Barkút, búrgút (bearcoote), eagle trained
to the chase, i. 397, 399n
Barlaam and Josaphat, Story of Saints,
from Legend of Buddha, ii. 323n seqq.
Barley, huskless, i. 158, 162
Baron-tala, name applied by Mongols
to Tibet, i. 214n
Barons (Shieng or Sing), Kaan's twelve,
430
Barozzi, Nicolo, 30, 70
Barros, John de, i. 11on, 120n; geography
of, 3
Barsauma (St. Barsamo), i. 77
Barskul (Barscol), "Leopard Lake," i.
343, 345"
Bartizan, Kúblái's wooden, i. 337, 339"
Barus, Barros (Sumatra), its camphor,
ii. 302n-303, 304n
Barussae insulae, ii. 310n
Barygaza, ii. 397n, 408n
Bashai (Pashai), i. 165
Bashkirds, (Hungarians), i. 57; ii. 492n
Bashpah, Lama, and the Mongol char-
acter called after him, i. 281, 353",
ii. 46n
Basmuls (Guasmuls), half-breeds, i. 284,
2921
Basra (Bastra), noted for its date-groves,
i. 63, 65n
Bathang, ii. 45n, 48n, 56n, 67n, 7ọn
Baths, natural hot, near Hormuz, i. 110-
122; in Cathay, 442; public at
Kinsay, ii. 189, 198n
Batigala, Batticalla, ii. 426n, 443n
Batochina, ii. 3021
Bats, large, in India, ii. 345
Battas of Sumatra, and cannibalism, ii.
288n, 298n
Batthala, Bettelar (Patlam in Ceylon),
Battles, Kúblái v. Nayan, i. 336; Tartars
v. king of Mien, ii. 101; Caidu v.
Khan's forces, 461; Borrak and
Arghún, 467; Arghún and Ahmad,
470n; Hulákú and Barka, 496; Toktai
and Nogai, 499
Bátú, Khan of Kipchak, founder of Sarai,
11, i. 5n, бn, 245, 247n; invades
Russia, 490, 493"; made by Polo
into two kings-Sain and Patu, 491,
492; his character and cruelty, 492n
Baudas, see Baghdad
Baudekins (baldacchini), brocades made
at Baghdad, i. 63, 65n
Bauduin de Sebourc, 121 seqq., ii. 141,
144, 189, 216
Bavaria, Duke Ernest of, a mediæval
Romance, ii. 418n
Bawárij, corsairs, ii. 410n
Bayan Chingsian,
Kúblái's greatest
Captain, i. Ion, 334n, 361n, ii. 138n,
208, 462n; prophecy connected with
his name, 145, 150n; his conquest of
Manzi or South China, 146; his history
and character, 148, 149n; his excep-
tional cruelty at Chang-chau, 179,
18on
Bayan, Khagan of the Avars, ii. 148n
Bayan (Baian), Kúblái's Master of the
Hounds, i. 400, 4012
Bayan, son of Nasruddin, ii. 104n
Bayezid Ilderim, i. 45n
Bdellium, ii. 397n
Beads, Hindu, ii. 338, 347
Bears, i. 396, 397, 401, ii. 31, 37, 42,
78, 382, 411, 431; white in Far North,
479, 48in
Beast and bird patterns, see Patterns
Beaten gold, i. 387, 388
Beaujeu, William de, Master of the
Temple, i. 25"
Beauty of Georgians, i. 50, 53n;
Khorasan women, 128; Kashmir
women, 166; Sinju women, 276;
Argons, or half-breeds, 284; the
Ungrat or Kungurat tribe, 357;
people of Coloman, ii. 122; Kinsay
women, 186; Kaidu's daughter, 463;
Arghún Khan, 478; the Russians, 487
Beds, their arrangement in India, ii. 346,
3521
Beef, not eaten in Maabar, except by the
Govi, ii. 341, 350n; formerly eaten in
India, 350n
Bejas of the Red Sea Coast, ii. 425, 432n,
4342
Belgutai, Chinghiz's stepbrother, i. 334"
"Belic" for "Melic," ii. 470n
Bell at Cambaluc, great, i. 375, 378",
Bellal Rajas, ii. 367n
Belledi, balladi, ginger so called, ii. 381n;
Spanish use of the word, ib.
