Ucaca (Ukak, Ukek, Uwek),
Ukak Of Ibn Batuta, A Different Place.
Uch-Baligh.
Uch-Multan.
Udoe Country.
Udong.
Udyana.
Ughuz, Legend Of.
Uighur Character, Parent Of Present Mongol Writing.
Uighurs, The.
Uiraca.
Uirad, See Oirad.
Ujjain, Legend Of,
(Ozene).
Ukak.
(See Ucaca.).
Ulatai (Oulatay), Tartar envoy from Persia.
Ulakhai.
Ulan Muren (Red River).
Ulugh Bagh, on Badakhshan border.
- - Mohammed.
Ulus, the.
U-man and Pe-man (Black and White Barbarians).
Umbrellas.
Unc Can (Aung Khan), see Prester John
Ung (Ungkut), Tartar tribe..
Ungrat (Kungurat), Tartar tribe.
Unicorn (Rhinoceros), in Burma,
Sumatra;
legend of Virgin and;
horns of.
Unken, City.
Unlucky hours.
U-nya-Mwezi superstition.
Urduja, Princess.
Uriangkadai.
Uriangkut (Tunguses).
Urianhai, the.
Urumtsi.
Urzu.
Uspenskoye (called also Bolgarskoye).
Uttungadeva, king of Java.
Uwek, see Ucaca.
Uzbeg Khan of Sarai.
Uzbegs of Kunduz.
Uzun Tati, coins, Chinese porcelain from.
Vair, the fur and animal.
- - as an epithet of eyes.
Valaghir district.
Vambery, Prof. Hermann.
Vanchu (Wangchu), conspires with Chenchu against Ahmad.
Van Lake.
Varaegian, Varangian.
Varaha Mihira, astronomer.
Vardoj River.
Varini.
Varsach, or Mashhad River.
Vasmulo.
Vateria Indica.
Veil of the Temple, [Greek: peplos babylonios].
Vellalars.
Venadan, title of king of Kaulam.
Venetians, factory at Soldaia,
expelled from Constantinople.
Venice,
return of Polos to;
its exaltation after Latin conquest of Constantinople;
its nobles;
Polo's mansion at;
galleys;
archives at;
articles brought from East by Marco to.
Ventilators at Hormuz.
Verlinden, Belgian missionary.
Verniques.
Verzino Colombino. (See also Brazil.).
Vessels, war,
stitched of Kerman ([Greek: ploiaria rhapta]).
(See also Ships.).
Vial, Paul, French missionary.
Vijayanagar.
Vikramajit, legend of.
Vikrampur.
Villard de Honnecourt, Album of.
Vincent of Beauvais.
Vincenzo, P.
Vineyards, in Taican,
Kashgar;
Khotan;
in N. China.
Vinson, Prof., on Couvade.
Virgin of Cape Comorin.
Visconti, Tedaldo, or Tebaldo, see Theobald of Piacenza.
Vissering, on Chinese Currency.
Vochan (Unchan, Yungchan),
battle there.
Vogels, J.
Vokhan, see Wakhan.
Volga, called Tigris.
Vos, Belgian Missionary.
Vughin.
Vuju in Kiangnan.
- - in Chekiang.
Wadoe tribe.
Wakf.
Wakhan (Vokhan), dialect.
- - Mountains.
Wakhjir Pass.
Wakhijrui Pass, see Wakhjir Pass.
Wakhsh, branch of the Oxus.
Wakhtang II., king of Georgia.
Walashjird.
Wallachs.
Wall of Alexander (or Caucasian).
- - of Gog and Magog (i.e. China).
Walnut-oil.
Wami River.
Wang, Chinese silk.
Wang, king of Djungar.
Wangchu, see Vanchu
Wapila.
Warangol Ku.
Warangs.
Warner, Dr.
War vessels, Chinese.
Wassaf, the historian,
his character of the Karaunahs;
notices of Hormuz;
eulogy of Kublai;
story of Kublai;
his style;
account of taking of Siang-yang;
of Kinsay;
Maabar;
horse trade to India;
treatment of them there;
extract from his history.
Water, bitter.
- - custom of lying in,
consecration by Lamas.
- - Clock.
Wathek, Khalif.
Wa-tzu, Lolo slaves.
Weather-conjuring.
Wei dynasty.
Weights and measures.
Wei-ning.
Wei River in Shen-si.
- - in Shan-tung.
Wen River.
Wen-chow.
Westermarck, Human Marriage.
Whale oil, including spermaceti.
Whales,
in Socotra;
Madagascar;
species of Indian Ocean;
sperm (Capdoille).
Wheaten bread not eaten,
at Yachi.
White bears.
- - bone, Chinese for Lolos.
- - camels.
- - City, meaning of term among Tartars.
- - City, of Manzi frontier.
- - Devils.
- - Feast at Kublai's City.
- - Horde.
- - horses and mares,
offered to Khan.
Whittington and his cat in Persia.
Wild asses and oxen, see Asses and Oxen.
William of Tripoli, Friar,
his writings.
Williams, Dr. S.W., on the Chinese year,
on elephants at Peking.
Williamson, Rev. A.
Wilson, General Sir C.
Wind, poison (Simum),
monsoons.
Wine, of the vine, Persians lax in abstaining from,
- - boiled.
- - of ancient Kapisa,
Khotan;
at Taianfu;
imported at Kinsay.
