Attagas] (Black Partridge). Attalus, King. At-Thaibi Family. Auberoche, Siege Of. Audh (Oudh). Aufat, Ifat. Augury, See Omens. Aung Khan

(Unc Can), see Prester John. Aurangzib. Aurora, Ibn Fozlan's account of. Aussa. 'Avah, Abah, Ava, one of the cities of

The Magi. Avarian, epithet of S. Thomas. Avebury, Lord, on couvade. Avicenna's classification of Iron. Avigi, 'afci (falco montanus). Axum, Inscription, Church of; Court of. Ayas (Layas, Aiazzo, etc.), port of Cilician Armenia, Sea fight at. Ayuthia. Azumiti. Azure, Ultramarine (lapis armenus) Mines in Badakhshan, in Tenduc; ore.

Baba Buzurg, worshipped by the Lurs. Baber, E. C, on Ch'eng-tu, on wild oxen of Tibet; Lolos; Gold River (Brius); the word Caindu; Talifu; Mekong River; Zardandan; site of battle between Kublai and king of Mien; descent of Mien. Baboons, etymology Bab-ul-abwah, "The Gate of Gates," Pass of Derbend. Babylon, Babylonia (Cairo or Egypt), Sultan of. Babylonish garments. Baccadeo, indigo. Baccanor. Bacon, Roger, as geographer. Bacsi, see Bakhshi. Bactria, its relation to Greece. Bacu, Sea of (Caspian). Badakhshan (Badashan), its population; capitals of; Mirs of; legend of Alexandrian pedigree of its kings; depopulation of; scenery; dialects; forms of the name; great river of (Upper Oxus). Badaun. Badger, Rev. Dr. G.P. Badghis. Badgir, Wind-catchers. Badruddin Lu-lu, last Atabeg of Mosul. Bafk (Baft). Baghdad (Baudas), Baldac, taken by Alau, Hulaku, its Khalif; the miracle of the mountain. - - Archbishop of. - - its indigo (baccadeo). Bagratidae, of Armenia, of Georgia. Bagration-Mukransky, Prince. Bahar. Baharak, plain. Baha-uddin Ayaz, Wazir of Kalhaat. Baha-ul-hakh, the Saint of Multan. Bahramabad. Bahranjird Village. Bahrein. Baiberdon. Baiburt (Paipurth), Castle of. Baidu Khan, seizes throne of Persia; displaced and killed by Ghazan; alleged to be a Christian. Bailo, the title, etymology of. Bakhshi (Bacsi), Lamas, their enchantments; various meanings of the word. Bakhtyaris of Luristan, the. Baku, oil fields of, Sea of (Caspian). Balad-ul-Falfal (Malabar). Baladi. Balalaika, a two-stringed Tartar instrument. Balanjariyah, devoted lieges. Bala-Sagun. Balas rubies. Baldac, see Baghdad. Baldacchini (Baudekins), brocades made at Baghdad. Baldwin II. (de Courtenay), last Latin Emperor of Constantinople. Bali, Island of. - - in Abyssinia. Balios. Balish (a money of account). Balista, always a crossbow in mediaeval times. Balkh (Balc). Balkhash Lake. Ballads, Genoese, on sea-fights at Ayas and Curzola. Ballard, Mr.. Balor, Balaur, Bilaur, Malaur, Bolor. Balos, Malacca boats with two rudders. Balsamodendron Mukul. Balthazar, of the Magi. Balti. Balustrade, etymology of the word. Bamboo (always called canes by Polo), its multifarious uses; Kublai's Chandu Palace made of; great, on banks of Caramoran river; explode loudly when burning; large in Tibet; ropes of; in Che kiang. Bamian, caves at, huge recumbent image at. Bam-i-Duniah, "Roof of the World". Bamm. Bandar Abbas (Bandar-Abbasi). Bandith. Bangala, see Bengal. Banzaroff, Dorji, on Shamanism. Baptism, accompanied by branding, in Abyssinia. Bara. Barac (Borrak), Khan of Chagatai, his war with Arghun. Baradaeus, Jacob, or James Zanzale, Bishop of Edessa. Barbaro, Josafat. Barbarossa, Frederic. Barberino, Francesco da. Barda'at, saddle-cloths. Bardesir. Bardshir, Bardsir, Bard-i-Ardeshir. Bargu (Barguchin Tugrum, or