradition of his preaching in India;
translation of remains to Edessa;
King Gondopharus of legend a real king;
Roman Martyrology;
the localities;
alleged discovery of reliques;
the Cross;
church ascribed to;
in Abyssinia.
St. Thomas's Isle.
- - Mounts.
Saker falcons.
Sakta doctrines.
Sakya Muni (Sagamon Borcan) Buddha,
death of;
recumbent figures of;
story of;
his footmark on Adam's Peak;
Alms dish, Holy Grail;
tooth relique.
Salamander, the.
Salar (Ho-chau).
Salem, dragoman, explores Rampart of Gog.
Salghur, Atabegs of Fars.
Salih, Malik, son of Badruddin Lulu.
Salsette Island.
Salt, H., his version of Abyssinian chronology.
- - rock,
in Badakhshan;
used for currency;
extracted from deep wells;
in Carajan province;
manufactured in Eastern China;
manufacture, revenue and traffic in;
trade on the Kiang;
junks employed therein.
- - stream.
Salwen River, or Lu-Kiang.
Samagar.
Samana.
Samara, kingdom of, see Sumatra.
Samarkand (Samarcan),
story of a miracle at;
colony near Peking from.
Sampson, Theos., on grapes in China.
Samsunji Bashi.
Samudra, see Sumatra.
Samuel, his alleged tomb at Savah.
San Giovanni Grisostomo,
parish in Venice where the Ca' Polo was;
theatre.
San Lorenzo, Venice, burial place of Marco and his father.
Sandu, see Chandu.
Sanf, see Champa.
Sangin, Sangkan River.
Sanglich, dialect of.
Sang-Miau, tribe of Kwei-chau.
Sangon, the Title (Tsiang-kiun).
Sanitary effects of Mountain air.
Sanjar, sovereigns of Persia.
Sankin Hoto, Dalai.
Sanuto of Torcelli, Marino,
his World Map;
on long range.
Sappan wood, see Brazil.
Sapta-Shaila.
Sapurgan (Saburkan, Shaburkan, Shibrgan).
Saputa, Scue, peculiar use of.
Saracanco (Saraichik), on the Yaik.
Saracens, see Mahomedans.
Sarai (Sara), capital of Kipchak,
city and its remains;
perhaps occupied successive sites.
- - Sea of (Caspian).
Saras, crane (Grus antigone).
Saratov.
Sarbizan Pass.
Sardines.
Sardu Pass.
Sarghalan River.
Sarha, Port of Sumatra.
Sarhadd River.
Sar-i-kol, Lakes.
Sarsati.
Sartak, the Great Khan's ambassador to Hulaku.
Sassanian dynasty.
Sati, see Suttee.
Satin, probable origin of word.
Saum, Sommo,
silver ingots used in Kipchak;
apparently the original rouble.
Sauromatae.
Savah (Saba).
Savast (Siwas).
Scanderoon, Gulf of.
Scasem.
Scherani, bandits.
Schiltberger, Hans.
Schindler, General Houtum-.
Schlegel, Dr. G.
Schmidt, Professor I.J.
Schoenborn, Carl.
Schuyler, Eugene.
Scidmore, Miss E., on the Tide.
Scotra, see Socotra.
Sea of Chin.
- - England.
- - Ghel, or Ghelan.
- - India.
- - Rochelle.
- - Sarain.
Seal, Imperial.
Sebaste, see Sivas.
Sebourc, Bauduin de, see Bauduin de Sebourc.
Sees of Latin Church.
- - Nestorian Church.
Sefaviehs, the.
Seilan, see Ceylon.
Self-decapitation.
Selitrennoye Gorodok (Saltpetre Town).
Seljukian dynasty.
- - Turks.
Selles, chevaux a deux, the phrase.
Semal tree.
Semedo.
Semenat, see Somnath.
Sempad, Prince, High Constable of Armenia.
Sendal, a silk texture.
Sendaus, generally Taffetas.
Sendemain, king of Seilan.
Seneca, Epistles.
Senecherim, king of Armenia.
Seni, Verzino.
Senshing.
Sensin, ascetics, devotees living on bran.
Sentemur.
Sepulchre of Adam, see Adam's Sepulchre.
- - of our Lord,
oil from.
Serano, Juan de.
Serazi (Shiraz), kingdom of Persia.
Serendib.
Seres, Sinae,
their tree wool;
ancient character of the.
Serpents, great, i.e. alligators.
Sertorius.
Sesame.
Sesnes, mediaeval form of cygnet, cigne.
Seta Ghella, seta Leggi (Ghelle), silk.
Seth's mission to Paradise.
Sevan Lake.
Seven Arts, the.
Severtsoff, shoots the Ovis Poli,
on the name Bolor.
Seyyed Barghash, Sultan of Zanzibar.
Shabankara, or Shawankara (Soncara).
Shabar, son of Kaidu.
Sha-chau (Sachin), "Sand-district".
Shadow, augury from length of
Shah Abbas,
his Court.
- - Jahan.
Shahr-i-Babek, turquoise mine at.
Shahr-i-Nao (Siam).
Shahr Mandi, or Pandi.
Shah Werdy, last of the Kurshid dynasty.
Shaibani Khan.
Shaikh-ul-Jibal.
Shaikhs (Esheks), in Madagascar.
Shakespeare, on relation of gold to silver.
Shaliat.
Shamanism.
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