[8] Bissibur or Issibur, is the ancient Russian town of Isborsk. - Forst. It
would appear that the present expedition was into Siber, or Siberia
- E.
[9] This appears to refer to the Uralian chain, and the frozen regions of
the north of Russia. - E.
[10] A mistake, by confounding close-made dresses of fur with the notion of
naked men, covered all over with shaggy hair. - E.
[11] Probably Wolgar, Bulgar, or Bulgaria, is here meant. - E
[12] From the sequel he appears rather to have been his brother. - E.
[13] This is probably a corruption for Mangrill, or Mingrelia. - E.
[14] Forster explains this by substituting the names of Bebian and Bedias
as synonymous. No such name occurs in our best maps; but there is a
place near the country of Mingrelia in Guria on the Black-Sea, named
Batum, which may be here indicated - E.
[15] This place is called in the text Weisseburgh, signifying the White
Town, otherwise named Akkerman or Akkiermann, Asprecastro,
Tschetatalba, and Belgorod. - Forst.
From the concluding sentence, Schildtberger, who began his travels,
or rather captivity in 1394, must have returned to Munich about 1426
or 1427 - E.
CHAP. XVII.
Travels of the Ambassadors of Mirza Shah Rokh, King of Persia, from Herat
to Khanbalek in Katkay, in 1419[1].
INTRODUCTION.
This curious embassy, sent by Mirza Shah Rokh one of the sons of Timur, or
Timour the Great, better known in Europe by the name of Tamerlane,
travelled from Herat, in Persia, the residence of their sovereign, to
Khanbalek, Cambalu, or Peking, the imperial city of Kathay, Khatay, Kitay,
or Northern China, where Yong-lo, or Ching-tsu, the third emperor of the
race of Ming then kept his court.