Barguti), plain. Barguerlac, Syrrhaptes Pallasii, a kind of sand grouse, its migration into England. Barguzinsk. Barin, Mongol tribe. Bark, money made from, fine clothes from. Barka (Barca), Khan, ruler of Kipchak, his war with Hulaku. Barkul. Barkut, burgut (bearcoote), eagle trained to the chase. Barlaam and Josaphat, Story of Saints, from Legend of Buddha. Barley, huskless. Baroch. Baron-tala, name applied by Mongols to Tibet. Barons (Shieng or Sing), Kaan's twelve. Barozzi, Nicolo. Barros, John de, geography of. Barsauma (St. Barsamo). Barskul (Barscol), "Leopard Lake". Bartizan, Kublai's wooden. Barus, Barros (Sumatra), its camphor. Barussae insulae. Barygaza. Bashai (Pashai). Bashkirds, (Hungarians). Bashpah, Lama, and the Mongol character called after him. Basma, see Pasei. Basmuls (Guasmuls), half-breeds. Basra (Bastra), noted for its date-groves. Bathang. Baths, natural hot, near Hormuz, in Cathay; public at Kinsay. Batigala, Batticalla. Batochina. Bats, large, in India. Battas of Sumatra, and cannibalism. Batthala, Bettelar (Patlam in Ceylon). Battles, Kublai v. Nayan, Tartars v. king of Mien; Caidu v. Khan's forces; Borrak and Arghun; Arghun and Ahmad; Hulaku and Barka; Toktai and Nogai. Batu, Khan of Kipchak, founder of Sarai, invades Russia; made by Polo into two kings - Sain and Patu; his character and cruelty. Baudas, see Baghdad. Baudekins (baldacchini), brocades made at Baghdad. Bauduin de Sebourc. Bavaria, Duke Ernest of, a mediaeval Romance. Bawarij, corsairs. Bayan Chingsian, Kublai's greatest Captain, prophecy connected with his name; his conquest of Manzi or South China; his history and character; his exceptional cruelty at Chang-chau. Bayan, Khagan of the Avars. Bayan (Baian), Kublai's Master of the Hounds. Bayan, son of Nasruddin. Bayezid Ilderim. Bdellium. Beads, Hindu. Bears, white in Far North. Beast and bird patterns, see Patterns. Beaten gold. Beaujeu, William de, Master of the Temple. Beauty of - Georgians, Khorasan women; Kashmir women; Sinju women; Argons, or half-breeds; the Ungrat or Kungurat tribe; people of Coloman; Kinsay women; Kaidu's daughter; Arghun Khan; the Russians. Beds, their arrangement in India. Beef, not eaten in Maabar, except by the Govi, formerly eaten in India. Bejas of the Red Sea Coast. Belgutai, Chinghiz's stepbrother. "Belic" for "Melic". Bell at Cambaluc, great. Bellal Rajas. Belledi, balladi, ginger so called, Spanish use of the word. Benares, brocades of. Bendocquedar, see Bundukdari, Bibars. Benedict XII., Pope. Bengal (Bangala), king of Mien (Burma) and; why Polo couples these; relations between Burma and; claim asserted by king of Burma to; alleged Mongol invasion of; its distance from Caugigu; its currency; confused with Pegu by Polo. Beni Buya dynasty. Benjamin of Tudela, on Alexander's Rampart, on the Gryphon. Benzoin, etymology of. Berard, Thos., Master of the Temple. Berbera, Sea of. Berchet, G. Bereke, Batu Khan's brother. Bernier, on Kashmir women's beauty. Berrie, the Arabic Bariya, a desert. Bettelar, rendezvous of Pearl Fishers. Beyamini, wild oxen of Tibet. Bezant, value of. Bhagavata. Bhamo, and River of. Bhartpur, prophecy about. Bhattis, the. Bhawalpur. "Bhim's Baby," colossal idol at Dhamnar caves. Bianco's, Andrea, maps. Biar. Bibars Bundukdari, see Bundukdari. Bielo Osero. Bigoncio, a firkin. Biluchis, their

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