Benares, brocades of, i. 66n
Bendocquedar, see Bundúkdári, Bíbars
Benedict XII., Pope, ii. 179n
Bengal (Bangala), 12, king of Mien
(Burma) and, ii. 98; why Polo couples
these, 99; relations between Burma
and, 99, 114; claim asserted by
king of Burma to, 100n; alleged
Mongol invasion of, 1152; its distance
from Caugigu, 120; its currency, 123;
confused with Pegu by Polo, 128,
131n
Beni Búya dynasty, i. 912
Benjamin of Tudela, on Alexander's
Rampart, i. 54"; on the Gryphon, ii.
418n
Benzoin, etymology of, ii. 286n, 396n
Berard, Thos., Master of the Temple,
i. 23, 24n
Berbera, Sea of, ii. 4152
Berchet, G., 27, ii. 507n
Bereké, Bátu Khan's brother, i. 5n
Bernier, on Kashmir women's beauty, i.
169n
Berrie, the Arabic Băríya, a desert, i.
2372
Bettelar, rendezvous of Pearl Fishers, ii.
331, 337
Beyamini, wild oxen of Tibet, ii. 50, 52n
Bezant, i. 405, 424, 425, 426n, 427n,
444, ii. 41, 186, 218n, 346n, 349n,
479; value of, 592n
Bhagavata, ii. 346n
Bhamó, and River of, ii. 702, 105n, 107n,
108N, 113n
Bhartpúr, prophecy about, ii. 149′′
Bhattis, the, i. 104n
Bhawalpur, i. 104n
"Bhim's Baby," colossal idol at Dhamnár
Bianco's, Andrea, maps, i. 133n
Biar, ii. 305"
Bibars Bundúkdári, see Bundúkdári
Bielo Osero, ii. 486n
Bigoncio, a firkin, i. 384n
Bilúchis, i. 10In; their robber raids,
106n; Lumri or Numri, 1142
Binh Thuan (Champa), ii. 268,
Binkin, ii. 230n
Bintang (Pentam), ii. 280, 284
Birch-bark vessels, i. 309; books, ii.
Bír-dhúl, or Bujardawal, cap. of Ma'bar,
ii. 335"
Bird-hunts, i. 269, 272n
Birdwood, Sir G., ii. 396n, 446n, 449n
Birhōrs of Chuta Nagpúr, ii. 298n
Bir-Pandi, or Pira-Bandi, ii. 333", 334"
Birthday, celebration of Kúblái's, i. 387
Bishbalik (Urumtsi), i. 214", 440n
Bishop, of Male Island, ii. 404; story of
an Abyssinian, 428
Bitter bread, i. 110, 122,
water, i. 110, 122, 194
Blac, Blachia (Lac, Wallach), ii. 489n
Black-bone, Chinese name for Lolos, ii.
63n
Black Crane (Kará Togorü), i. 296, 297n
Saints, White Devils in India, ii.
355, 359n
Sea, M. Maurum v. Nigrum, i. 2,
31, 57n
Sect of Tibet, i. 324"
Blacker, the more beautiful, ii. 355
Blaeuw, map, i. 102n
Blochmann, Professor H., i. 114”, ii.
116n
Block-books, supposed to have been
introduced from China, 139
Block-printing in Persia, i. 429n
Blood-sucking, Tartar, i. 261, 264n
Blous, bloies, i. 327n
Boar's tusks, huge (Hipp.), ii. 413
Boccassini, i. 62n
Bode, Baron de, i. 85n
Bodhisatva Avalok., ii. 265n
Bodleian MS. of Polo, 18, 92, 94; list
of miniatures in, ii. 528n
Boeach, mistake for Locac, and its sup-
posed position, ii. 28on
Boemond, Prince of Antioch and Tripoli,
letter of Bibar to, i. 241
Boga (Buka), a great Mongol officer,
delivers Arghún, ii. 471, 472, 474n
Boghra Khan, i. 188n
Bohea country, ii. 2221, 224n
Bohra, sect of W. India, i. 148n
Boikoff, Russian Envoy, i. 218n
Bokhara (Bocara), i. 9, 10
Boleyn, Anne, her use of buckram, i. 47n
Bolgana, Queen, see Bulughán
Bolgarskoze (called also Uspenskoze), i. 7n
Bolghar, borgal, borghal, Russia leather,
i. 6n, 394, 395n
Bolghar (Bolgara), on the Volga, i. 4, 6n,
ii. 481n, 486n, 4932; ruins of, i. 7n;
court of, 384n
Bolivar, Padre, S.J., his account of the
Condor (Rukh) of Africa, ii. 420n,
597n
Bolor, i. 172, 178n, 179n
Bombay, ii. 396n, 449n
Bonaparte, Prince Roland, Recueil des
Documents de l'Époque Mongole, i.
