Ierodouloi]. Ieu, Gnostics Of. Ifat, Aufat. Ig, Ij, Or Irej, Capital Of The Shawankars. Igba Zion, Iakba Siun, King Of

Abyssinia. Ilchi, commissioner. Ilchi, modern capital of Khotan. Ilchigadai Khan. Ilija, hot springs at. Ilkhan, the title. Ilyats, nomads of

Persia. Imams of the Ismailites. Im Thurn, Everard, on Couvade. Incense, Sumatran, brown in West India; white (i.e. frankincense), in Arabia. India, horse trade to; trade to Manzi or China from; believed to breed no horses; trade with Persia and Arabia; western limits of; islands of; division of; sundry lists of States; trade with Aden and Egypt; with Arabian ports; confusion of Ethiopia and. India, the Greater. - - its extent. - - the Lesser. - - Middle (Abyssinia). - - remarks on this title. - - Maxima. - - Tertia. - - Superior. - - Sea of. Indian drugs to prolong life. - - geography, dislocation of Polo's. - - nuts, see Cocoa-nuts. - - steel (ondanique). Indies, the Three, and their distribution. Indifference, religious, of Mongol Emperors. Indigo, mode of manufacture at Coilum, in Guzerat; Cambay; prohibited by London Painters' Guild. Indo-China, States. Indragiri River. Infants, exposure of. Ingushes of Caucasus. Innocent IV., Pope. Inscription, Jewish, at Kaifungfu. Insult, mode of, in South India. Intramural interment prohibited. Invulnerability, devices for. 'Irak. Irghai. Irish, accused of eating their dead kin. - - M.S. version of Polo's Book. Iron, in Kerman, in Cobinan. Iron Gate (Derbend Pass), said to have been built by Alexander, gate ascribed to. Irtish River. Isaac, king of Abyssinia. Isabel, queen of Little Armenia. Isabeni. Isentemur (Sentemur, Essentemur), Kublai's grandson. Ish, the prefix. 'Ishin. Ish-Kashm, dialect. Iskandar, Shah of Malacca. Islands, of the Indian Sea, of China; in the Gulf of Cheinan; Male and Female. Isle d'Orleans. Isle of Rubies (Ceylon). Ismail, Shah of Persia. Ismailites, see Assassins. Ispahan (Istanit, Istan, Spaan), kingdom of Persia. Israel in China, see Jews. Iteration, wearisome. I'tsing. Ivongo. Ivory trade. Izzuddin Muzaffar, suggests paper-money in Persia.

Jacinth. Jacobite Christians, at Mosul, at Tauris; Yarkand; perhaps in China. Jacobs, Joseph, Barlaam and Josaphat. Jadah or Yadah-Tash. Jade stone (jasper) of Khotan. Jaeschke, Rev. H.A. Jaffa, Count of, his galley. Jaipal, Raja. Jajnagar. Jalaluddin of Khwarizm. Jamaluddin-al-Thaibi, Lord of Kais. Jamaluddin, envoy from Ma'bar to Khanbaligh. Jambi River. James of Aragon, king. Jamisfulah (Gauenispola). Jamui Khatun, Kublai's favourite Queen; her kindness to the captured Chinese princesses. Jangama sect. Janibeg, Khan of Sarai. Japan, see Chipangu. Japanese paper-money. Jaroslawl. Jase, stitched vessel. Jaspar (Gaspar), one of the Magi. Jasper and chalcedony. Jatolic, Jathalik, Jaselic, Gathalik ([Greek: katholikos]). Jauchau. Jauzgun, former captain of Badakhshan. Java, the Great, described; circuit, empires in; Kublai's expedition against. Java, the Greater and Lesser, meaning of these terms. Java, the Less, see Sumatra. Jawa, Jawi, applied by Arabs to islands and products of the Archipelago generally. Jaya-Sinhavarman II., king of Champa. Jazirah. Jehangir (Jehan, Shah). Jenkinson, Anthony. Jerun (Zarun), island, site of the later Hormuz. Jerusalem. Jesuit maps. Jesujabus, Nestorian Patriarch. Jews, their test of Mahomed's prophetic character, shut up by Alexander; their connection with the Tartars; in China, their inscription at Kaifungfu; in Coilum; in Abyssinia. Jibal. - - Nakus, or "Hill of the Bell," Sinai desert. Jibal-ul-Thabul, "Hill of Drums," near Mecca. Jiruft. Jogis (Chughi). John XXII., Pope. Johnson, his visit to Khotan. Johnston, Keith. Johore, Sultan of. Jon (Jihon, or Oxus) River. Jordanus, Friar. Jor-fattan (Baliapatan). Josephus. Jubb River. Judi, Mount. Jugglers, at Khan's feasts, and gleemen conquer Mien. Juggling extraordinary. Juji, eldest son of Chinghiz. Juju (Cho-chau). Julman. Junghuhn, on Batta cannibalism, on camphor trees. Junks.

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