- - rice (Samshu or darasun),
and of wheat;
at Yachi;
spices, etc., in Caindu;
Kien-ch'ang;
Cangigu;
Coloman;
Kinsay.
- - Palm (toddy).
- - from sugar.
- - date.
- - (unspecified), at Khan's table,
not used in Ma'bar;
nor by Brahmans.
"Winter" used for "rainy season".
Wo-fo-sze, "Monastery of the lying Buddha".
Wolves in Pamir.
Women, Island of.
Women, of Kerman,
their embroidery;
mourners;
of Khorasan, their beauty;
of Badakhshan;
Kashmir;
Khotan;
Kamul, fair and wanton;
Tartar good and loyal;
Erguiul, pretty creatures;
of the town;
of Tibet, evil customs;
Caindu;
Carajan; Zardandan, couvade;
Anin;
Kinsay, charming;
respectful treatment of;
Kelinfu, beautiful;
Zanghibar, frightful.
Wonders performed by the Bacsi.
Wood, Lieutenant John, Indian Navy,
his elucidations of Polo in Oxus regions.
Wood-oil.
Wool, Salamander's.
Worship of Mahomet (supposed).
- - of fire,
Tartar;
Chinese.
- - of first object seen in the day.
Worshipping the tablets.
Wu-chau (Vuju).
Wukiang-hien (Vughin).
Wuesus, or Wesses, people of Russia.
Wu-ti, Emperor.
Wylie, Alexander.
Xanadu.
Xavier, at Socotra.
Xerxes.
Ya-chau.
Yachi (Yun-nan-fu), city.
Yadah, Jadagari, Jadah-tash, science and stone of weather-conjurer.
Yaik River.
Yaju, and Majuj, see Gog and Magog.
Yak (dong),
their tails carried to Venice;
used in India for military decorations.
Ya'kub Beg of Kasghar.
Yakuts.
Yalung River.
Yam, or Yamb (a post-stage or post-house).
Yamgan.
Yang-chau (Yanju), city,
Marco's government there.
Yarbeg of Badakhshan.
Yarkand (Yarcan).
Yarligh and P'aizah.
Yasdi (Yezd).
- - silk tissue.
Yashm, jade.
Yasodhara, bride of Sakya Sinha.
Yavanas.
Yazdashir.
Ydifu.
Year, Chinese,
Mongol and Chinese cycle.
Yelimala, see Monte d'Ely.
Yeliu Chutsai, statesman and astronomer.
Yellow, or orthodox Lamas.
Yemen (See also Aden.).
Yeng-chau (in Shan-tung).
- - (in Che-kiang).
Yen-king (Old Peking).
Yen-Ping.
Yenshan.
Yesubuka.
Yesudar.
Yesugai, father of Chinghiz.
Yetsina (Etzina).
Yezd (Yasdi),
silk fabrics of.
Yiu-ki River.
Yoritomo, descendants of.
Yonting Ho River.
Yotkan, village.
Youth, Island of.
Yrac, province.
Ysemain of Hiulie, western engineer.
Yu, see Jade.
Yuan Ho.
Yu-chow, gold and silver mines.
Yue-chi.
Yuen, Mongol Imperial dynasty, so styled.
Yuen-hao, kingdom of Tangut.
Yuen ming-yuen, palace.
Yuen shi, History of Mongol Dynasty in China.
Yugria, or Yughra, in the Far North.
Yuh-shan.
Yule, Sir Henry,
on Ravenala;
on Maundeville.
Yun-Hien, a Buddhist Abbot.
Yung-chang fu (Shen-si).
- - (Yun-nan, Vochan).
Yung Lo, Emperor.
Yun-nan (Carajan), province,
conquerors of;
Mahomedans.
Yun-nan-fu city, see Yachi.
Yurungkash (white Jade) River.
Yusuf Kekfi.
Yuthia, Ayuthia (Ayodhya), mediaeval capital of Siam.
Yvo of Narbonne.
Zabedj.
Zaila.
Zaituniah, probable origin of satin.
Zampa, see Champa.
Zanghibar (Zangibar, Zanjibar, Zanzibar),
currents off;
Ivory trade;
its blacks, women.
Zanton (Shantung ?).
Zanzale, James, or Jacob Baradaeus, Bishop of Edessa.
Zapharan, monastery near Baghdad.
Zardandan, or "Gold Teeth," a people of W. Yun-nan,
identity doubtful;
characteristic customs.
Zarneke, Fr.
Zayton, Zaitun, Zeiton, Cayton,
(T'swan-chau, Chwan-chau, or Chinchew of modern charts);
the great mediaeval port of China;
Khan's revenue from;
porcelain;
language;
etymology;
mediaeval notices;
identity;
Chinchew, a name misapplied;
Christian churches at;
ships of.
Zayton, Andrew, Bishop of.
Zebak Valley.
Zebu, humped oxen.
Zedoary.
Zenghi.
Zerms (Jerms).
Zerumbet.
Zettani.
Zhafar, see Dhafar.
Zic (Circassia).
Zikas.
Zimme, see Kiang-mai.
Zinc.
Zinj, Zinjis.
Zobeidah, the lady.
Zorza, see Chorcha.
Zu-'lkarnain (Zulcarniain), "the Two Horned," an epithet of Alexander.
Zurficar (Zurpica, Zulficar), a Turkish friend of Marco Polo's.
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