14n, 28n
Bonga, ii. 96n
Bonheur, Rosa, i. 277n
Boniface VIII., Pope, 44, 52, 54, i. 23n
Bonin, C. E., i. 203n, 249n, 276n, 282n,
286n
Bonoccio di Mestro, 67
Bonpos, old Tibetan Sect, i. 314n, 321n,
3231
Bonus, ebony, ii. 268, 272n
Bonvalot, 2001
Book of Marco Polo, its contents, 80;
original language, French, 81; oldest
Italian MS., 82; "Geographic Text,"
in rude French, 83 seqq.; various types
of Text-(1) "6
Geographic," 90; (2)
Pauthier's MSS.,92; (3) Pipino's Latin,
95; Preface to, ii. 525; Grynæus'
Latin, 95; Müllers' reprint, 96; (4) Ra-
musio's Italian edition, its peculiarities,
96-101; probable truth about it, 99;
bases of it, roo; MS. and some of its
peculiarities, 101; general view of the
relations of the texts, ror; notice of
an old Irish version, 102; geographical
data, 109; how far influenced in form
by Rustician, 112; perhaps in descrip-
tion of battles, 113; diffusion and num-
ber of MSS., 116; basis of present
version, 141 seqq.; specimens of dif-
ferent recensions of text, ii. 522n-524n;
distribution of MSS. 526n: miniatures
in, 527, 5291; list of MSS., 532"-
Book of Marco Polo (continued) —
552n; Tabular view of the filiation of
chief MSS., 552; Bibliography, 553n-
582; titles of works cited, 582n-
590n; Spanish edition, 598n
Bore in Hang-chau Estuary, ii. 208n
Borgal, see Bolghar
Bormans, Stanislas, ii. 602n, 603n
Born, Bertram de, 44
Borneo, camphor, see Camphor
tailed men of, ii. 302n
Boro Bodor, Buddhist Monument, Java,
13, ii. 275n
Borrak, Amir, Prince of Kerman (Kutlugh
Sultan?), i. 91n
Khan of Chaghatai, see Barac
Borùs, the, ii. 310n
Bostam, i. 138n
Boswellia thurifera, ii. 396n, 446n, 448n ;
serrata, 446n; Carterii, 448n; Bhauda-
jiana, 448n; papyrifera,
Frereana, 448n; glabra, 396n
Bouqueran, see Buckram
Bourne, F. S. A., ii. 6on, 131n
Boxwood forests in Georgia, i. 50, 57n
Bozzi, i. 212n
Bracelets, in Anin, ii. 119
Bragadino, Marco, husband of Marco
Polo's daughter, Fantina, 76
Pietro, 76
Brahmanical thread, ii. 363
Brahmans (Abraiaman), fish-charmers to
the pearl fishery, ii. 332, 337; their
character and virtues, 363, 367n; their
king, 364; their omens, 364, 368n,
369; longevity, 365; Chughi, 365;
Palladian legend of, 405n
Brahma's temple, Hang-chau, ii. 212,
2132
Brakhimof, early capital of Bulgaria, i. 7n
Brambanan, ruins at, 13
Bran (Tibetan tsamba), parched barley,
i. 303, 321n
Brazil wood, in Locac, ii. 276, 279"; in
Sumatra, 299; manner of growth, ib.,
3097; in Ceylon, 313, 3152; in Coilum
(Coilumin), 375, 38on; different kinds,
ib.; vicissitudes of the word, 38on; its
use prohibited by Painters' Guild, 382n
Bread, bitter, i. 110, 122n
Brephung monastery, i. 319
Bretesche, i. 339n
Bretschneider, Dr. Emil (Medical Re-
searches), ruins of Bolghar, i. 7"; the
Uighur character, 28; Caucasian
Wall, 54; use of muslin in Samarkand,
62n; on nakh and nachetti, 65n;
Húlakú's expedition to West Asia,
66n, 85n, 146, 148n; an extract from
the Yuan Si, 115n; Badakhshan,
1617; Kashgar, 183"; Shachau, 206n;
Kamul, 211; Chingintalas, 214′′;
the Stipa inebrians, 219n; the Utiken
Uigúrs, 227; Erdenidso Monastery,
228n; Belasagun, 232; death of
Chinghiz, 248n; tung lo or kumis,
259n; Kúblái's death, 334"; Peking,
366n, 368n, 37on, 372n, 376n-378n, ii.
