Kalinjar, ii. 426n

Kalmia angustifolia, poisonous, i. 2191⁄2
Kamál Malik, i. 68n

Kamárah, Komar, ii. 279

Kamasal (Conosalmi), Kahn-i-asal, "The
honey canal," i. 99, 106n
Kambala, Kúblái's grandson, i. 3617
Kambayat (Cambay), ii. 398n

Kamboja (Chinla), ii. 134”, 278×, 374n
Kampar, district and River, Buddhist
ruins, ii. 283

Kamul (Komal, Camul), the Mongol
Khamil, Chinese Hami, i. 209, 211,

Kara Kumiz, special kind of Kumiz,
i. 259n
Karámúren (Caramoran) River, Mongol
name for the Hwang-ho, or Yellow
River, i. 245, 282n, 286n, ii. 22, 23"
Karana, meaning of, i. 101/
Karáni (vulgo Cranny), i. 101
Karanút, a Mongol sept, i. 101N
Karaún Jidun, or Khidun, i. 101N
Karaunahs (Caraonas), a robber tribe,
i. 98, 101, 121N

Karavat, an instrument for self-decolla-
tion, ii. 349

Karens, ii. 74"

Karmathian, heretics, i. 187n
Karnúl, ii. 362n
Karrah, ii. 427"

Karra-Mánikpúr, i. 86n

Kartazōnon, Karkaddan, rhinoceros, ii.
2911

Kasaidi Arabs, ii. 443"

Kash, jade, i. 193

Kashan, i. 81n

Kashgar (Cascar), i. 180, 182n; Chan-
kans of, 1932, ii. 594n
Kashish (Casses), i. 7on, ii. 409n
Kashmir (Keshimur), i. 1042, 164n, 166;
Buddhism, 166, 168n; beauty of the
women, 166, 169n; conjurers, 166,
168n; the language of, 168n; sorcery
in, ii. 593

Kashmiris, i. 76n, 166

Kasia, people and hills, ii. 59n
Kasyapa Buddha, ii. 356n
Kataghan, breed of horses, i. 162n
Katar pirates, ii. 409n
Katif, ii. 348

Kattiawár, ii. 395n; pirates, 400/2
Kaulam, see Coilum
Kaulam-Malé, ii. 377n

Kauli (Cauly), Corea, i. 343, 345"
Kaunchi (Conchi), Khan, ii. 479, 481n
Kaveripattanam, ii. 335

Káveri River, delta of, ii. 335n
Kavir, saline swamp, i. 124
Kavváyi, ii. 388n

Káyal, Káil, see Cail

Pattanam, ii. 372n

Punnei-, ii. 372n

Kayten, ii. 234n
Kazan, i. 6, 7n
Kazáwinah, i. 101/

Kazbek, i. 54n

Kazvín (Casvin), i. 83, 84n, 101N, 141n
Keary, C. F., i. 429n

Kebteul, night-watch, i. 381n

Kehran, ii. 426n

Keiaz tribe, i. 179n

Keibung (Kaipingfu), i. 25, 227n, 304n,
306n

Kelinfu (Kienning-fu), City, its bridges,
ii. 225, 22811, 229n, 234n

Kemenfu, see Kaipingfu

Kenjanfu (Si-ngan fu), ii. 24, 25, 27n-

291

Keraits, a great Tartar tribe, i. 236n,
237, 271n, 287n, 2881
Kerala, ii. 39on
Keria, see Kiria

Keriza River, ii. 595n

Kermán, i. 89n, 90, 109, 110, ii. 452;
route to Hormus from, i. 91, 107, 110;
steel manufacture, its industries, 96n;
king of, Atabeg of, 107, 110; stitched
vessels of, 117n; desert of, 123,

124n

Kerulen (K'i-lien) valley, the Khans'
burial-ground, i. 248n

Keshican (Keshik ten), Kúblái's life-guard,
i. 379, 380n, 381n, 394n
Kesmacoran (Kij Makrán), i. 86n, ii. 401,
402n; Kij-Makrán, 402"
Keuyung Kwan, village, i. 28n
Khakán, the word, 10

Khalif (Calif) Mosta'Sim Billah of Bagh-
dad, i. 63; taken by Húlakú and
starved to death, 64; plot v. the
Christians laid by a former the
miracle of the mountain, 69-73; be-
comes secretly a Christian, 73
Khálij, ii. 439n

Khàm, stuff made with cotton thread, i.
190n

Khambavati (Cambay), ii. 398n
Khanabad (Dogana ?), i. 156n
Khán Bádshah of Khotan, i. 189,
Khánbalík, see Cambaluc
Khanfu, ii. 199n

Khanikoff, N. de (travels in Persia), i.

