Tartarian cloth or felt, which he, and his father and
uncle had ordinarily worn during their travels, from the folds of which he
took out an incredible quantity of rich jewels; among which were some that
were well known to those who were present at the entertainment, and by
which the three travellers incontestibly proved themselves members of the
Polo family, and the identical persons they represented themselves.
[1] The Black-Sea, or Euxine, is here called the Great Sea. Soldadia,
Soldaia, or Sudak, was a city in the Crimea, a little to the west of
Caffa. - Forst.
[2] Barha or Barcha, more properly Bereke-khan, who reigned from 1256 to
1266. - E.
[3] Bolgara is the town of Bolgari, the capital of Bulgaria, which
subsisted from 1161 to 1578. Alsara is Al-seray, which was built by
Baatu-khan, on the Achtuba, a branch of the Volga. - Forst.
[4] Probably Holagu-khan, to whom all Persia was in subjection, quite to
Syria. - Forst.
[5] Ukakah, Grikhata, Khorkang, or Urghenz on the Gihon. - Forst.
[6] Bereke-khan. - Forst.
[7] This probably refers to the Constantinopolitan or Greek emperor; his
dominions being called Roum in the east to the present day.