5n, 6n, 8n; verniques, i. 384n; clepsy-
dra, 385; the Bularguchi, 408#;
Achmath's biography, 4212; paper-
money, 430n; post stations, 437#;
Chinese intoxicating drinks, 441m;
regulations for time of dearth, 444′′;
Lu-Ku-K'iao Bridge, ii. 8n; introduc-
tion of plants from Asia into China,
16n; morus alba, 25n; Tibet, 46′′;
bamboo explosions, 46n; the Si-fans,
6on; Cara-jang and Chagan-jang,
73′′; Nasr-uddin, 104”; the Alans,
180n; rhubarb in Tangut, 183;
Polo's "large pears," 210n; on galan-
gal, 229; on sugar, 230n; on Zay-
ton, 238; on wood-oil, 252"; on
ostrich, 437; on Si-la-ni, 316; on
frankincense, 4497; on Magyars, 492#;
on Mongol invasion of Poland and
Silesia, 493"
Brichu (Brius, the Upper Kiang), ii. 67"
Bridges of Pulisanghin, ii. 3; Sindafu
(Ch'êngtu), 37; Suchau, 181; Kinsay,
185, 187, 194n, 201, 212; Kien-ning fu,
225, 228n; Fuchau, 233, 234n;
Zayton, or Chinchau, 241n
Brine-wells, see Salt
Brius River (Kin-sha Kiang, Gold River),
ii. 36, 40n, 56, 67n
Brown, G. G., ii. 35"
Sir Thomas, ii. 420, 424"; on
Polo, 115
Bruce's Abyssinian Chronology, ii. 435′′
seqq.
Brunetto Latini's Book, Li Tresor, 88, 117
Brunhilda, ii. 466n
Bruun, Professor Ph., of Odessa, i. 67,
54n, 232n-235n
Bucephala, of Alexander, i. 105n
Bucephalus, breed of, i. 158, 162n
Buckrams, of Arzinga, i. 45; described,
47; etymology, 48n; at Mardin, 61,
62n; in Tibet, ii. 45; at Mutfili, 361,
363; Malabar, 389, 395, 398, 431
Buddha, see Sakya Muni
Buddhism, Buddhists, see Idolatry,
Idolaters
Buddhist Decalogue, i. 170n
Buffaloes in Anin, ii. 119
Buffet and vessels of Kúbláï's table, i.
382, 384n
Bugaei, ii. 432n
Buka (Boga), a great Mongol chief, ii.
471, 472, 474′′
Buka Bosha, Ist Mongolian Governor of
Bokhara, i. 1on
Búkú Khan, of the Hoei-Hu, or Uighurs,
Bularguji (Bularguchi), "The Keeper of
Lost Property," i. 403, 407n
Bulgaria, Great, ii. 286n
Bulughán (Bolgana), Queen, 23, i. 32,
33n, 38n, ii. 474n
Bundúkdár, Amir Aláuddín Aidekín
("The Arblaster"), i. 24n
Bundúkdári, Malik Dáhir Ruknuddín
Bíbars (Bendocquedar), Mameluke
Sultan of Egypt, i. 22, 23n-25n, 145,
ii. 424, 433, 436n, 494n; killed by
kumiz, 259n
Buraets, or Burgats, the, i. 2581, 283n
Búrkán Káldún, i. 247n
Burma (or Ava), King of, ii. 98, 99n. (See
also Mien.)