49n, 53n, 58n, 74n, 89n, 91n, 92n,
96n, 101, 106n, 114, 121n, 124,
141n, 15on, 193n
Khanjar-i-Hundwán, hanger of Indian
steel, i. 93n

Khản khánán, a title, ro

Khanoolla (Mount Royal), site of Ching-
hiz's tomb, i. 247n
Khansâ, ii. 199n, 214n
Kharesem, Mount, i. 155
Khato-tribe, ii. 120n

Khátún-gol, or 'Lady's River," i.e.
Hwang-ho, i. 245n, 249n

Khatun, title of Khan's wives, 10

Khavailu (Hwo-lu h'ien), ii. 15n
Khazars, the, i. 7n, ii. 492n
Khilak, i. 54"

Khimka, ii. 238n

Khojas, name of modern Ismailite sect,
i. 146n, 163n

Khorasan, province, i. 38n, 128n, 131n,
135, 15on, ii. 467n, 474n; tur-
quoises of, i. 92n

Khormuzda, supreme deity of the Tartars,
i. 257n

Khotan (Cotan), i. 188, 1957, 197n, ii.
594n, 595n; fruits, i. 190n; routes
between China and, 191n; buried
cities of, 192n; its jade, 193n
Khumbavati (Cambay), ii. 398n
Khumdán, ii. 27n

Khusrú, Amír, Indian poet, i. 48n, 96n,

104n

Khutuktai Setzen, Prince of the Ordos, i.
257n

Khwarizm, i. 9n

Kiacatu, see Kaikhátu

Kiahing (Ciangan, Canigan), ii. 185n
Kiai- or Hiai-chau (Caichu), ii. 19n
Kiakhta, i. 56n, 218n

Kia-k'ing, Emperor, ii. 143n
Kiang, the Great (Kian and Kian-Suy,

and in its highest course Brius, the Kin-
sha Kiang), ii. 36, 56, 59n, 6on, 64,
67n, 69, 70n, 72n, 129n-131n, 149n,
1542; its vastness, and numerous craft,
170, 171, 173"; steamers on, 173",
1742; its former debouchure to the
south, and changes, i. 199n

Kiang-Ché, ii. 157n, 217n, 224n; limits
of, 218n

Kiang-Hung, Xieng-Hung, ii. 1172,
127-129n, IZIN

Kien-chau, ii. 232n

Kien-kwé, ii. 232n

Kien-lung, Emperor, ii. 8n, 196n
Kien-ning fu (Kelinfu), ii. 228n
Kiepert, Map of Asia, i. 197n
Kij-Makrán (Kesmacoran), i. 86n
Kila'-i-Gabr, "Gueber Castle," i. 81n,
82n

Kilimanchi River, ii. 424n

Kiming shan Mountains, gold and silver
mines, i. 295"

King-tê-chên, porcelain manufacture, ii.
243n

K'ing-yüan (Ning-po), ii. 2381
Kin-hwa fu, ii. 222n
Kinki, Kimkhá, ii. 238n
Kinsay (King-szé, or "Capital," Khansá,
Khinsá, Khingsai, Khanzai, Cansay,
Campsay), formerly Lin-ngan now
Hang-chau fu, 17, ii. 146, 149n, 193n;
its surrender to Bayan, 146, 149n; ex-
treme public security, 147; alleged
meaning of the name, 182, 184n, 185;
described, 185-208; bridges, 185, 187,
194; hereditary trades, guilds and
wealthy craftsmen and their dainty
wives, 186, 196n; the lake, islands
and garden-houses, 186, 187, 196n;
stone-towers--inhabitants' clothing and
food, 187, 1972-198n; guards and
police regulations, 187-188; fires, 188;
alarm towers, paved streets, 189;
revenue, 189, 190, 215, 216, 217,
218; pavements, public baths, port
of Ganfu, 189, 198n, 1991; the
province and other provinces
Manzi, garrisons, 190, 2001; horo-
scopes, funeral rites, 191, 2001; palace
of the expelled king, 192; church,
house registers, 192, 2002; hostel regu-
lations, 193; canals, 200; markets and
squares, 201, 2092; fruits and fish
shops, 202, 210n; women of the town,
physicians and astrologers, courts of

of

justice, 203; vast consumption of
pepper, 204, 210n; inhabitants' char-
acter-their behaviour to women and
foreigners, 204, 210, 211n; hatred of
soldiers, 205; pleasures on the lake
and in carriage excursions, 205, 211;
palace of the king, 206; the king's
effeminacy and ruin, 207-208, 211;
tides, 208n; plan of, 2097; notices by
various writers of, 213; wealth of,
245; ships, 255, 260n