Burnell, Arthur, ii. 335", 359, 386n
Burning the Dead, see Cremation
heretical books, i. 321n
paper-money, etc., at funerals, i.
204, 208n, 267, 268n, ii. 191
Widows in South India, ii. 341,
Burrough, Christopher, i. 9"
Burton, Captain R. F., ii. 597n
Bushell, Dr. S. W., his visit to Shang-tu,
i. 26n, 304, 305′′, 412n; on the
Khitan Scripts, 28n; Tangut rulers,
205n; orders for post-horses, 353"
Butchers, in Kashmir, i. 167; Tibet,
170n; S. India, ii. 342
Butiflis (Mutfili), ii. 362n
Butler, Hudibras, ii. 92n
Buyid dynasty, i. 86n
CA' POLO, CA' MILION, CORTE DEL
MILLIONI, the house of the Polos at
Venice, 4, 26 seqq., 53, 70, 77
Caaju, castle of, i. 244
Cabs, Peking, ii. 211n
Cacanfu (Hokiang-fu), ii. 127, 132
Cachanfu (P'uchau-fu, Ho-chung-fu), ii.
Cachar Modun, i. 404, 408"
Cachilpatnam, ii. 387n
Cadmia, i. 126n
Caesalpinia, ii. 38on; and see Brazil
Caesarea of Cappadocia (Casaria, Kaisa-
ríya), i. 43, 44n
Caichu, castle of (Kiai-chau, or Hiai-
chau?), ii. 17, 19, 26n
Caidu, see Kaidu
Caiju, on the Hwang-Ho, ii. 142
on the Kiang, Kwachau, ii. 171, 174
Cail (Káyal), ii. 370, 372,-273"; a great
port of Commerce, 370, 373"; the
king, ib.; identified, 372; meaning of
name, ib.; remains of, ib.
Caindu (K'ien-ch'ang), a region of
Eastern Tibet, ii. 53, 7on
Caingan (Ciangan, Kiahing), ii. 184,
1851
Cairo, ii. 439"; museum at, 424n;
ventilators at, 452n. (See Babylon.)
Caiton, see Zayton
Cala Ataperistan (Kala' Atishparastán),
"Castle of the Fire Worshippers," i. 78
Calachan (Kalaján), i. 281, 282n
Calaiate, Calatu, see Kalhat
Calamanz, the word, ii. 272"
Calamina, city, ii. 357
Caldwell, Rev. Dr. R., on devil-dancing
among the Shanars, ii. 97′′; on name
of Ceylon, 3142; on Shahr-Mandi
and Sundara Pandi, 333; on the
Tower at Negapatam, 336"; etymology
of Chilaw, 3372; on Pacauta, 346′′;
Govis, 349; singular custom of arrest,
350-351n; rainy season, 351"; food
of horses, ib.; Shanar devil-images,
359n; choiach, 368n; Cail, or Kayál
city, 372n, 373n; Kolkhoi, 373"; King
Ashar of Cail, ib.; Kollam, 377n;
Pinati, 38on; etymology of Sapong,
ib.; Cape Comorin, 383"
Calendar, Ecclesiastical Buddhist, i. 220,
222n; the Tartar, 447, 448n; of
Brahmans, ii. 368n-369n; of Docu-
ments relating to Marco Polo and his
family, 505n seqq.
Calicut, ii. 38on, 38in, 388n, 391n, 440n;
King of, and his costume, 346
Calif, see Khalif
Caligine, Calizene (Khálij, a canal from
Nile), ii. 439"
Camadi (City of Dakiánús) ruined, i. 97
1132
Cambaluc (Khanbaligh, or Peking),
capital of Cathay, 12, i. 38n, ii. 3,
132, 2132, 320; Kúblái's return
thither after defeating Nayan, i. 348;
the palace, 362; the city, 374; its
size, walls, gates, and streets, the
Bell Tower, etc., 375n-378n; period of
khan's stay there, 411; its suburbs and
hostelries, 412; cemeteries, women,
patrols, 414; its traffic, 415; the
Emperor's Mint, 423; palace of the
Twelve Barons, 431; roads radiating
from, 433; astrologers of, 446
Cambay (Cambaet, Cambeth, Kun-
báyat), kingdom of, ii. 394n, 397, 398n,
403n, 426n, 440n, 443n
Cambuscan, of Chaucer, corruption of
Chinghiz, i. 247#
Camel-bird, see Ostrich
Camels, mange treated with oil, i. 46;
camlets from wool of, 281, 284;
white, 281, 283n; incensing, 309";
alleged to be eaten in Madagascar, ii.
411; really eaten in Magadoxo, 413n;
ridden in war, 423, 425"
Camexu, Kamichu, see Campichu
Venice by, 88
Cananor, kingdom, ii. 388n
Cananore, ii. 386n, 387n
Canara, ii. 39on, 397n
Cancamum, ii. 397n
Canela brava, ii. 390n
Canes, Polo's name for bamboos, q.v.
Cannibalism, ii. 293, 294, 2981, 311n,
312n; ascribed to Tibetans, Kash-
miris, etc., i. 301, 312, 313";
to Hill-people in Fo-kien, ii. 225,
228; to islanders in Seas of China
and India, 264; in Sumatra, 284,
288; regulations of the Battas, 2881,
ascribed to Andaman islanders, 309,
3112
Cannibals, i.e. Caribs, ii. 311n, 405n
Canonical Hours, ii. 368-369n
Cansay, see Kinsay
Canton, 3, ii. 1997, 237
Cape Comorin, see Comari; Temple at,
76
Corrientes (of Currents), ii. 415",
417n, 426n
of Good Hope, ii. 417n
Capidoglio (Capdoille), sperm-whale, ii.
Cappadocian horses, i. 44"
Capus, G., i. 129n, 162n
Caracoron (Kará Korum), i. 66n, 226,
227, 269, ii. 460, 462n
Carajan (Caraian, Karájang, or Yun-nan),
province, 21, ii. 64, 66, 67n, 721, 76,
86
Caramoran River (Hwang-Ho), ii. 142,
143, 144, 151
Carans, or Scarans, i. 100n
Caraonas (Karaunahs), a robber tribe,
i. 98, 101N, 121n
Carbine, etymology of, i. 1012
Cardinal's Wit, i. 211
Caribs, i.e. cannibals, ii. 311, 405n
Carpets, of Turcomania (Turkey), i.
43, 44n; Persian, 66n; Kerman,
96n
Carriages, at Kinsay, ii. 205, 206;
Chinese, 211n
Carrion, shot from engines, ii. 163n
Carta Catalana, Catalan Map of 1375,
134, i. 57, 59n, 82n, 161n, ii.
221, 243, 286n, 362n, 386, 396n,
Cassay, see Kinsay
Cassia, ii. 59, 6on, 390n, 39In
buds, ii. 59, 39in
fistula, ii. 398n
Castaldi, Panfilo, his alleged invention
of movable types, 139-140
Castambol, i. 45n
Castelli, P. Cristoforo di, i. 52, 53"
Casvin (Kazvín), a kingdom of Persia, i.
83, 84, 101, 141N
Catalan Navy, 38-39
Cathay (Northern China), 3; origin of
name, 11, 15, i. 60, 76n, 285, 414,
418, 441, ii. 10, 127, 132, 135, 139,
140, 192, 391n, 457; coal in, i. 442;
idols, ii. 263; Cambaluc, the capital
of, see Cambaluc
Cathayans, v. Ahmad, i. 403 et seqq.;
their wine, 441; astrologers, 446;
religion, 456; politeness, filial duty,
gaol deliveries, gambling, 457
Catholics, ii. 407; Catholicos, of Sis, i.
42n; of the Nestorians, 61, 62n
Cators (chakors), great partridges, i.
296, 297n
Cat's Head Tablet, i. 356
Cats in China, ii. 350
Caucasian Wall, i. 53", 54"
Caugigu, province, ii. 116, 120, 123,
12811, 131n
Caulking, of Chinese ships, ii. 250, 2511
Cauly, Kauli (Corea), i. 343, 345"
Causeway, south of the Yellow River, ii,
153n
Cauterising children's heads, ii. 432n
Cave-houses, i. 154, 156n, ii. 150n
Cavo de Eli, ii. 386n
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