Kin-sha Kiang, "River of Golden Sands"
(upper branch of Great Kiang, Brius),
ii. 36, 56, 64, 67n, 691, 70n, 721
Kinshan, see Golden Island

Kinto, or Hintu, Mongol general, ii. 2601⁄2
Kipchak (Ponent), Southern Russia,

events related by Polo in, 23, i. 5, 6n,
ii. 490 seqq.; sovereigns, 492; people
of, 493; extent of empire, ib.
Kirghiz Kazak, i. 313n

Kirghiz, the, i. 162n, 176n, 309n, ii. 362n
Kiria, i. 1927, 195n, ii. 595n

Kirk, Sir John, and Raphia palm, ii.

ܐܐ 597

Kis, Kish, or Kais (Kisi), now Ghes, or

Kem, island in Persian Gulf, i. 63,
64, 83, 452; merchants, ii. 340; de-
scribed, 453"

Kishik, Kishikan, Kizik, Keshikchi, see
Keshican

Kishm (Casem), i. 153, 155, 156n, 173n

or Brakht (Oaracta), island in the
Persian Gulf, i. 115, 121n
Kistna River, ii. 3621
Kitubuka, General, i. 851⁄2
Kiu-chau, ii. 222n

45"

Kiulan (Quilon), see Coilum
Kizil Irmak, the,
Kizil River, i. 54n
Kneeling oxen, i. 97, 99n
Kobad, the Sassanian, i. 53"
Kobdo, i. 215N

Koh-Banán (Cobinan), i. 125

Koja (Coja), a Tartar envoy from Persia,
i. 32, 33, 3812

Kokcha River, i. 154n-156n, 162n
Kok-Tash, greenstone of Samarkand, i.
1871

Kolastri, or Kolatiri Rajas, ii. 387n
Ko-li-ki-sze, i. 289n

Kolkhoi of Ptolemy, identified, ii. 373′′
Kollam, see Coilum

Koloman, see Coloman

Kolyma, bird-hunting at, i. 2721
Κώμακον, ii. 3917

Komár, ii. 279n, 383n

Κομάρια ἄκρον, ii. 382n

Konár tree, Marco Polo's apples of
Paradise, i. 991

Kondachi, ii. 337

Konkan, Konkan-Tana, ii. 367n, 390n,
396n

Korano, epithet on Indo-Scythic coins, i.

ΙΟΙΗ

Korea, History of, ii. 262n
Koresh king, i. 82n

Kornish, or K’o-tow (Khén-théu), i. 391,
393n

Kosakio, a general against Japan, ii. 260n
Kosseir, ii. 439n

Kotcheres, Kurds of Mosul, i. 627
Kotlogh, or Kutlugh, Sultan of Kerman,
i. 91n

Kotlogh Shah, the Chaghataian prince, i.
104N, 121N

Kotrobah Island, ii. 409n

Kouyunjik, sculptures at, i. 100N
Kozlov, Lieutenant K. P., on the Lob-
nor, i. 1992

Kuang-chou, ii. 239n

Kúbenán (Cobinan), a Kuh-banán "Hill
of the Terebinths or Wild Pistachios,"
i. 123, 124"
Kúblái (Cublay), Káán, the Great Khán,

a

i. 8n, 10, 11, 12, 15; his envoys meet
the two elder Polos, 10; receives and
questions the Polos, 11, 12; sends
them as envoys to the Pope, 13; his
desire for Christian teachers, and for
oil from the lamp in the Holy
Sepulchre, 13, 14; gives them
Golden Tablet, 15; his reception of
the three Polos, 26; sends Marco on
an embassy, 27; Marco grows in
favour, 30; allows the Polos to depart
with Tablets of Authority, 33-35;
rumour of his death, 38n; sends a
napkin of asbestos to the Pope, 213:
his greatness and power, 246, 247n,
331; his milk libations, 300; his in-
scription at Shangtu, 304"; Chinghiz's
prophecy, 331n; his lineage, age, and
accession, 332; Nayan's revolt, 333;
Nayan's defeat and death, 336-343;
rebukes anti-Christian gibes, 344; re-
turns to Cambaluc, 348; treats four
religions with equal respect, 3481; his
views on Christianity, 3492; how he
rewards his captains, 350; his personal
appearance, 356; his wives and ladies-
in-waiting, 356-358; his palace at Cam-
baluc, 362; builds Cambaluc city, 374;
his bodyguard, 379; order of his
feasts, 381; celebration of his birth-
day, 387; his distribution of robes,
387, 394; his New Year's feast, 390;
his elephants, 391; the K'o-tow, 391,
393"; adopts Chinese ancestor-worship,
392; his game laws, 396; his hunt-
ing establishment, 397; his masters of
hounds, 400; how he goes a-hunting,
402; how his year is spent, 410;
Ahmad's influence, oppression, and
death, 416-420; his treatment of
Mahomedans, 422n; his mint and

paper-money, 423; his purchase of
valuables, 425; his twelve great
Barons, 430; his posts and runners,
433; remission of taxes, 439, 443;
his justice, 440n; a tree planter, 440;
his store of corn, 443; charity to
the poor, 445; his astrologers, 446;
gaol deliveries, and prohibition of
gambling, 457; his early campaign in
Yun-nan, ii. 46n, 79, 8on; and the
king of Mien and Bangala, 98, 110,
114; Litan's plot, 136; sends Bayan
to invade Manzi, 145; his dealings
with Bayan, 148, 149n; satisfied with
the Polo's mangonels, 159; appoints
Mar Sarghis governor of Chinghian-
fu, 177; the city of Kinsay, 186-190;
his revenue from Kinsay, 215; from
Zayton, 235; his expedition against
Chipangu (Japan), 255; sends force
against Chamba, 267, 270n; attempts
to gain Java, 272, 275n; his death,
275n; sends to buy Ceylon ruby, 313,
315; sends for religions of Sakya,
319; testifies to miraculous powers of
Sakya's dish, 320; intercourse with
Ma'bar, 337; with Kaulam, 378;
missions to Madagascar, 412-413;
Kaidu's wars with him, 457 seqq.

Khan, territories and people
subject to (Turkistan), i. 180, 188, 191,
196; (Tangut and Mongolia), 203, 212,
217, 269, 274, 281, 284, 285; (Tibetan
frontier and Yun-nan), ii. 50, 53, 64,
109, 116, 119, 122; (Western China),
124, 127; (N. Eastern China), 132, 135,
138, 140, 141; (Manzi), 151-153;
(Sinju), 170; (Caiju), 174; Chinghian-
fu, 176; (Chinginju), 178; (Suju),
181; (Tanpigu), 218; (Chonka), 231;
(Zayton), 234; (Chamba), 267;
(Sumatra), 272, 285, 292, 299

Kuché character, 2112
Kudatku Bilik, an Uíghúr poem, i. 281
Kuhistan, or Hill country of Persia, i.
86n

Kúkachin, see Cocachin
Kukin-Tána, ii. 396n

Kukju (Genkju), Kúblái's son, i. 361n
Kuku-Khotan (Blue Town), depôt for
Mongolian trade with China, i. 278n,
286n, 287n

Ku-kwan, Customs' Barrier, ii. 14n
Kuláb, lions in, i. 1527; Salt Mines,
154n

Kulán, Asinus Onager, the Gor Khar of
Persia, i. 89n
Kulasaikera, ii. 335
Kumár, see Komár

Kumhari, Kumari, see Comari

Kumiz, kimiz (kemiz), Mare's milk,
Tartar beverage, i. 257, 259n, 300;
sprinkling of, 308n, 309n 385n, 411

Kummájar, ii. 491n

Kúnbúrn Monastery, i. 319n

Kunduz, i. 152n, 154n

Kunduz (beaver or sable), i. 410
Kunduz-Baghlán, i. 86n

Kung-ki-cheng (Fei-ch'eng), ii. 6n, 8n
Kunguráts, Kunkuráts (Ungrat), a Mongol
tribe, i. 38, 101n, 359n, 360
Kunichi (Čunichi, or Chinuchi), "The
Keepers of the Mastiff Dogs," i. 400
Kuniyah (Conia), Iconium, Koniah, i.
43, 44, 356n

Kunlun (Pulo Condore), ii. 277n
Kurd dynasty, i. 85n

Kurdistan (Curdistan), i. 9n, 62n, 83, 841,
Kurds, the, i. 60, 62n, 85n
Kúreh-i-Ardeshír (Kuwáshír), i. 91n
Kuria Maria Islands, ii. 405
Kuridai, Kúblái's son, i. 361n
Kúrkah, great drum, i. 340, 341n
Kurmishi, ii. 474n

Kurshids of Lùristán, i. 85n
Kurut (Curd), i. 262, 2651

Kus, Cos (in Egypt), ii. 439n

Kushluk, the Naiman, ii. 2011

Kutan, son of Okkodai, ii. 32n

Kutchluk Khan (Buddhist), Chief of the

Naïmans, i. 1881

Kutuktemur, Kúblái's son, i. 361n

Kutulun, Princess, ii. 465n

Kuwinji, see Kaunchi

Kuyuk Khan, i. 14n, 245, 247n

Kwa-chau (Caiju), at mouth of Great
Canabon Yang-tse-Kiang, ii. 144,
175n

Kwan Hsien, ii. 41n
Kwansinfu, ii. 221n, 224n

Kwawa, i.e. Java, etymology, ii. 1192
Kwei-chau (Cuiju), ii. 82n, 124n, 127n,
129n

Kwei-hwa-ch'eng, or Kuku Khotan, i.
278n, 286n, 287n
Kweilei River, i. 345n
Kyung-sang province, ii. 262n

LAC (Wallachia), Lacz, i. 54", ii. 487,
489n, 490, 49In

Ladies' dresses in Badakhshan, i. 160,
163n

Ladies of Kinsay, ii. 186
Lagong, ii. 279n

Lahore (Dalivar, Dilivar), i. 99, 104",
105n, ii. 426n, 427n

Lahsa, ii. 348n

Lájwurd mines, i. 1621
Lake, Caindu, ii. 53, 72n

Fanchau, ii. 29n

Kinsay, ii. 186, 196n, 200, 214n

of Palace at Cambaluc, i. 365, 370n
Pleasure parties on, ii. 205, 211n
Talifu, ii. 80

Yunnan-fu, ii. 66

Laknaoti, ii. 4271

Lakshamana Deva, king of Kashmír, i.

104N

Lamas of Tibetan Buddhism, i. 28;
their superstitions and rites, 204, 207n,
220, 221-223n, 301, 302, 314",
315; their monasteries, 303, 319n;
marriage, 303, 319n. (See also
Bakhshi.)

Lambri, kingdom of, ii. 299, 300, 306,
307n; situation of, 301n
Lances of Sago Palm, ii. 305n
Lanchang, ii. 279n

Land of Darkness, ii. 484 seqq.; market
in, 4861

Langdarma, i. 168n, 170n

Langting Balghasun, i. 306n
Languages used in Mongol Court and
administration, i. 27, 281-30n
Lan-Ho, i. 305

Lanja Bálús, or Lankha bálús, ii. 308′′
Lanka (Ceylon), ii. 320n

Lan Ki Hien (Nan-Che-hien), ii. 2221,

224n

Lanner Falcons, i. 158, 162, ii. 50
Lan-tsang kiang (Mekong) River, ii. 88,
128n

Lao-Kiun, or Lao-Tseu, the Philosopher,
i. 322n, 325, 326n

Laos, people of, ii. 91n, 117, 120, 128n
Lar, or Lát-Desa, ii. 367n

province, ii. 363, 367n, 403n

Latin version of Polo's Book, 63, 81, 90,
95, 100

Latins, the term, i. 10, 12, 32
Latsé, Tibetan for musk, i. 279n
Lauredano, Agnes, ii. 520n
Laurus Camphora, ii. 237n
Lawek, Lawáki, ii. 278n-279n

Laxities of marriage customs, see
Marriage

Layard, Mr., i. 85n
Layas, see Ayas

Gulf of, i. 172

Leather, i. 395, 398; embroidered mats
of Guzerat, 393-394, 395"

Leaves, used for plates, ii. 365; green
leaves said to have a soul, 366
Lecomte on Chinese war vessels, i. 37"
Lembeser, Ismaelite fortress, i. 146
Lenzin, ii. 141N

Leon I., king of Lesser Armenia, i. 42n
Leon II., king of Lesser Armenia, i. 44"
Leon III., king of Lesser Armenia, i. 25%
Leon VI., last king of Lesser Armenia, i.

42n

Leopards, ii. 282, 411, 431; taught to sit
on horseback, i. 299; (Cheetas) kept
for the Chase by Kúblái, 397
Lepechin, Professor, i. 9n

Le Strange, Guy, i. 67n, 92n
Leung Shan, i. 245n

Levant, term applied by Polo to the king-
dom of the Mongol Khans, i. 1, 5, 8n